I'm re-doing interactive sets I did for a chamber opera that will be
performed in Vienna at the end of April. I'm rewriting my C/C++ code in PD and want to use midi input. I'll be running my software on a Compaq notebook running windoz. Do I need a PCMCIA midi card or is there a way to get midi input through the serial port. If I need the card, can anyone suggest an affordable midi i/o PCMCIA card?
Best, Elliot Elliot Anderson
Lecturer, Electronic Media University of California, Santa Cruz (831) 459-2955 ewanders@cats.ucsc.edu www.sirius.com/~ewanders
Many MIDI interfaces use the Parallel and Serial Ports (Desktop and
Notebook computers). About a year ago I assisted a film composer to setup an Opcode Interface (Port 2se or something like that), it cost around $100-$250, and was connected to his notebook PC for mobile composing. http://www.opcode.com/ I recommend interfaces by Mark of the Unicorn, the Midi Time Piece A/V in particular (it's $500+). They have other cheaper models but I'm not familiar with them. http://www.motu.com/ Also, an interface with timecode will come in handy. Some cheaper models have them.
From: Elliot Anderson [mailto:ewanders@sirius.com] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 11:08 PM
I'm re-doing interactive sets I did for a chamber opera that will be performed in Vienna at the end of April. I'm rewriting my C/C++ code in PD and want to use midi input. I'll be running my software on a Compaq notebook running windoz. Do I need a PCMCIA midi card or is there a way to get midi input through the serial port. If I need the card, can anyone suggest an affordable midi i/o PCMCIA card?
-- Stephen
Stephen J. Parise composer, sound editor, sound designer, and consultant step808@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~step808/
Elliot,
It depends on the the sound support that your Compaq Laptop has. You can look at the back and see if it has a game port or MP-401 port. If it does you can get a SoundBlaster MIDI cable about $35.00 that will connect to this port. Also you can test this on the control panels, Sound/Multimedia, and what type of supportd your notebook has. On my laptop I have the features described above and it works. Although I am not so sure about Windows 98.
Hope this helps.
Juan
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Elliot Anderson wrote:
I'm re-doing interactive sets I did for a chamber opera that will be performed in Vienna at the end of April. I'm rewriting my C/C++ code in PD and want to use midi input. I'll be running my software on a Compaq notebook running windoz. Do I need a PCMCIA midi card or is there a way to get midi input through the serial port. If I need the card, can anyone suggest an affordable midi i/o PCMCIA card?
Best, Elliot Elliot Anderson
Lecturer, Electronic Media University of California, Santa Cruz (831) 459-2955 ewanders@cats.ucsc.edu www.sirius.com/~ewanders
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