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Re: Mac/MIDI interfaces for research purposes
Dear Petr,
I found this through the WWW list of usenet FAQ's. Some of the sites
listed have ftp-able MIDI documentation.
Hope you find it helpful.
dfr
Posted-By: auto-faq 2.4
Archive-name: music/midi/archives
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Version: $Id: archives,v 1.66 1994/06/23 14:03:02 piet Exp $
Note: the latest version of this file is available from the ftp.cs.ruu.nl
archive as MIDI/DOC/archives (see below how to access the archive) and
on the various news.answers archives. This archive also contains a lot of
midi music and programs.
A large collection of midifiles can be found on wuarchive.wustl.edu, in
/systems/ibmpc/ultrasound/sound/midi/files. Some of these files are
specific for the Gravis Ultrasound card but most are also usable for other
synthesizers.
There is an FTP archive at ucsd.edu [128.54.16.1] . It contains a.o. MIDI
files, patches and a few programs. See the directory 'midi'.
Also one at media-lab.media.mit.edu [18.85.0.2] (directory 'music/midi')
atari.archive.umich.edu [141.211.120.11] contains Atari stuff in directory
'/atari/Music'.
scam.berkeley.edu [128.32.138.1] contains netjam submissions on midifiles
in directory '/misc/netjam/submissions/'.
louie.udel.edu [128.175.1.3] has patches, samples, sequences and software
in 'pub/midi/'.
Sites for MIDI Sample Dump Standard programs and samples:
alf.uib.no [129.177.30.3], directory /pub/sds
sweaty.palm.cri.nz [161.66.1.11], directory sds
wagner.musicnet.ua.edu [130.160.156.75] is a site that just started to
collect music stuff. It has patches for Roland JV-80/880/1000 in directory
/pub/music/Patches/JV80. It also contains Macintosh specific stuff, a.o. a
demo of Symbolic Composer.
ftp.reed.edu [134.10.2.20] has EPS-16+ samples in /eps/samples. A list is
in /eps/docs/samples/sample.index.txt. More EPS info is in
/eps/docs/. There are some programs for the EPS in /eps/utils (Atari ST and
MSDOS). See /eps/docs/utils for info.
Two ftp sites for the Kurzweil K2000:
1) ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/kurzweil (maintained by jbuckman@aas.org)
2) cs.utk.edu:/pub/martin/K2000 (maintained by martin@cs.utk.edu)
qiclab.scn.rain.com in /pub/music contains various conversion programs.
Roland Samplers:
There is an FTP archive that includes introductory information, useful
utilities (read Roland disks on your computer), archives of the mailing
list, and some samples. The archive is on lotus.UWaterloo.ca in the
pub/sgroup directory.
There also is a ftp-site with TX16W samples, maintained by one of
the TX16W list-members. FTP to ftp-ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de, the
samples are in the directory "pub/tx16w/samples". There are also back
issues of the TX-16W newsletter in pub/tx16w/mail.
Archives of the Music-Research Digest can be found at
cattell.psych.upenn.edu [12128.91.2.173] in directory pub/Music.Research
impaqt1.mem.drexel.edu [129.25.10.1] has a couple of msdos files in
'pub/files/ibm/midi'
There is an EMAX (I and II) FTP site at sweaty.palm.cri.nz (161.66.1.11)
some samples, FAQ, archives of mailing list and some software to allow
sample interchange for PC compatibles
Cakewalk files can be found at nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100] in
'pub/msdos/sound/cakewalk' and also on ucsd.edu (see above).
There are several MIDI programs for MS Windows in
ftp.cica.indiana.edu:pub/pc/win3/sounds.
OS/2 programs can be found on ftp-os2.cdrom.com [192.153.46.2]. Directories
/pub/os2/2_x/mmedia and /pub/os2/2_1/mmedia contain the bulk of the
MIDI-related files for OS/2. (There is a specific ftp site for OS/2
multimedia in the formative stages right now, but it is not yet in
operation.) For a full index of OS/2 files at that site, retrieve
/pub/os2/00index.txt. Submissions may be placed in /pub/os2/incoming.
castrovalva.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.33.197] contains some Macintosh stuff
and the EMUSIC-L mailing list archives. mac.archive.umich.edu
[141.211.165.41] has a midi archive in mac/sound/midi
Other Macintosh sites: See the file Mac-archives in this directory.
An FTP site for predominantly D-70-related files: /pub/D70 on
kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov.
ftp.ecn.nl:/pub/RP-1: DIGITECH RP-1 MIDI guitar effect pedals and some
other midi stuff.
Apple 2 MIDI Synth archives can be found on cco.caltech.edu [131.215.6.10]
in the pub/apple2/music/synthlab/ directory. They are mirrored on
grind.isca.uiowa.edu [128.255.21.233]
Amiga users can get some things by mail from mrcserv@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca
(send a HELP message first)
For amiga see also the aminet sites:
litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95
ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7
ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32
ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4
ftp.cdrom.com 192.153.46.2
merlin.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20
There is a listserv containing e-music related stuff at American
University.
Send a message to listserv@auvm.bitnet containing the line:
get emusic filelist
IRCAM:
We are opening an anonymous ftp site, ftp.ircam.fr. Since we are connected
to the Internet via a 9600b line, please try to do your bulk transfers between
10pm MET and 8 am MET as a courtesy to our users. Please use, don't abuse!
(amongst others:)
music/ Computer music software and info
archives/ List of directories of some well-known comp music ftp sites
databases/ Music databases
doc/ Documentation
FAQ/ FAQ about audio, dsp, etc...
MIDI/ MIDI standard definition
papers/ Papers on music
OMR/ Bibliographies in Optical Music Recognition
programs/ Repository of public domain computer music programs
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Computer Music Journal Internet Archive and World-Wide Web Home Page:
mitpress.mit.edu:/pub/Computer-Music-Journal and
ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu:/pub/Publications/cmj
Tables of contents, abstracts, and editor's notes of several volumes of
CMJ.
World-Wide Web (WWW) home page in the file CMJ.html (e.g. URL
ftp://mitpress.mit.edu/pub/Computer-Music-Journal/CMJ.html)
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ftp.mcc.ac.uk /pub/cubase Cubase archive. Contains Atari, Mac and
MSWindows demos
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ftp.waldorf-gmbh.de: A site with information, patches etc. of Waldorf
products, contains also a lot of other Midi stuff. Also reachable by email
to archive-server@waldorf-gmbh.de (send a HELP message). See also mailing
list section below.
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/wasp.eng.ufl.edu:/pub/msdos/demos/music/ contains several music files,
demos etc. (not only MIDI, but also MODs etc).
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You'll find some NoiseTracker/SoundTracker MOD files, and Soundblaster
things on the following FTP sites:
Garbo.Uwasa.fi /pc/sb and /pc/music
Wuarchive.Wustl.Edu
Simtel20.Army.Mil
nic.funet.fi /pub/amiga/audio
/pub/atari/sound
/pub/unix/sound
/pub/msdos/sound
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu /amiga/mirror/mods
ftp.brad.ac.uk /misc/mods /incoming/mods
ftp.uni-kl.de /pub/amiga/mods
/pub/amiga/ianet/mods
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The demo version of QSEQ, a complete sequencer for MSDOS/SoundBlaster,
is available by email automatic server. Just send a message to
qseqmail@hostsit.cad.cea.fr with the following line in the body of the
message:
sendqseqto <your-complete-email-address>
or
sendhelpto <your-complete-email-address> , if you just want an help
file about the mailer and QSEQ.
QSEQ is also available on SIMTEL mirrors (oak.oakland.edu, etc...).
And from ftp.cs.ruu.nl:/pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/MSDOS.
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about the list. The lists themselves usually have the name without the
-request if that part is present, or LISTNAME@HOST if the command to
subscribe is SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME sent to LISTSERV@HOST.
Alesis Quadraverb qv-interest-request@swap.eng.sun.com
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NOTE: I am setting up a midi archive on our machine, so if you have info
about PD stuff (programs and midifiles) please share with me. And if you
want to share some of your own things that will be appreciated.
The archive is available with ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17],
directory MIDI. Also by a mail-server - send mail to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl
with the following contents:
BEGIN
PATH <a valid mail address to you>
HELP
send MIDI/INDEX
END
Note: specify a correct address (e.g. user@host.univ.edu or user@host.BITNET)
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Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University,
Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Telephone: +31 30 531806 Uucp: uunet!mcsun!ruuinf!piet
Telefax: +31 30 513791 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl (*`Pete')