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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 04:08:21 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: FTP Patches (Mac)§¶§
Hi!
I’m also looking for patches. I have to trade samples (no programs yet).
Mainly techno, analogue, drums and special atmospheric drones etc. Lemme
know if you’re up for a snail mail disk swap.

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 04:12:03 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: Combi parameter changes over MIDI

Hi!
I just noticed you have an ESI-32 as well as a Korg. Me too! Only, the
ESI-32 is new and I haven’t gotten to using it yet. Any tips, tricks,
how to exchange samples between Korg and ESI-32 (other than resampling)
would be appreciated. Or just a quick line on how you use your gear.

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 19:58:36 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

Hello to both old and new subscribers to the Korg M1 mailing list. Welcome
to a new year and a new round of general info and tip swapping on our synth
of choice: the Korg M1 (and T’s too). The list has been down for the last
little bit, for reasons which I’ll explain. For new subscribers, it might
seem like a quiet little list but believe me it’s not.

The Spam of ’95:
***************
During the Christmas break, a strange thing happened to the Korg M1 list.
Suddenly, a number of so called “Undeliverable Messages” started to appear
in every subscribers mailbox with alarming rapidity. (Strange, since they
were so “Undeliverable”). I think each member received a total of about 100
messages. And if that weren’t enough, when members mailboxes filled up,
their ISP host’s machine bounced back the messages back to me! Often, I
would be greeted by 250 – 300 messages a day to download when I logged in.
Most of them were the “U.M.’s” , but a in amongst them would be a “What the
hell’s up with all these damn messages!” E-mail yelling out. The fact that
because of the holidays, I was not able to log-in for a couple of days only
made the problem worse.

I thought our innocent little list was hit by a Spammer. A spammer is
someone who either: a. Maliciously sends junk mail to a list, hoping  to
shut down the mail-server or just to be a pain in the butt, or b. Someone
who sends inappropriate or off-topic mail to many mailing lists at once
(i.e. advertisements, etc.). This, according to the List Managers Mailing
List, actually happens alot more that you’d think. Jeesh, some folks really
should get a life.

In a effort to stop this so called “Spammer” I changed the list to  a
closed, moderated list. This means that all subscriptions and
unsubscriptions had to be approved by me, and all messages were bounced to
me first for approval before they were sent out to the list. This did seem
to stop the “U.M.s” but the “Approval” function of the mailing list
software (Majordomo) never worked right. My ISP was going though some
changes so they were of no help getting things going again. As a result no
messages posted during this time got through to the list.

Deamon Seeds:
*************
Well, it turns out that it wasn’t a Spammer at all. Someone closed their
internet account and forgot to unsubscribe. A normal message was sent to
the no-longer in existence internet address; the receiving machine bounced
the message back to Majordomo saying that the address was invalid (in an
unusual form that by-passed Majordomo’s internal checks for just such
occurrences). Majordomo promptly sent the message out to every one on the
list, including the no-longer existent internet address, who’s machine
bounced it back to Majordomo, and . . . well you get the idea. After a
while the messages got bigger and bigger and the receiving machine put the
part of the file into an attachment. Which of course made it look like it
was from some spammer who included some advertisement or virus or
something.

These two machines did this “message ping-ponging” with a certain amount of
glee, in my opinion, and has confirmed a suspicion of mine that all
computers are essentially evil and we should burn the lot of the
godless beasts and escape into the forests. However, since I’m still
paying off the loan for my godless beast, I won’t be doing such a sensible thing
for while.

An AOL user sent me a nice message saying that it was he who was the cause
of all this, but as the most of the messages had Swedish machine origins, I
don’t think it was.

Back To Normal?
*************
I’ve changed the list back to the old format (open subscription,
unmoderated) with a few behind the scenes changes to (hopefully) prevent
such an occurrence from happening again. Now you know why it’s important to
unsubscribe when you change e-mail address!

A few messages were sent to the mailing list during this down time, and I
still have them. But, since that “Approval” thing still don’t seem to work,
I would suggest anyone who sent a message to re-send it. That way, your
name will appear on the “From” header.

Well, that’s about it everybody. Start posting! I’ll be contacting some
folks who unsubscribed during the <DARK TIME> to let them know what
happened, and hopefully get them back.

Welcome back and has anyone checked out the <Roto-Bass> sound from the M1
bank A or B? Mega cool!  It’s one of the BEST bass sounds I’ve heard yet.

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:50:16 +0800 (HKT)
From: Steven Smith <spsmith@HK.Super.NET>
Subject: Re: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

Congratulations, good to have the M1 group back online.

Has anyone any comments on calkwalk 4.0 pro audio.  Compared to the latest
cubase?
I’ve played with the demo, which incidently has an M1 patch set.  I like it,
but is it worth it?

a belated Happy New Year to everyone

Steven

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:46:29 -0500
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

At 10:50 AM 1/10/96 +0800, you wrote:

>Has anyone any comments on calkwalk 4.0 pro audio.  Compared to the latest
>cubase?
>I’ve played with the demo, which incidently has an M1 patch set.  I like it,
>but is it worth it?

I have the full version of Cakewalk Pro Audio. Its worth it for some people
and not for others. Right now it still has a few glitches and is lacking a
couple of things that 3.01 had like CAL but a bug fix is due out this month
4.01 which will address a lot of common gripes. My general thinking on
Cakewalk Pro Audio right now is if you have a need to lay down lots of audio
and you have a powerful computer and a high quality digital audio card and a
good way to back up lots of data go for it. It really is a nice environment
to work in. If the above doesn’t apply to you and your music is mostly or
totally midi synth stuff the 3.01 version is probably a better way to go. In
other words if you have a 486DX4/100 or faster, 16MB or more of RAM a fast
EIDE or SCSI hard drive (preferably 2 drives with one for audio only) of 1GB
or more, a DAL Card D+ or Session-8 and a DAT backup or Zip or whatever CPA
is a cool program. My system is a little underpowered and the recording
quality of my SB16 (specifically the noise floor) has a lot to be desired. I
get about 4 tracks of what I would call multimedia presentation quality
audio synced to midi with an occasional hiccup using a 486DX2/66, 12MB ram,
EIDE 730MB hard drive and an Soundblaster16. I don’t know how it compares to
the newest version of Cubase Audio but they are probably similar. I think
the biggest difference between the two programs is the style of the
interface. The program I would like to try is Logic Audio since it looks
like it has a lot of interesting ways of approaching your music. The CPA
demo is pretty much exactly like the commercial version without the ability
to save your file so if it runs ok on your system the full version will too.
Overall I’m glad I bought it and plan to eventually upgrade my computer so
as to derive truly Pro Audio from it.
- ——————————————–
J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

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Subject: M1- bank select
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:19:00 -0800
From: Robert Clevenger <clev@cisco.com>

I sent this out over the holidays buyt I’m not sure if it made the
list.  So I’m resending.

I connected my Korg T3 up to Logic Audio running on a Mac.  I am able
to select all of the sounds in Program A (1-99) on the Korg from Logic
but I can’t seem to get to Program B or the Combinations.  I looked
through the documentation for some sort of bank select command but did
not find one.  I tried all of the selections in the bank select menu
in Logic to no avail.  I am prepared to write a custom bank select
message if only I knew what to put in it.  Any clues would be
appreciated.

Thanks,
- – rob

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From: Garth Boyd <Garth.Boyd@sofkin.ca>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:42:08 EST
Subject: M1* Re: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

> Welcome back and has anyone checked out the <Roto-Bass> sound from the M1
> bank A or B? Mega cool!  It’s one of the BEST bass sounds I’ve heard yet.

Is this a new sound? I do not recall it from the factory.
Is this a PCM / Program card product?

Cheers,
- —
Garth Boyd         Software Kinetics Ltd.       Ottawa    __ __
Voice: (613)831-2018 (4062)         Fax: (613)831-1836   < <<_<
boyd@sofkin.ca                               “Confido”    >_>

http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa811

“Diu/raic suas me/”

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 14:45:06 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject: M1* Re: M1- bank select

Dear T series owners:

To achieve bank changes on T series you need:
- – a sequencer capable of handling/editing sys-ex data:
- – your faithful Korg T2EX.

To select a <BANK A PROGRAM> you need this sys-ex string:
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 00 F7
F0 42 30 26 4E 12 00 F7
followed by a program change.

For instance, if you are in COMBI mode and wanted to reach program 54
stored onto A bank you’d do the following:
Sequencer Time Location 1:1:000
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 00 F7
Sequencer Time Location 1:1:001
F0 42 30 26 4E 12 00 F7
Sequencer Time Location 1:1:002
Porgram change #54
Remember to insert these data into a track which belongs to the same midi
channel of your T2EX.

To select a <BANK B PROGRAM> you need this sys-ex string:
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 01 F7
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 10 F7
followed by a program change.

To select a <COMBINATION> you need this sys-ex string:
F0 42 30 26 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 26 4E 10 00 F7
followed by a program change.

To select a <CARD PROGRAM> you need this sys-ex string:
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 26 4E 12 01 F7
followed by a program change.

To select a <CARD COMBINATION> you need this sys-ex string:
F0 42 30 26 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 26 4E 10 01 F7
followed by a program change.

Hope this helps.
Cheers Michele (Mike)

Let me know if you encounter some problems.

“Omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione
quadam inter se continentur.”

(CICERONE, Pro Archia, I, 2)

Michele Tornatore
e-mail: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it
Snail: Via A. Aleardi, 7/B
30172 Mestre (Venezia) ITALY
Tel. 39 – 41 – 988074
Fax  39 – 41- 958747

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From: stracca@nisms.tei.ericsson.se (Stracca Stefano)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 16:59:56 +0100
Subject: M1* Hardware

Hello,
I’m new to the list but I own a M1 since 1989.
I’m looking for someone who can give me technical informations
on M1′s HW. The best would be to have infos on how the PCM cards
are organized in order to interface my own designs to the PCM connector.
I think HW engineers understand what I mean.

Thank you and sorry for the very technical subject.

Stefano.

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From: “Holger Wirtz” <wirtz@indy.ipt.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 17:48:06 +0000
Subject: M1* Re: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

> Has anyone any comments on calkwalk 4.0 pro audio.  Compared to the latest
> cubase?

Uh, I’d like that info too …

Thank you, Holger

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From: ChickenSax@aol.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 14:02:02 -0500
Subject: M1* Glad to be back.

I am glad that this list is working again. Happy New Year to everyone.

Serge.

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:25:31 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: M1* Re: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

At 8:42 AM 1/10/96, Garth Boyd wrote:>> Welcome back and has anyone checked
out the <Roto-Bass> sound from the M1
>> bank A or B? Mega cool!  It’s one of the BEST bass sounds I’ve heard yet.
>
>Is this a new sound? I do not recall it from the factory.
>Is this a PCM / Program card product?
>
>Cheers,

Nope! It’s one of the sounds that you could download from John Sexton’s
ultra cool Web page.

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:29:09 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: M1* SAM1 – PCM slot expansion board for M1, M3, Wavestation

At 12:52 AM 1/11/96, Jacek Latanowicz wrote:
>The device is called Double Dutch SAM1. It is an expansion
>board for Korg M1, M1r, M3r, Wavestation (old PCMs probably not for
>Wavestation SR). It is plugged into PCM card slot,

I’ve heard about this device in lore and song but never in any real detail.

Please send the article! (At least to me and/or John S.)

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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Date:         Thu, 11 Jan 96 00:52:53 CET
From: Jacek Latanowicz <JACK%PLPUAM11@plearn.edu.pl>
Subject: M1* SAM1 – PCM slot expansion board for M1, M3, Wavestation

Sorry if anybody gets it twice. This is a re-sent…

Hello Krog users,

I haven’t cross-studied the huge amount of emails for last
few weeks due to my absence. I have been in Manchester, UK. I found
there an old SOS magazine (Sound-on-sound) which happened to be
very valuable for me. There is an article about a device I was
looking for just knowing it existed.
The device is called Double Dutch SAM1. It is an expansion
board for Korg M1, M1r, M3r, Wavestation (old PCMs probably not for
Wavestation SR). It is plugged into PCM card slot, has a memory which
probably can be expanded. It has a HD disk drive (1.44MB), reads and
stores samples in it’s memory which can be seen and used by M1 (or
other mentioned instrument). There are many details in the article.
If anybody is interested I can scan it down into text file and send
over this mailing list. There is even a picture of this product.
The device isn’t made by Korg, it’s third party thing. The price
staded there (Oct 92) is 650 UK Pounds which is about 1000 US$.
The file formats are the same as for Roland’s and Akai’s samplers.
Because I LOVE my M1, it’s user-friendly interface, and digital
effects I’m willing to pay to get the device. It would probably
make a sampler from M1. Imagine using own PCM’s !!!!
But there is a small problem. The phone number to the company
written there isn’t valid. I think the company which was selling it
in UK doesn’t exist anymore. Here come my 2 questions.
1. Did anybody use/seen this device ?
2. Where in the world can I buy this thing ????
It probably is produced either in Germany or Dutchland by the
mentioned Double Dutch company and Zodak.
Any information will be very helpful for me in reaching this product.

Thanks,

Jacek Latanowicz

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From: morritt@passport.ca
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 21:03 EST
Subject: Re: M1* Re: M1- The M1 Mailing List – 1996 and Beyond

Greetings!
I am also having difficulty locating this sound.  Where is it on John
Sexton’s page?
Thanks.
Rob

At 07:25 PM 10-01-96 -0500, you wrote:
>At 8:42 AM 1/10/96, Garth Boyd wrote:>> Welcome back and has anyone checked
>out the <Roto-Bass> sound from the M1
>>> bank A or B? Mega cool!  It’s one of the BEST bass sounds I’ve heard yet.
>>
>>Is this a new sound? I do not recall it from the factory.
>>Is this a PCM / Program card product?
>>
>>Cheers,
>
>Nope! It’s one of the sounds that you could download from John Sexton’s
>ultra cool Web page.
>
>***********************************************************
>noise
>noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/
>
>***********************************************************

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 02:05:21 GMT
From: Donal Ryan <ryand@iol.ie>
Subject: Re: M1* SAM1 – PCM slot expansion board for M1, M3, Wavestation

At 00:52 11/01/96 CET, you wrote:
(snip)

It could be that the phone number is correct but the area codes in the UK
have changed….you should now place a “1″ between the zero at the start of
the area code and the other digits….for example 021 now becomes 0121,etc.

Hope this might be of help.

DOnal Ryan,
ryand@iol.ie

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:56:13 +0200
From: “Ari Mononen” <AMONONEN@fi.oracle.com>
Subject: Re: M1* SAM1 – PCM slot expansion board for M1, M3, Wavestation

Hi Jacek

Could you please send me that article …

Thanks,

Ari Mononen

Content-Type: message/rfc822

Date: 11 Jan 96 00:52:53
From:”Jacek Latanowicz ” <owner-korg-m1-l@io.org>
To: korg-m1-l@io.org
Subject: M1* SAM1 – PCM slot expansion board for M1, M3, Wavestation
Reply-to: korg-m1-l@io.org
X-Orcl-Application: Return-Path: <owner-korg-m1-l@io.org>
X-Orcl-Application: Sender: owner-korg-m1-l@io.org
X-Orcl-Application: Precedence: bulk

Sorry if anybody gets it twice. This is a re-sent…

Hello Krog users,

I haven’t cross-studied the huge amount of emails for last
few weeks due to my absence. I have been in Manchester, UK. I found
there an old SOS magazine (Sound-on-sound) which happened to be
very valuable for me. There is an article about a device I was
looking for just knowing it existed.
The device is called Double Dutch SAM1. It is an expansion
board for Korg M1, M1r, M3r, Wavestation (old PCMs probably not for
Wavestation SR). It is plugged into PCM card slot, has a memory which
probably can be expanded. It has a HD disk drive (1.44MB), reads and
stores samples in it’s memory which can be seen and used by M1 (or
other mentioned instrument). There are many details in the article.
If anybody is interested I can scan it down into text file and send
over this mailing list. There is even a picture of this product.
The device isn’t made by Korg, it’s third party thing. The price
staded there (Oct 92) is 650 UK Pounds which is about 1000 US$.
The file formats are the same as for Roland’s and Akai’s samplers.
Because I LOVE my M1, it’s user-friendly interface, and digital
effects I’m willing to pay to get the device. It would probably
make a sampler from M1. Imagine using own PCM’s !!!!
But there is a small problem. The phone number to the company
written there isn’t valid. I think the company which was selling it
in UK doesn’t exist anymore. Here come my 2 questions.
1. Did anybody use/seen this device ?
2. Where in the world can I buy this thing ????
It probably is produced either in Germany or Dutchland by the
mentioned Double Dutch company and Zodak.
Any information will be very helpful for me in reaching this product.

Thanks,

Jacek Latanowicz

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 03:42:23 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: M1* KORG M1 SAM1 expansion

Hi there!

Saw a question posted on a device called the SAM1. It’s essentially a
sample player that reads AKAI disks and plugs into the PCM slot. For
those who are interested: it was carried and produced by a Dutch firm
called Zadok, and I have the phone number for you: +31-70-3200209. I’m
not sure if they carry it anymore. I do have a sample disk at home
giving a complete demo and product description. If there’s enough respons
and if I ever get my #%$%^^# PC working again, I’ll post that and some
WAV files…

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date:         Thu, 11 Jan 96 12:27:51 CET
From: Jacek Latanowicz <JACK%PLPUAM11@plearn.edu.pl>
Subject:      Re: M1* KORG M1 SAM1 expansion

On Thu, 11 Jan 1996 03:42:23 EST R. Lohman said:
>Hi there!
>
>Saw a question posted on a device called the SAM1. It’s essentially a
>sample player that reads AKAI disks and plugs into the PCM slot. For
>those who are interested: it was carried and produced by a Dutch firm
>called Zadok, and I have the phone number for you: +31-70-3200209. I’m
>not sure if they carry it anymore. I do have a sample disk at home
>giving a complete demo and product description. If there’s enough respons
>and if I ever get my #%$%^^# PC working again, I’ll post that and some
>WAV files…
>
>Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
>Rein Lohman
>IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
>Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

Hello there ,

Thakks for the number to Zadok. I called them and received following
information.
The current price of the device is about 950$ and the device is still
beeing manufactured. (I think the price is high but worth it)
They don’t sell it via the company mentioned in the SOS (sound on sound)
OCT 92′ magazine. I’ve sent them a fax with my personal details and they
promised to send me ordering information right away.
The device’s memory is 512kB but can be expanded to 1MB which is
quite enough for PCMs.
The rest of technical details will be in the article which I have to
scan down first. It will take some time but I should be able to send it
to the list on friday or saturday.
If anybody is interested in ordering information here’s additional
fax number to Zadok :
(+31 70) 3200345     – fax
and the phone number mentioned earlier :
(+31 70) 3200209     – phone
btw, the guy speaks english very well.

Hope this helps.

Jacek L.

Ps. I hope we find someone who used this thing or seen it in action…
I’m 100% convinced to buy the device.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:46:36 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: M1* KORG SAM1 expansion

Wow!
People act fast –considering I put the number to Zadok up only hours ago
and people are already ordering… I will give the demo CD that I have
a good listen and publish my findings tomorrow. If I’m in the neighboor-
hood I’ll visit Zadok and ask for a full product demonstration. I wanted
to get a demo from their Quasimidi Raven anyways. Hopefully this weekend.

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 11:08:50 -0800
From: Tim Loepp <timl@xplor.com>
Subject: Re: M1* SAM1 – PCM slot expansion board for M1, M3, Wavestation

Jacek Latanowicz wrote:
>
> Sorry if anybody gets it twice. This is a re-sent…
>
> Hello Krog users,
>
>  I haven’t cross-studied the huge amount of emails for last
> few weeks due to my absence. I have been in Manchester, UK. I found
> there an old SOS magazine (Sound-on-sound) which happened to be
> very valuable for me. There is an article about a device I was
> looking for just knowing it existed.
>  The device is called Double Dutch SAM1. It is an expansion
> board for Korg M1, M1r, M3r, Wavestation (old PCMs probably not for
> Wavestation SR). It is plugged into PCM card slot, has a memory which
> probably can be expanded. It has a HD disk drive (1.44MB), reads and
> stores samples in it’s memory which can be seen and used by M1 (or
> other mentioned instrument). There are many details in the article.
> If anybody is interested I can scan it down into text file and send
> over this mailing list. There is even a picture of this product.
> The device isn’t made by Korg, it’s third party thing. The price
> staded there (Oct 92) is 650 UK Pounds which is about 1000 US$.
> The file formats are the same as for Roland’s and Akai’s samplers.
> Because I LOVE my M1, it’s user-friendly interface, and digital
> effects I’m willing to pay to get the device. It would probably
> make a sampler from M1. Imagine using own PCM’s !!!!
>  But there is a small problem. The phone number to the company
> written there isn’t valid. I think the company which was selling it
> in UK doesn’t exist anymore. Here come my 2 questions.
> 1. Did anybody use/seen this device ?
> 2. Where in the world can I buy this thing ????
>  It probably is produced either in Germany or Dutchland by the
> mentioned Double Dutch company and Zodak.
> Any information will be very helpful for me in reaching this product.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacek Latanowicz

- –
TIM
timl@xplor.com
“I am what I am, and thats all that I am.” (Popeye the Sailor)

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Date:         Fri, 12 Jan 96 13:22:39 CET
From: Jacek Latanowicz <JACK%PLPUAM11@plearn.edu.pl>
Subject: M1* SAM1 again, about the article

Hello Korgers,

I scanned down the article which is quite long and interesting.
I think You will find it that way. Sorry about the format of long
and narrow column, but I just don’t have time to make it a nice
looking document. I barely had time to correct the scanning (so sorry
for any bugs that might be there). There is also a GIF picture of
the device, but I don’t know how to send it and where. It’s about
70KB long.
I think that the title of the article is a little inacurate.
It is stated clearly that the SAM1 is for M3r, T1, T2, T3, Wavestation
as well. So limiting to M1 is not the point.

cheers,

Jacek L.

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Date:         Fri, 12 Jan 96 13:28:43 CET
From: Jacek Latanowicz <JACK%PLPUAM11@plearn.edu.pl>
Subject:      Re: M1* KORG SAM1 expansion

On Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:46:36 EST R. Lohman said:
>Wow!
>People act fast –considering I put the number to Zadok up only hours ago
>and people are already ordering… I will give the demo CD that I have
>a good listen and publish my findings tomorrow. If I’m in the neighboor-
>hood I’ll visit Zadok and ask for a full product demonstration. I wanted
>to get a demo from their Quasimidi Raven anyways. Hopefully this weekend.
>
>Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
>Rein Lohman
>IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
>Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

Hello Rein,

thank You for the information on the phone number. From what You write
You live not far away from the company. I think that for some of us here
any information might be valuable. You can see the interest of the people
who asked for the article. However nobody exactly knows if the high price
is good enough for the device. So it would be very good if You could
maybe later give information about the demo CD. Maybe You can find out
more, expecially about things form the article…
I might be one of few people who already decided to buy this thing.
I don’t have a big studio, just 2 synths, a mixer, few computers…
But I love M1, and lately bought Roland JV880 which maybe sounds better
but it just isn’t it. The unfriendly user-interface, stupid effects
which are a pain in the b**t. Up till today I can’t understand why
doesn’t the reverb effect not work on “pick bass” while it works
on other patches in multisound…just can’t compare it to sweet simplicity
of Korg M1 (long live the KING gee, I don’t know if it’s he Korg
or she Korg….whatever)
This is why expanding M1 to tons of PCMs is making a sampler out of it.
Hopefully it’s not just a far-away fantasy. This is why any information
is very valuable for me.
Thanks in advance,

Jacek L.

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:55:22 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: M1* KORG SAM1 continued…

Hello,

Didn’t have time yet to listen to the SAM1 demo CD. Also, about putting
a demo wave file up: to accurately represent the quality of the device
it would have to be a 44100 Hz 16-bit stereo file which can get very
large (1 MB per 6 seconds), so I’m not sure if that’s the way to go.
Maybe ordering the demo CD from ZADOK (see earlier notes) will be better.

Meanwhile, I do believe the device acts as a sample player only — i.e.
you can’t record your own samples. This makes it a pretty expensive
option in my view, especially considering that AKAI came out with a fully
featured 32-voice 16-bit stereo sampler four roughly the same price and
2 MB RAM to boot.But, over the weekend I’ll listen to the CD, try to
find out more about the specs and let you know on monday.

Have a great weekend everybody.

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:58:32 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: M1* KORG SAM1 expansion

I’ll see what I can dig up. I live in Utrecht, but business takes me fair
ly often to The Hague, where ZADOK is located. Hopefully next week (this
weekend will be unlikely).

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
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From: “Sherwin H. Bostock” <shbostoc@uab-admin.vpad.uab.edu>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:25:52 CST
Subject: M1* M1 Bank/ Patch Librarian

Hello everyone,

Happy New Years to all, help help help, I’m trying out the M1
Bank/Patch Librarian and running into all kinds of heck.. Receiving
data from the M1 is no problem, its when I go to save the data to
disk is where the problem occurs.  I get an error that saids “?don’t
see path at 127 or ?don’t see path at 0.  Whats going? or I may get
the same error when selecting M1 to Disk sysex dump “prog, Comb, All,
Global, etc.  Can someone please instruct me on this program the help
menu does not seem to help.  I need to know more about the saving
data process.  Thanks in advance for your help.
Sherwin

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:59:00 -0500
From: afn05890@afn.org (Ralph P. Juliano)
Subject: M1* New M1 Librarian

Greetings:

If anyone is interested in a new Editor/Librarian for the M1, I found
SoundLib 1.01.  It seems to work smoother on my machine than the M1 Banks
program.  It also supports mutiple synths and writes files compatible with
Cakewalk.  Download it from:

http://www.webcom.com/playloud/SoundLib/download.html

Make sure to set the MidiIn Buffer Size variable in the Soundlib.ini to
3000.  It is initially set to 512 and is not large enough to receive all 100
sounds from the M1.

RJ

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From: Christophe DUPERTHUY <cduper@rfv.insa-lyon.fr>
Subject: M1* I’m back…
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 18:19:12 MET

Hello,
I’m sorry to disturb you : I’ve just bought the Midi Cable
yesterday. I’ve got a problem : the cable is made of 2 Dins, 1 Midi In
and 1 Midi Out (that’s Ok for the M1), but I’ve got two other “prises”
on the other side, with 16 pins : one male and one female. I remeber the
male is ok for the soundcard, but I don’t know what to do with the
“female” (Oh ! Sorry !!! ).
Now, if there’s no problem to let the female alone, how could I
dump my M1 on the computer : I try to use Sysex (on Windows, the Icon
represents 2 Dins that are linked…) and start Receive_Midi ; a window
opens and there’s a start button (and a cancel one) ; I switch on the
Start ; Then I go on the M1, switch on Global, then 7 (that is Program
Dump ???) and switch on Dump key (on the right) ; the “screen” writes
“processing…” for a while and then stops. On the computer, nothing
happens ! And after a few minutes, it writes “No Data Received”…
Here are my questions, if you can answer (please) :
- – Is there a problem with the Cable (it is sold for a Midi Sound Blaster
and I’ve got a SB compatible card, that is not a Sound Blaster).
- – Do I mistake with the Dump procedure ?

Thanks in advance. I will be back on Monday morning…
Enjoy your Week-End. Bye

Christophe.
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From: ChickenSax@aol.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 13:21:53 -0500
Subject: Re: M1* KORG SAM1 expansion

Hi guys,

I would love to read the article about SAM1.
So fare this is how I see this SAM1 idea.

As you know the M1 is a killer synth.  It would be great to add some fresh
samples to it. But hey, nothing new, there is a serial killer synth–T3.   T3
is basically an M1 with all those things we wish the M1 had (8MB of ROM,
large graphical display, 3,5″ floppy drive etc.). One of those “things” is
1MB of internal RAM and ability to load and FULLY utilize 1MB of
multisamples.  But let’s get to the point. I own one of T3′s EX and I have
experimented with samples using  AI synthesis (Advanced Integrated) for quite
some time. I sample and “shape” samples with my Macintosh using Alchemy
sample editing software and then dump them to my T. To create multisounds I
use MultiMaker–a program unleashed by Korg USA after they discontinued
making T-Series (If anyone would like to get MultiMaker free, contact me).
Now, I dumped so many different samples to my T that were sampled on
different machines such as EmaxII, Akai S1000, S900,PeavySX and Ensoniq EPS.
Believe me, not all samples sound good on T. I had to resample some of them
using my Alchemy to make them acceptable, in some cases it helped, in some
didn’t. The best sounding (after Korg DSM1) samples were sampled at 32khz
using 12bit AkaiS900. Those samples sounded better than those 16bit from
AkaiS1000 (after conversion to mono).  But even some of those from S900
sounded like garbage in my Korg. The point I am making is that not all of
samples from SAM1 with sound right on your M1. Do not expect to load an Akai
sample to your M1 and to sound similar to Korg PCM cards where you have
already made multisamples (on Korg DSM1 sampler) along with prog./global
data.  Here are some questions:  How do you map samples across M1′s keyboard
(create multis)? Using drum kits? If yes, where do you store global/program
data? In SAM1 on to the same diskette, or on MCR03 cards? How about power
compatibility with US/Japan, we use 110V
Well, SAM1 sounds like a nice invention, but a little out of date for a
sample player.  We store samples on CD-ROM and HD today.  After all, how many
Akai (and which Akai, operating system differs in different types of
samplers) diskettes can you collect these days.
I don’t know about Europe, but here in NYC  you can get a T3EX for $1200 and
have it all internal.  So if you are desperate for this sample playing
feature and love your M1, here is an idea:
Sell your M1, buy a round trip ticket to NYC, take that $1000 you were going
to spend on SAM1, buy T3EX, contact me, so we can have a cup of tea, return
to wherever your home is and enjoy sample playing.

Long post, isn’t it?

Serge.

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 22:27:32 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject: M1* T&M series Patch changes etc.

Hi M&T series users!
Here are some cool stuff that I hope you’ll find useful.

These sys-ex strings work with M1, M1R, M1EX and M1REX. The instrument must
be set on midi channel 1.
These strings can be put into your sequencer tracks and MUST BE FOLLOWED BY
A PROGRAM CHANGE. Please bear in mind that all strings refer to midi
channel 1.

To recall an INTERNAL PROGRAM:
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 00 F7
(+program change)

To recall an INTERNAL COMBINATION:
F0 42 30 19 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 00 F7
(+program change)

To recall an CARD PROGRAM:
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 01 F7
(+program change)

To recall an CARD COMBINATION:
F0 42 30 19 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 01 F7
(+program change)

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
FOR T1, T2 and T3 USERS ONLY
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

These sys-ex strings work with T1, T2 and T3. The instrument must be set on
midi channel 1.
These strings can be put into your sequencer tracks and MUST BE FOLLOWED BY
A PROGRAM CHANGE. Please bear in mind that all strings refer to midi
channel 1.

To recall an INTERNAL PROGRAM A BANK:
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 00 F7
(+program change)

To recall an INTERNAL PROGRAM B BANK:
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 01 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
(+program change)

To recall an INTERNAL COMBINATION:
F0 42 30 26 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 00 F7
(+program change)

To recall an CARD PROGRAM:
F0 42 30 26 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 01 F7
(+program change)

To recall an CARD COMBINATION:
F0 42 30 26 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 01 F7
(+program change)

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
FOR M1, M1EX, M1R and M1REX USERS ONLY
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

Now let’s go a little step further and set to off M1 internal effects.
As usual M1 is set on midi channel 1.

SINGLE PROGRAM:
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 0E 08 21 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 10 08 21 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7

DOUBLE PROGRAM:
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 17 08 21 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 19 08 21 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

Now let’s try another effects combination. As usual M1 is set on midi channel 1.
In example 1 we’ll see a single program with FX1 set to HALL and FX2 set to
STEREO DELAY and in example 2 we’ll see a double program with FX1 set to
LARGE ROOM and FX2 set to EXCITER.

EXAMPLE 1 (SINGLE PROGRAM)
FX1 = HALL
FX2 = STEREO DELAY:
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 0E 08 00 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 10 08 09 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7

EXAMPLE 1 (DOUBLE PROGRAM)
FX1 = LARGE ROOM
FX2 = EXCITER:
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 17 08 04 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 19 08 16 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7

In example 3 we’ll see a single program with FX1 set to PHASER 2 and FX2
set to CROSS FLANGER and in example 4 we’ll see a double program with FX1
set to LARGE ROOM and FX2 set to DELAY/DELAY.

EXAMPLE 3 (SINGLE PROGRAM)
FX1 = PHASER 2
FX2 = CROSS FLANGER:
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 0E 08 10 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 10 08 0E 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7

EXAMPLE 4 (DOUBLE PROGRAM)
FX1 = LARGE ROOM
FX2 = DELAY/DELAY:
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 17 08 041 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 41 19 08 1C 00 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7

PLEASE I WANT FEEDBACK FROM YOU! LET ME KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCES WITH SYS-EX STRINGS!!!!

Cheers Michele

BTW Let me know if you think that it’s worth an effort. Thanks!

“Omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione
quadam inter se continentur.”

(CICERONE, Pro Archia, I, 2)

Michele Tornatore
e-mail: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it
Snail: Via A. Aleardi, 7/B
30172 Mestre (Venezia) ITALY
Tel. 39 – 41 – 988074
Fax  39 – 41- 958747

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Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 14:40:52 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: M1* SAM1-Sample expander for Korg M1 (part 1 of 2)

Here’s the article from Jacek Latanowicz. Thanks Jacek! Impressive
scanning I must say. I’ve fixed up the line breaks and spell checked it.
It’s posted in two parts since the full article surpasses the file size
limit of the mailing list.

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Magazine : Sound On Sound (UK) Nov. 92
Title : *** DOUBLE DUTCH SAM1 ***
Sample expander for Korg M1
Author : Derek Johnson

Scanned and supported by Jacek Latanowicz (jack@vm.amu.edu.pl)

Adding new waveforms to the complement already found in Korg’s M1
synthesizer has always been easy, if not cheap; simply buy a card full
of new waveforms, plug it into the PCM Data slot, and your synth has a
whole new palette of sounds. However useful that may be you’re always
stuck with someone else’s choices, and building up a collection is
expensive. Just think what it would be like If you could buy a box that
would let you grab samples from your own sampler and use them in your
M1 . . .

Well, it’s taken cooperation between two Dutch companies – Zadok
and Double Dutch – to come up with just such a system, in the shape of
the _Double Dutch SAM 1 Sample Expander_. While not as elegant as just
plugging in a card, the SAM1 is rather more powerful; a half megabyte of
memory in a 1 U rack-mounting front end with a built in high density
(1.44MB) disk drive. Samples can be received over MIDI via the Sample
Dump Standard, or – in a very clever twist – by loading the samples
direct from your sampler library disks. Quite a few samplers are
supported (the sample format is identical to Korg’s T1 and DSM1, and
foreign formats supported include Akai and Roland; see box for complete
list) and the drive will read double density disks as well as high
density types. Doubling up as a general purpose MIDI datafiler and as a
MIDI Song File playback machine makes the SAM1 even more useful – MIDI
files can be read from ST or MS-DOS format disks (double density only).
So, everything you ever wanted from your M1 is provided by this cunning
device. T-series, M3R, M1R and Wavestation owners needn’t look glum, SAM1
is designed to work with these instruments as well. Since I used an M1
for the review, it’s that instrument which will be referred to
throughout.

The SAM1 has a look best described as utilitarian. It is housed in a
grey 1U rack- mounting module that connects to the M1′s PCM slot (the
one at the rear) via a multi-way ribbon cable; the M1 therefore ‘sees’
the SAM1′s samples as new waveforms on a card. A couple of MIDI sockets
complete the connections. Besides the disk drive, the front panel
features a small but informative LCD and eight function keys which are
used to control the SAM1; these keys are rather arcanely labelled with a
variety of horizontal, vertical and double arrows, but their operation
becomes familiar fairly quickly. They are basically used to move around
the six main headings of the software (Load, Load Single, Save, MIDI,
Edit and Disk), choose a function within each group (there are at least
two), choose a parameter, and change the value; Execute and Cancel keys
confirm or abort any operations.

Internally, you have about 512k of PCM memory. The rear panel, besides
the MIDI connections and the PCM connector, has an ‘option’ bus – no
details on this as yet. An LCD contrast knob is also (inconveniently) at
the rear, but this is a rather coarse device: the display on the
(pre-production) review model was either full on or blank, but this has
apparently been fixed in production models. The power supply is
external, but the unit supplied is a compact device that runs on any
voltage between 100V and 240V, outputtlng the required 5V.

The sound architecture is simple: the SAM1 holds a number of samples.
These sounds can be treated as Drum Sounds, or they can be split across
the keyboard, as a Multisound in Double Dutch speak. Samples in
Multisounds are confusingly referred to as Related Sounds, Rel-sounds or
Rels. The available memory can be used for a maximum of 69 Rels; Drum
Sounds are limited to 29, and the total number of Multisounds available
is 28. While editing at sample level is limited to naming the sample or
turning a loop on or off, the Multisound process involves comprehensive
mapping, level adjustment and tuning, as well as filter cutoff and decay
offsets for each sample. The Multisound itself can also be named – it is
the name which eventually turns up on the M1.

*OPERATION*
===========
Getting up and running with the SAM1 involves connecting the multi-way
cable to your M1′s PCM slot, as well as MIDI-In to MIDI-Out and MIDI-Out
to MIDI-In; then you switch on. The MIDI connections are needed for the
transfer of Program and Combi information. You’ll need to insert a SAM1
system disk, or a sound disk which also has the system software
installed on it, wait a few seconds, and choose which instrument you’re
using ( the system software is slightly different for each machine ), and
then choose whether to copy the system or simply run it. The first time
you switch on the SAM1, you should back up the system and use the copy
- – this is just sensible practice. There’s also a demo disk you can try,
which loads a MIDI File plus a pile of samples and patch and global data
for the M1; this shows off the SAM1 to rather good effect. Before
running the demo, be sure to back up the memory of your M1 – patches
will be over-written in the demo process.

There are a number of disks supplied with SAM1, and it’s simplicity
itself to load the samples contained therein and try them out. Just
select _Load PCM Data_, and press _Execute_. Choose a program on the M1, go
into _Edit Prog_ and scroll to Oscillator 1, and zoom past internal
waveform 99. It’s here that you’ll find the card waveforms ( prefixed C ),
which is, of course, what the SAM1 is giving you. You could also load up
some Program and Combination data along with the PCM data from the
supplied disks. You can also load sample disks from your own library,
provided your sampler is supported, or load in samples to the SAM1 over
MIDI. This is just as easy as using SAM1 disks; Sample Dump is as fast
as we’ve grown to expect it – ie. not fast enough – but it works well.

SAM1′s disk operations are a little primitive, in that lots of different
sorts of data can be saved to disk, but it appears that individual
‘files’ can’t be named, and multiple versions of the same sort of dump
can’t be saved to the same disk. For example, if you were to save a set
of 99 M1 programs to disk, then wanted to save another 99 different
programs to the same disk, the second batch would overwrite the first -
not very useful. And even if you could save multiple files, it would be
impossible to retrieve them since they don’t have names. This hardly
makes for the most efficient use of high density disks; although their
cost might be at an all-time low, it would still be better to be able
to use a disk to its full capacity.

The MIDI side of the SAM1 has been rather well thought out. The only
real problem is that MIDI connections have been included at all: I
mean, we all need two more MIDI cables to accommodate, whether at our
MIDI patchbay or hanging off the back of our keyboard rig, don’t we?
Accepting that this is necessary, however, the addition of a SAM1
should enhance your whole MIDI setup, not just the M1, Wavestation,
T1 or whatever it’s attached to, since you can treat it as a data
storage device. Not only can the SAM1 receive and send sample dumps
over MIDI, it can actually transmit the dump request. This is handy
for those samplers (such as Roland’s S330 and S550) which need to be
requested to send a sample dump. All 12-bit samples are converted to
16-bit in the process, and the SAM1 starts to look more like a handy
control centre for sample exchange if you work with more than one
sampler. As mentioned earlier, the SAM1 functions as a data filer and
MIDI Song File playback machine; the same buffer area is used for
both jobs, so be aware that any song in memory when you accept or
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From: morritt@passport.ca
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 12:36 EST
Subject: M1 Digests

Hi!
Thanks for the great info on your list.  Could you email me the two digests?
Thanks!
Rob
morritt@passport.ca

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From: morritt@passport.ca
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 95 18:59 EST
Subject: Re: M1 Digests

At 10:25 AM 02-12-95 -0500, you wrote:
>At 12:36 PM 12/1/95, morritt@passport.ca wrote:>Hi!
>>Thanks for the great info on your list.  Could you email me the two digests?
>>Thanks!
>>Rob
>>morritt@passport.ca
>
>Sure, but you did’nt tell me what platform your on. Mac or PC?
>
>Oops sorry… its a PC
Thanks again!

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From: Manousos Bouloukakis <mboulou@control.ece.ntua.gr>
Subject: SOUNDS
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 16:40:37 +0200 (EET)

Can any one tell me how i can
put brand new sounds in my Korg M1?
I dont want combinations or programs from the original waveforms that
KORG put it.

I want a NEW sound from my KORG

Manousos Bouloukakis
National Technical University of Athens
Email:mboulou@control.ece.ntua.gr

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 01:07:19 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: Obvious Questions Dept.: MIDI loop?

>How do you determine if you have a MIDI loop?

Midi loops usually happen with instruments that can merge Midi by
themselves, i.e. when the Midi out jack doubles as Midi thru. The effects
range from random notes sounding after you hit a key, to devices locking up
until you disconnect one of the offending Midi cables.

>I often use the front
>panel of the M1 to change programs and do some basic programming while I’m
>sequencing. When I’m pressing the <UP> arrow repeatedly, for instance, to
>select different programs, the Mirage will change programs also.

In your setup, what you do on the M1′s front panel is sent out over Midi
and ends up back into the M1. So it does receive double commands (one
internally, one over Midi), which may cause some sluggishness. But this is
not a real loop, and it shouldn’t affect note information.

>The way the light flashes when it’s receiving MIDI
>from Studio Vision, it almost looks as if its receiving two notes at once.

The light flashes twice for each note: note-on and note-off. In Vision’s
list window, it’s easy to check for double notes in your sequence. If there
are: is your Roland controller keyboard sending on several channels
simultaneously? Vision has a “Select duplicates” command to repair
sequences with double notes.

>I’ve checked the <Overflow> parameter on the <Global> page but its turned off.

Right, when overflow is on and all the M1′s voices are in use, incoming
notes are passed on to the Midi out, and will cause a loop in your setup.

I don’t think the Pocket Merge is doing any harm. The “front-panel”
sluggishness should happen without it just as well. An actual loop would
causes far more trouble, that’s for sure.

Chris

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 02:45:36 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: patches..

Hi there!
I’ve had my T1 since the start (1989) and I’ve never really used it…
until now. Does anyone know of a shareware utility that will read and
write T1 sample disks (so that I don’t have to use the slooooow MIDI
sample dump) and a decent windows-based editor?
Is anyone interested in trading T1-sounds (with a sysex dumper facility
that actually works…) for some of my samples from my extensive collec-
tion? I have approx. 2000 samples, all in the house/techno area, and am
willing to swap disk for disk (ie. you send me a disk with sounds, I’ll
send you a disk with properly formatted samples of your preferred choice)

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:56:23 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: Obvious Questions Dept.: MIDI loop?

>Hey, Thanks! You answered All my questions!

Well, I disregarded the bit about active sensing. If you want to brush up
on that, check your list archives:

Subject: Re: “ACTIVE SENSING”?  Huh?
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 01:59:46 +0200

Chris

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From: ddennis@georgian.net
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 19:49:21 -0500
Subject: Re: patches..

>I’ve had my T1 since the start (1989) and I’ve never >really used it…
>until now. Does anyone know of a shareware utility that >will read and write T1
sample disks (so that I don’t have >to use the slooooow MIDI sample dump) and a
decent >windows-based editor?

Those of you who are searching for a Korg and other Editor/Librarian try,

http://www.webcom/playloud/SoundLib/sndlintr.html

Apparently it does support

Korg    M-1, M3R, T1, T2, T3, Wavestation (SR,A/D),
O series(O1W,O2W,O3W). X series(X2,X3,X5)

Hope this helps with your T1 situation and helps
fellow M-1 er’s

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:22:55 -0800
From: “C.K. Lee” <cklee@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: patches..

At 07:49 PM 12/11/95 -0500, you wrote:
>>I’ve had my T1 since the start (1989) and I’ve never >really used it…
>>until now. Does anyone know of a shareware utility that >will read and
write T1
>sample disks (so that I don’t have >to use the slooooow MIDI sample dump)
and a
>decent >windows-based editor?
>
>
>Those of you who are searching for a Korg and other Editor/Librarian try,
>
>http://www.webcom/playloud/SoundLib/sndlintr.html
>
>Apparently it does support
>
>Korg   M-1, M3R, T1, T2, T3, Wavestation (SR,A/D),
>       O series(O1W,O2W,O3W). X series(X2,X3,X5)
>
>Hope this helps with your T1 situation and helps
>fellow M-1 er’s

Hi, is the address right? Tried logging on and got the evil No DNS Entry
from Netscape.

@..@       0–0     Reebit. Reebit.
(—-)     (—-)
( >__< )  _( |__| )_  cklee@direct.ca
^^ ~~ ^^  ^^` ~~ `^^  kincaid@unixg.ubc.ca
Frog  and  Toad     Vancouver, BC. Home to the Canucks!

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 17:43:45 +0800 (HKT)
From: spsmith@HK.Super.NET
Subject: RE: patches..

At 09:11 AM 12/12/95 PST, you wrote:
>
>Hi,
>Anwar here I tried the website below “message it did not exist”
IT DOES:
The address s/b:
>http://www.webcom.com/playloud/SoundLib/sndlintr.html

Please try this, if no joy,  try going in a level higher.  I must add that
this is a librarian and not an editor.  If anyone can tell me the
whereabouts of an editor for the M1 I would be most grateful.

rgds

Steven

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 08:49:47 EST
From: “R. Lohman” <r_lohman@nl.ibm.com>
Subject: patches for samples (2)

Hi everybody,

Seems that I got a nice discussion going about editors etc. Can’t wait
for my PC to be fixed so that I can try some sites myself!

Is there anyone out there willing to share their patches (ie. sound
programs and/or combinations) with me? I have very little patches myself,
but I would like to reiterate that I am willing to share some of my
samples (lots of techno noises, basses, drums and loops) in exchange.

Also, there seems to be a real shortage of shareware editors out there.
Is anyone using a commercial package that they can recommend?

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 16:54:06 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject: RE: Combi parameter changes over MIDI

Hi Pekka
Thanks for you Christmas wishes ’cause I need them….
About your request, I think the only way to achieve pan movements and
related things is sys-ex messages. But pay attention that this could be
very tricky. In fact there a sys-ex string that correspnds to every
movement you make on M1 keypad. Just to give you a little suggestion: try
to put your software sequencer into recording mode and then randomly push
some buttons of the M1 keypad.
If your sequencer records not only notes and controllers but also sys-ex
data, you’ll see at the end of the recording process (into the track you
selected for recording) a lot of sys-ex strings that for now are
meaningless to you.
But if you learn how to recognize them, you’re done. One of the basic
things I’ve learnt from sys-ex strings is how to make a bank change (as you
know M1 doesn’t support it). As I told you before to ‘squeeze’ from your M1
the right sys-ex strings you need to do the follwing things:
- – put your software sequencer into recording mode;
- – push on the M1 keypad the ‘PROGRAM’ button;
- – stop the recording;
- – give a look inside the track’s content.
Now you’ve recorded a sys-ex string made to reach the PROGRAM Bank.
To check if what you’ve just done is right:
- – Put your M1 into COMBINATION Mode;
- – Playback the track you recorded earlier that contains a sys-ex string to
change bank. To your amazemznt you’ll see in a while M1 changing from COMBI
to PROGRAM.
In the same way you can record the right sys-ex string to reach the COMBI
Mode and so on.
Here some hints:
To call up an INTERNAL PROGRAM
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 00 F7
(+ program change)

To call up an INTERNAL COMBINATION
F0 42 30 19 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 00 F7
(+ program change)

To call up a CARD PROGRAM (whether it’s a RAM or ROM Card)
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 01 F7
(+ program change)

To call up a CARD COMBINATION (whether it’s a RAM or ROM Card)
F0 42 30 19 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 01 F7
(+ program change)

Hope it helps
Cheers Michele

“Omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione
quadam inter se continentur.”

(CICERONE, Pro Archia, I, 2)

Michele Tornatore
e-mail: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it
Snail: Via A. Aleardi, 7/B
30172 Mestre (Venezia) ITALY
Tel. 39 – 41 – 988074
Fax  39 – 41- 958747

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:02:23 -0800
From: Pekka Karvonen <more@clinet.fi>
Subject: Combi parameter changes over MIDI

As a new memeber in this list, I would say hi to everyone and (yes,
it’s coming again) Merry Christmas!

And here’s my short question: Is there a way to have control over
velocity and pan via MIDI, whem M1 in COMBI mode? Is it possible at
all? With other gear (like ESI-32) it’s easy.

Regards,
Pekka

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From: Shoaib Anwar <anwar@idp.dk>
Subject: RE: patches..
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 09:11:00 PST

Hi,
Anwar here I tried the website below “message it did not exist”

http://www.webcom/playloud/SoundLib/sndlintr.html

Come back thank you.

Sorry I have’nt been talking to you guys ive been out travelling the JOB
you know.

Lovely to read your mail.

Keep on coming.

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From:  ddennis@georgian.net[SMTP:ddennis@georgian.net]
Sent:  12. december 1995 01.49
To:  korg-m1-l@io.org
Subject:  Re: patches..

>I’ve had my T1 since the start (1989) and I’ve never >really used it…
>until now. Does anyone know of a shareware utility that >will read and
write T1
sample disks (so that I don’t have >to use the slooooow MIDI sample dump)
and a
decent >windows-based editor?

Those of you who are searching for a Korg and other Editor/Librarian try,

http://www.webcom/playloud/SoundLib/sndlintr.html

Apparently it does support

Korg M-1, M3R, T1, T2, T3, Wavestation (SR,A/D),
O series(O1W,O2W,O3W). X series(X2,X3,X5)

Hope this helps with your T1 situation and helps
fellow M-1 er’s

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From: Shoaib Anwar <anwar@idp.dk>
Subject: RE: Combi parameter changes over MIDI
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 09:36:00 PST

Hi Pekka,
Merry christmas to you too. Are you in Finland? I’m new as well, welcome.
These guys are good.
Greetings from Denmark
Anwar

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From:  Pekka Karvonen[SMTP:more@clinet.fi]
Sent:  12. december 1995 18.02
To:  korg-m1-l@io.org
Subject:  Combi parameter changes over MIDI

As a new memeber in this list, I would say hi to everyone and (yes,
it’s coming again) Merry Christmas!

And here’s my short question: Is there a way to have control over
velocity and pan via MIDI, whem M1 in COMBI mode? Is it possible at
all? With other gear (like ESI-32) it’s easy.

Regards,
Pekka

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From: bhapgood@spry.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:10:16 -0800
Subject: Amiga Korg M1 Software???

Can anyone help me?

I have an Amiga A1200 and a MIDI interface and I really want to be able to use
it with my M1.  Does anyone know of any good software freeware, etc. ??

Baz.

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 01:23:56 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: Combi parameter changes over MIDI

>Is there a way to have control over
>velocity and pan via MIDI, when M1 in COMBI mode? Is it possible at all?

Apart from tricks with Sysex as described by Michele, panning can be
controlled by assigning the same sound to two Midi channels in a Combi. Pan
one hard left and the other hard right. By sending volume messages, you can
“fake” panning and do other effects. Yes, this requires two tracks of your
sequencer. Yes, it eats twice the number of voices.

Another trick for people with voices to spare: starting from factory
combination 87, Piano L+R, set “key window top” to G9 for all programs, and
“key window bottom” to C-1. Then, set “velocity window top” to 19, 34, 49,
64, 79, 94, 109, 127 and “velocity window bottom” to 1, 20, 35, 50, 65, 80,
95, 110.

Now you have a piano patch with velocity sensitive panning. Try
substituting a program that doesn’t respond to velocity much. I use
something like this to “spread” pad-type sounds.

Try messing with the panning to make it more extreme. Or set effect 2 to
Cross  Delay, put the effects in Parallel and set P3 and P4 to L and R.
Then pan the rightmost program to C+D. Now, the loudest notes will have
delay.

>With other gear (like ESI-32) it’s easy.

That’s right…

Chris

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 23:47:52 -0600
From: stenseth@mcs.net (Craig & Dawn Stenseth)
Subject: Re: Amiga Korg M1 Software???

>I have an Amiga A1200 and a MIDI interface and I really want to be able to use
>it with my M1.  Does anyone know of any good software freeware, etc. ??
>
A couple of years ago I downloaded a demo version of MidiQuest from Compuserve.
It comes with drivers for M1 and a couple of other synths (it’s an
editor/librarian).
It stops after it’s been running 15 minutes (cause it’s only a demo), but on a
system that multitasks it’s pretty easy to reset the system clock while the
MidiQuest program is running. Start the pgm at 8:00 pm, it thinks it will shut
itself down at 8:15 pm, but you set the system time to 7 am three days ago…

It also came with a bank of pgms containing, by all known human standards, the
best M1 distorted guitar patch in the universe. And if anyone has any that are
more worthy, please email them to me for ‘evaluation purposes…’.  :->
Craig

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Date: 13 Dec 95 02:45:51 EST
From: Peter Crosbie <100702.3353@compuserve.com>
Subject: FTP Patches (Mac)

Anyone know of an ftp site out there with M/T patches in a format I can use
with my Mac? Galaxy, of course, would be ideal, but anything I could sysex from
Vision would also do.

Failing that, anyone care to swap some sounds/disks? I’m mainly into and after
analogy things, or anything weird, but I wouldn’t say no to anything that was
going.

Peter

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:47:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kevin Calmes <kevin@selu.edu>
Subject: Re: Amiga Korg M1 Software???

I for one would be very interested in getting the “best M1 distorted guitar
patch in the universe”

Please let me know where I can ftp/http it from!

Thanks

Kevin – tmis1692@selu.edu

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 11:10:33 -0800
From: Pekka Karvonen <more@clinet.fi>
Subject: Re: Combi parameter changes over MIDI

Hi Anwar, Hi Michele, Hi Chris and Hi everyone!

Yes, this quy is from Finland. Nice to have so many messages, thanks to you all. Anwar:
great music happening you’ve got in your country, talking about Roskilde festival, I’ve
been there twice, and have had really great time: good music and veeeeeery nice people.
See you there next summer!

Cheers, Pekka

Shoaib Anwar wrote:
>
> Hi Pekka,
> Merry christmas to you too. Are you in Finland? I’m new as well, welcome.
> These guys are good.
> Greetings from Denmark
> Anwar
>
>  —
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> From:  Pekka Karvonen[SMTP:more@clinet.fi]
> Sent:  12. december 1995 18.02
> To:  korg-m1-l@io.org
> Subject:  Combi parameter changes over MIDI
>
> As a new memeber in this list, I would say hi to everyone and (yes,
> it’s coming again) Merry Christmas!
>
> And here’s my short question: Is there a way to have control over
> velocity and pan via MIDI, whem M1 in COMBI mode? Is it possible at
> all? With other gear (like ESI-32) it’s easy.
>
> Regards,
> Pekka

>

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From: NATEGOULET@ids.net
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 14:29:47 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Amiga Korg M1 Software???

Craig, I haven’t heard the distorted guitar from that package, since I
have 4 Amiga’s I’ll check it out.  The best one I’ve heard is from
Invisions Plus/one hardware/software package.  I have it, it’s awesome.
Van Halen, AC/DC lead sounds.  I use it in my band for solos.
- -
Nate

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From: tweiss <tweiss@gwdg.de>
Subject: New
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:19:16 +0100 (MET)

I am completely new in the work with keyboard (M1). So my question is,
if anyone has a list or something like that with usefuel tools and
patches for the m1. I have seen on my way trough the WWW several
programs all dealing with only a few patches. An original demoversion
for a bankloader (unfortunately for Atari) i got from the gunther carstensen
Verlag in Germany. But the programs are not so good and the program itself
is really inconvenient. So:

The best it was for IBM comp. PC (DOS or. WIN), maybe also atari…

1)
Is there a ftp site (already) where programs and combinations and bankloaders
and soundeditors are available???

2) Is there a market for used pcm soundcards and ramcards? Or an exchange?
It should be possible to use a card with programs and to copy it
it with a sysex manager and to store it with a bankloader????

Happy X-Mas and new year

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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 95 23:46 MET
From: al b rain <ahirn@xpoint.at>
Subject: M1 Organ,Rhodes

Hi, I´m an hobby keyboarder, using the M1 for 4 years.
I´m still searching for cool Organ Sound.
What I also need is an authentic Rhodes Sound .
Can you help me ???

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 06:55:48 -0600
From: herm@cyberspc.mb.ca (Herman De Vries)
Subject: Re: Contributions

>Hi everybody,
>I really hav’nt had any success with my KORG T3 ex., Cakewalk Prof. and
>Soundblaster AWE32.
>I have all this fancy stuff but I have not yet had the luck of playing
>from my Synth to Cakewalk secondly I dont know how one dumps sounds back
>and forth through my midi i.e. PC and Korg.
>I dont know how I can get my sampled sounds from AWE32 to Korg or
>Cakewalk so I can utilise them to produce something. Is there no GURU
>with magic words to get me going.
>
>ANWAR

Anwar, if you want someone to help you, you need to give us more
information. For example, what kind of system do you have, (Windows
or Mac?), what have you done so far, how do you have stuff hooked
up, etc.

Do you mean to say you have not been able to extablish a connection
between any of the various pieces of equipment you have? It’s not
difficult, so I’m sure the fix is not far away.

Anyway, provide some of the information and I’ll see what I can
do for you long distance. However, this may get you started.

1. If you have no sound, you may have an interrupt problem. You
should be able to set the interrupts on the AWE32 card. Usually,
they are configured at interrupt 2 and port address 330. You
may have to reset that if something else in your system is using
the same interrupt. Without knowing what equipment you have hooked
up, it’s hard to say.

2. If the AWE32 card is working properly with games, etc., I’d assume
it is installed properly.

3. Do you have the proper MIDI drivers installed for MIDI use?
They will have come with the card, and you install them using
the Windows Drivers icon in Control Panel.

4. Your problem, in all likelihood, lies with the Cakewalk setup.
Do you get a message telling you that you have not specified
any drivers when you boot up Cakewalk?

5. Start Cakewalk, and check “Settings”, “Midi Devices”. You
should have your AWE32 driver set up as both an input port
and an output port. I’m saying this because I assume you
are using the AWE32 as a midi interface too.

6. If this is all set up, you should be able to load a midi file
into Cakewalk and play it through your AWE32. Can you do this?

7. Setting up the KORG simply involves running a MIDI cable from
the “out” port on the KORG to the “in” port on the interface,
and another cable from the “in” port on the KORG to the “out”
port on the interface. Now you’re hooked up for 2 way
communication with the KORG.

8. You’ll need to set the AWE32 and the KORG to respond to different
channels. One interface can effectively run two sound sources, if
you set the sound sources up properly. For example, one of my
KORG M1s responds to channels 1 to 8, and the other from 9 to
16. By changing the channel number in Cakewalk, I can control
which M1 responds to the signal. I actually have several MIDI
interfaces so I can use 4 MIDI ports, but I have seven different
synths hooked up to the system.

9. Now, you should be set up so the KORG is the input device to the
computer, and both the KORG and the AWE32 are output devices.
Obviously, to hear them both at the same time, you’ll need to
run the audio signals from both devices into an amplifier, and
probably into a small mixer first. Again, I don’t know what
equipment you are using. On my set up, left and right audio
connections are made to an 8 channel mixing board and from there
into a 200 watt hi fi system. I get killer sounds from this.

Give this a try, and let me know what happens.

Herm

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 95 15:57:39 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject: Re: Digests for old M1 mail

Dear Noise
Thanks a lot. The old M1 digest are a real Christmas gift!
Please accept my best wishes for these winter seasonings!
Cheers Michele

“Omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione
quadam inter se continentur.”

(CICERONE, Pro Archia, I, 2)

Michele Tornatore
e-mail: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it
Snail: Via A. Aleardi, 7/B
30172 Mestre (Venezia) ITALY
Tel. 39 – 41 – 988074
Fax  39 – 41- 958747

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From: Shoaib Anwar <anwar@idp.dk>
Subject: Re: Contributions
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 95 10:49:00 PST

Hi everybody,

I’m sorry I hav’nt contributed anything to the group yet. The reason is
quite understandable. I
really hav’nt had any success with my KORG T3 ex., Cakewalk Prof. and
Soundblaster AWE32.
I have all this fancy stuff but I have not yet had the luck of playing
from my Synth to Cakewalk secondly I dont know how one dumps sounds back
and forth through my midi i.e. PC and Korg.
I dont know how I can get my sampled sounds from AWE32 to Korg or
Cakewalk so I can utilise them to produce something. Is there no GURU
with magic words to get me going.

Merry Christmas to you all from Scandinavia.

ANWAR

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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 95 11:10:58 +0000
From: “Ericsson Software Applications Lab – Daten Park (UK)” <softlab@edlgu4.ericsson.se>
Subject: Dr T’s M1 Editor For Amiga

I have an ORIGINAL Dr T’s Korg M1 Editor For Amiga, but no longer have an
Amiga. Is Anybody interested in buying the software ????
Offers are invited.

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From: “Holger Wirtz” <wirtz@indy.ipt.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 10:10:26 -0800
Subject: Re: Amiga Korg M1 Software???

There’s plenty of good Software on the aminet-servers,
try

1. ftp.wustl.edu,

2. ftp.luth.se,

3. ftp.eunet.ch,

4. ftp.uni-paderborn.de,

5. ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk,

depending on the server which is closest to you.
The directory should be something like
/pub/aminet/mus/midi. Good luck, Holger.

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 00:05:50 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: M1 Organ

>Hi, I´m an hobby keyboarder, using the M1 for 4 years.
>I´m still searching for cool Organ Sound.

Organs come in many shapes, but here’s one: A Hammond sound can be
approximated by mixing some sine waves tuned at particular intervals.

First you make an M1 program called Sine. Any organ program is a good
start. Set the oscillator mode to single. Set oscillator 1′s multisound to
099:DWGS Sine OSC level to 99 and Octave to 4′. Name the program “Sine” and
save it to a location you can spare.

Now go to a multi Combination. Select your Sine program for three of the
Timbres. Make sure they’re set to the same Midi channel, key window and
velocity window. In the transpose menu, set T1 to -12, T2 to +00 and T3 to
+07. Detune should be +00, panning 5:5. Set effect 1 to 25:Rotary SP and
effect 2 to a Hall or other reverb you like. Name the combi Sine Organ or
something and save it.

Now you have created a three-”drawbar” organ. In the level menu, you can
set the levels for the so-called 8′, 4′ and 2 2/3′ flutes. When you find a
mix you like, 70-17-44 for instance, save it as a starting point.

Don’t forget to plug a footswitch into the assignable pedal 1 input. Then
press Global and go to the Pedal Assign menu. Set Pedal 1 to “Effect 1
Cntl”. Now the switch controls your Leslie.

The downside: the Combi uses three voices for each note, so you lose some
polyphony. I solve part of this by dumping the 4′ Timbre (set it to Off, or
give it another Midi Channel), because I’m into this 8′ 2 2/3′ sound.

Another characteristic Hammond register is 1 3/5′. You can emulate that by
adding a Timbre with a Transpose value of +16. A fully fledged Hammond has
9 drawbars, which correspond to transpose values of -24, -12, -05, +00,
+07, +12, +16, +19 and +24. It’s fun to experiment with eight-Timbre organ
sounds, but you’re left with only two notes playing at once…

>What I also need is an authentic Rhodes Sound .
>Can you help me ???

No, sorry. The Rhodes in the EX-expansion is good, but it’s not available
anymore.

Chris

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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 17:17:21 -0500
From: josh@exmachina.com (Joshua Kantro)
Subject: Performing live while the sequencer plays

Hi! I have an M1Rex.  I would like to create a sequence (most likely a
drum pattern) and while this sequence is playing, I want play live along
with it. The problem is that I want to use a Combi (Split) and it seems
that I can only use a Program.
While I am in the Sequencer section, I have one voice on MIDI channel 1
(a drum kit) and another voice on channel 2 (an organ).  It seems that I
can only choose Programs for these voices–not Combis.  I really want to
use a Combi so I can split the keyboard (bass in lower half, organ in upper
half) and play along with a drum beat.

Am I overlooking something? Is there another way to achieve what I want?
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

Josh

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From: NATEGOULET@ids.net
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 0:52:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: M1 Organ

Sounds good.  I’ll have to give that a try.  I’ve been using my Yamaha
FB-01 & a chorus pedal to simulate a leslie.   So far I’ve like it better
than the M1 for Hammond sounds, which a few exceptions.  Will hitting the
footpedal change the leslie in realtime on that patch?  That’s one problem
I have using the chorus pedal, it’s on or off.

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From: Shoaib Anwar <anwar@idp.dk>
Subject: RE: New
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 14:05:00 PST

Hi Steven,
Did anyone volunteer for the web page, storage system or anything. I’m
sorry I dont have enough background otherwise I could have donit. How
about you?
Merry Christmas and greetings of the season.
Anwar from Denmark.

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From:  Steven Smith[SMTP:spsmith@HK.Super.NET]
Sent:  15. december 1995 10.55
To:  korg-m1-l@io.org
Subject:  New

At 12:19 PM 12/14/95 +0100, you wrote:
>I am completely new in the work with keyboard (M1). So my question is,
>if anyone has a list or something like that with usefuel tools and
>patches for the m1.

>1)
>Is there a ftp site (already) where programs and combinations and
bankloaders
>and soundeditors are available???

Soundeditors for the M1.  Good request, I’m still awaiting an alternative
to
Midi Quest which costs serious dough.   I’ve been trawling the net for
editors:  This private news group should go public with a WWW site.  Is
anyone prepared to manage it, we could get people to offer more than just
the patch storage systems.  Then again – we are using equipment that only
talks 8 channel midi.

Christmas Greetings and good wishes from Hong Kong.  Peace and Love to
you.

Steven

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From: Shoaib Anwar <anwar@idp.dk>
Subject: RE: Sounds on floppies
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 14:26:00 PST

Hi everyone again,

I have been wondering about this for a long time. Here it comes:
The floppies I bought with Korg T-Model sounds on they are formatted in a
special way. I cannot
read the floppies on my PC. How can one send or receive these sounds.
Does anybody know the science behind this.

Merry Christmas

Anwar

anwar@idp.dk

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From: ChickenSax@aol.com
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 01:08:32 -0500
Subject: TSD series

Anyone has TSD series PCM for T?
Please contact me if you have those disks.
Korg discontinued copying them.

Have a Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Serge.

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 18:35:20 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: M1 Organ

>Sounds good.  I’ll have to give that a try.  I’ve been using my Yamaha
>FB-01 & a chorus pedal to simulate a leslie. Will hitting the
>footpedal change the leslie in realtime on that patch?  That’s one problem
>I have using the chorus pedal, it’s on or off.

That’s the good part about it: the M1′s rotating speaker effect has the
characteristic speeding up/down that goes with a Leslie.

With a momentary switch (like a sustain pedal), you have to hold it down to
stay in the fast mode, that’s why I prefer an on/off switch, the kind many
guitar amps use.

It would be nice to be able to incorporate this effect in sequences.
Unfortunately, you can’t control it over Midi, except by buying a little
box called Relay from Midi Solutions. If anyone’s interested, mail me and
I’ll elaborate.

Chris

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:15:45 -0500 (EST)
From: “Ralph P. Juliano Jr.” <afn05890@afn.org>
Subject: Re: Performing live while the sequencer plays

Greetings to All!

I have been reading the articles of this group and am quite impressed
with the overall direction.  It is good to know that there are
intelligent people out there.

I am currently using my M1 with Cakewalk Pro (PC platform).  I also own
am Atari which for now serves as my storage center for about 200+ patches
for the M1.  As soon as I transfer them to my PC I will make them
available to the group through our moderator (but he doesn’t know it yet!).

Right now I have a question which perhaps someone can help me with.  It
seems that as I am recording, some notes continue to play even after I
have stopped.  It is almost as if the note off message gets lost
somewhere.  There is no pattern to this and it can be any note.  It also
seems to occur more frequently when I play faster or play chords with 4
or more notes in them or even when I play a Legato or slurred passage.

Any thoughts will be very much appreciated.

Seasons greetings.

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From: “Holger Wirtz” <wirtz@indy.ipt.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:24:26 -0800
Subject: Re: Performing live while the sequencer plays

On Dec 19,  5:17pm, Joshua Kantro wrote:

> with it. The problem is that I want to use a Combi (Split) and it seems
> that I can only use a Program.
>   While I am in the Sequencer section, I have one voice on MIDI channel 1
> (a drum kit) and another voice on channel 2 (an organ).  It seems that I
> can only choose Programs for these voices–not Combis.  I really want to
> use a Combi so I can split the keyboard (bass in lower half, organ in upper
> half) and play along with a drum beat.

Hi Josh,

I have a 01/W, but I think what you have to do for the M1 is similar.
Go into combination mode, add the drum set e.g. as prog 1, add your
other programs, then go to the page where you can set up the MIDI
channels and set the drum set to the right channel as well as receiving
it’s data “EXT”. Then, just do whatever you want with your other
programs.

If you have set up your MIDI interface and the channels correctly,
the drum set should start playing through receiving notes from the
sequencer, while at the same time, you should be able to play
along on the keyboard.

Good luck, hope this helps, Holger.

BTW, not being able to play combis in sequencer mode is really
annoying, especially since I use the metronome a lot and can
start it only in sequencer mode. What Korg should do is allow
combinations and adjust the amount of leftover channels according
to the number of programs the combinations are using.

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From: Henry Mays <henrym@msmail.datalytics.com>
Subject: Question regarding M1 and T series compatibility
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 95 10:43:00 PST

Hello fellow M1 listers,

I have a question concerning compatility between the M series and the T
series.  Can the Progs & Combis of an M1 be transferred to the Progs and
Combis of a T3?  Do the two keyboards share the same RAM card size, so a
transfer would be as easy as dumping the M1 sounds to the RAM card, and then
loading the RAM card into the T3?
Does the M and T series share the same multisounds (i.e. samples)?  I had
heard from someone that the T series sounds are a superset of the M series.

I would appreciate any info regarding this.

Thanks very much!

Henry Mays

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Date:   Sat, 23 Dec 1995 09:02:45 -0400
From: Nick Mattison <ac125@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
Subject: Re: Question regarding M1 and T series compatibility

The M1 has 100 multisounds in internal memory (00 to 99). The T series
has these identical multisounds but has an extra 90 multisounds added on
in internal memory (100 to 189).

Instead of 100 programs and 100 combies the T has 200 programs and 100
combies. The T programs are separated into 2 banks A and B.

The M1 RAM cards are compatible with the T. The M1 programs go into bank A
and the combies into the Combinations. It is a simple direct compatibility.

Hope that explains it!

All the best    ………………..Nick…

ac125@cfn.cs.dal.ca

On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Henry Mays wrote:

>
> Hello fellow M1 listers,
>
> I have a question concerning compatility between the M series and the T
> series.  Can the Progs & Combis of an M1 be transferred to the Progs and
> Combis of a T3?  Do the two keyboards share the same RAM card size, so a
> transfer would be as easy as dumping the M1 sounds to the RAM card, and then
> loading the RAM card into the T3?
> Does the M and T series share the same multisounds (i.e. samples)?  I had
> heard from someone that the T series sounds are a superset of the M series.
>
> I would appreciate any info regarding this.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
>
> Henry Mays

>

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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 22:05:18 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: Stuck crash cymbal

>I have a problem on my T2 where I occasionaly get a hanging
> crash cymbal that refuses to stop unless I select a new patch.

The crash cymbal Multisound is looped. That is why in the Drumkit, its
decay is set to something like -38. If you set it to 00, you get the
phenomenon you describe. What puzzles me, however, is why it happens
occasionally.

Chris

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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 17:24:28 -0800
From: “C.K. Lee” <cklee@direct.ca>
Subject: Defaulting to Local on OFF

Hi folks, happy holidays.

Does anybody know if there’s any way to change the M1′s default setting of
Local On upon power-up to Local Off? Same goes for the MIDI clock, I’d
rather it be EXT instead of INT.

Thanx in advance.

@..@       0–0     Reebit. Reebit.
(—-)     (—-)
( >__< )  _( |__| )_  cklee@direct.ca
^^ ~~ ^^  ^^` ~~ `^^  Vancouver, BC, Canada
Frog  and  Toad     “Ad atrumque paratus”

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 10:31:41 -0500 (EST)
From: “Ralph P. Juliano Jr.” <afn05890@afn.org>
Subject: Lots of stuck notes

Seasons Greetings to all!

I have a most annoying problem that I hope someone in the group will be
able to shed some light on.  It seems that many notes get stuck as I am
recording multilayered parts.  I am using Cakewalk Pro 3.01.  My Korg M1
is setup in Combi mode using 8 separate channels.  The stuck notes can
occur anywhere.  More frequently, they occur in the new part I am
recording but occasionally they happen in the part being played back, the
part or parts I am recording against.  They only seem to occur during
recording and never during a straight playback.

This is most frustrating.  The panic button of course stops them, but it
also stops the recording process.  If I switch patches in the offending
track they also stop.

Someone please help.  I know there has to be someone else who has
experienced this same phenomena.

Sincerest regards.

Ralph Juliano

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From: Shoaib Anwar <anwar@idp.dk>
Subject: RE: Greeting of the Seaon!
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 08:47:00 PST

Dear Noise,

Its great to know that this group has become a big group. And I hope the
group had a lovely Christmas and were as lucky as me to have a real white
Christmas like me in Denmark.

>From time to time I come up whith suggestions and here is another one can
we have a list of noise makers and there equipment.

Happy New year to you all,
Anwar

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From:  noise@io.org[SMTP:noise@io.org]
Sent:  24. december 1995 23.53
To:  korg-m1-l@io.org
Subject:  Greeting of the Seaon!

Well, our little list has grown to a wopping 134 subscribers! (zowie!)

I’m Noise, and I’m the originator and administrator of the Korg M1
mailing list.
This is just a little note to wish all of you M1′ers the merriest of the
Season, hoping that you and your family have a safe and prosperous new
year.

I’ve just spent the last two days battling the Christmas crowds (I had
some
hell-born flu or something from Sun last to Thurs. ick), but I’ve got all
my shopping done and I’m sitting here with a big cup o’ Egg Nog ( what
the
hell is “Nog” anyway…) catching up with old email. Now, if your reading
this on the 25th, turn off your damn computer and get back to your
family!

All the best of the season!!

**
****
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==============
8  8
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
;L;OO

LLLLLL  KKOKKK

(really, ^ this looks exactly like DaVinci’s birth of Christ on
my
system! Well, you have to squint a bit…)

Dont forget to visit my Web page! It’s got blinking text and everything!

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

***********************************************************

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From: “Holger Wirtz” <wirtz@indy.ipt.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 08:55:27 -0800
Subject: Re: Performing live while the sequencer plays

> >> I really want to use a Combi so I can split the keyboard
> >> (bass in lower half, organ in upper half) and play along with a drum beat.
>
>
> Holger wrote:
>
> >BTW, not being able to play combis in sequencer mode is really
> >annoying, especially since I use the metronome a lot and can
> >start it only in sequencer mode. What Korg should do is allow
> >combinations and adjust the amount of leftover channels according
> >to the number of programs the combinations are using.
>
>
>
> Hi people
>
> Mind you, it *is* possible to duplicate the sound of a combi while in
> sequencer mode. It takes some tweaking, though, and unfortunately it
> doesn’t allow you to set up splits.
> [...]

Chris,

surely you can do this, but it takes a lot of effort
entering and adjusting the setup manually. Here I am, with one
of the most sophisticated and best keyboards around, being able?to do almost anything with it except that I have to create my
combis manually a second time for sequencing??? They should at
least have provided a “copy” function similar to the effects
copy function that may help with transferring combis to
the sequencer (and back).

Holger

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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 02:57:39 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: Performing live while the sequencer plays

>They should at
>least have provided a “copy” function similar to the effects
>copy function that may help with transferring combis to
>the sequencer (and back).

Yes, that would have been great. While they were at it, they could have
allowed us to copy effects from cards as well.

Chris

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 22:27:40 -0500
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: M1 web page

Since this list has been a little slow of late I figured it might be a good
time for a little shameless self-promotion. Most of you already know that I
have a web page devoted to M1 info but in case you are new to the list here
it is:

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/m1.htm

I also have an ftp archive that is mostly M1 related at:

ftp://gate.net/pub/users/jsexton/

I started my page for very much the same reasons that Noise started this
mailing list. I was looking for M1 info on the net and there wasn’t very
much available so I decided to put some up myself. I try to stay abreast of
any and all M1 info on the net as much as possible but I can’t always find
everything on my own. So if you know of any M1 info (patches, software,
other sites etc…) on the internet that I don’t have a link to please
inform me of its location and I will add it accordingly. Also if you have
any M1 patches (must be public domain) you can send them to me (attach them
to an email in BinHex format please) and I will post them them to my ftp
site. Also if you notice any errors in the information I provide feel free
to correct my mistake(s). Also if you have any suggestions on ways I might
improve the M1 page, tell me so I can keep on providing content that is
useful for everyone interested in the M1. One omission that I am already
aware of is I need to put up a link to Noise’s web pages:

http://www.io.org/~noise/               (homepage)
http://www.io.org/~noise/KorgPage.html  (M1 mailing list archives)

Now that the holidays are over I can get back to updating my site.
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J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

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From: Peter Krantz <hgus28@silver.stat.gu.se>
Subject: M1 sounds…
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 95 13:34:13 MET

I found a lot of M1 programs at http://midilink.nl/krgptc.htm

I have not yet downloaded any of them and if anyone does please drop a note to
this list and tell us if they are any good.

Regards,

Peter

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From: morritt@passport.ca
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 95 21:54 EST
Subject: Re: spam – me unsubscribe? – NEVER!!!

Hi there!
I guess the subject says it all.  Keep up the great work!
Cheers, and Happy New Year!
Rob
morritt@passport.ca

At 06:05 PM 29-12-95 -0500, you wrote:
>Well folks, we’ve been hit by a spammer. A Spammer is some low-life
>computer geek, who thinks its fun to screw with other folks mailing list.
>Sender: owner-korg-m1-l@io.org
>Precedence: bulk
>Reply-To: korg-m1-l@io.org
>
>All those “Undeliverable Messages” were sent out by someone for reasons I
>can’t imagine. When I logged into my e-mail account this morning, I had 300
>messages waiting to download! Gerr… I was late for work…
>
>I’ve changed the mailing list to a moderated one, which means that I have
>to personally approve each and every message posted to the list.
>
>I’m still getting used to this format so it might be a bit slow for the
>first bit, but hopefully this will prevent a situation happening like this
>again.
>
>Sorry folks, actually we’ve been lucky this hasn’t happened before.
>So don’t unsubscribe! After all, we’re all just so cool (except for that
>poster).
>
>
>***********************************************************
>noise
>noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/
>
>***********************************************************
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:15:42 -0900
From: ralf@eskimo.com (Saralynn Andrew)
Subject: M1* Assist a novice

I have only recently found this list.  However, I have had my M1 (bought
used, of course) for about six months.  The basic factory sounds were intact
and it came with one spare sound card– an odd one though.  I am not doing
the type of things a lot of you seem to be talking about, but I am wanting
to do stuff that I am pretty sure most of you have done.  Thus, when I got
my messages from the weekend (overcrowded mail server on weekends), I was
delighted to see messages on the way to do system dumps.  I save & printed
them, so there is no need to reiterate them.  (I am the keyboardist for a
relatively conservative Christian folk group.)

However, I still have a problem that I am not sure of how to solve and I
would appreciate the voice of the list’s experience.

Assuming I dump the current (modified some) memory into a file in my
computer via the instructions outlined before, and then load some of the
other patches that were also spoken of, if I like only a couple of the
patches, how do I reload the original memory and still be able to save the
couple of patches that I liked to over-write some of the patches in my
current memory that I don’t use (or can’t stand)?  I do not currently have a
blank card.  Will it be necessary to get one?  (I hope not as I do not
expect to need to do this often and they still are around $90 in this area.)

On an entirely different subject– I am only now getting to trying drum
sequences as “fearless” leader hadn’t been really open to them before now
(it is only going to be a trial even now) and as such, I know they can be
done from others.  But how?  Instructions on creating drum sequences,
including the keyboard settings, would be of great assistance.

Thank you in advance for this.

*    Saralynn Andrew                 *   Now abidest these three–
*    ralf@eskimo.com                 *       Faith, Hope & Charity
*    The Electronic Secretary        *   But the greatest of these is
*    Kirkland  WA  USA               *       Charity

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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 02:32:18 -0500 (EST)
From: The Psychedelic Troglophile <dobwhite@indiana.edu>
Subject: M1* M1 frustrations

Hey there,
I just got my M1 over Christmas, and I know very little about
it.  I have written two songs so far and saved them on the sequencer, and
I only seem to be able to apply song-wide effects, as opposed to being
able to apply different effects to each track.  How do I get around this?
Also, when I reach about 40% memory in the sequencer, it starts
to mess up slightly on playback if the sounds I have used are sounds that
use a lot of memory.  How do I allocate a little more memory to the
sequencer for proper playback without erasing anything in any other area?
Third, is there any way to apply a large VDF cutoff envelope to
the joystick without experiencing any volume loss, i.e. just a wah envelope?

-Bruce

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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 03:31:13 EST
From: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
Subject: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback quality

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From: R. Lohman
Subject: house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback quality
Hi all!

Sorry for not getting back to you all on the SAM-1 sampling device;
things got really hectic when my computer insisted for the umpteenth time
to crash and I had to spend all of my spare time trying to get the !#@$#$
thing to run. And to tell you the truth, MIDI is _still_ not working.
I’m considering running Windows NT. Does anyone have any experience with
that, especially running sequencers and harddisk recording? I’m curious
whether there will be timing problems etc.

About the SAM-1: I listened to the demo CD and was _not_ blown away by
the quality. Since the raw samples were included as well, it gives a
pretty good impression of the device’s playback quality. It sounded a
bit ‘cheap’ to me, like a 12-bit sampler maybe. Of course, how something
sounds is a very personal thing, so judge for yourself. But my opinion is
to save your money and spend a little more on the new AKAI S2000 instead,
or better still get an Emu ESI-32, which is what I’m using. Great filters
and special FX, and I still get to use all of my KORG T1 voices for those
great atmospherics, drones and leads.

Which leads me to my last part of this post (maybe I should have posted
three messages?!?): does anyone have any experience in creating house/
techno sounds for the M1/T1? I would appreciate not only the sounds them-
selves but any tips on creating them from scratch. I’ve found it diffi-
cult to get anything resembling analogue bass or leads etc. out of mine.

See ya later!!!    =;-)

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:44:01 -0500
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback
quality

At 03:31 AM 2/2/96 EST, you wrote:

>Sorry for not getting back to you all on the SAM-1 sampling device;
>things got really hectic when my computer insisted for the umpteenth time
>to crash and I had to spend all of my spare time trying to get the !#@$#$
>thing to run. And to tell you the truth, MIDI is _still_ not working.
>I’m considering running Windows NT. Does anyone have any experience with
>that, especially running sequencers and harddisk recording? I’m curious
>whether there will be timing problems etc.

There is hardly any midi software that is designed to run in Windows NT
right now. What I’ve heard from people trying to run midi apps in NT is
frustration, problems and very limited successes. If midi is your goal you
should stick with dos, win 3.x, win95 or a macintosh. Midi and NT has yet to
arrive IMO.

<snip>

>Which leads me to my last part of this post (maybe I should have posted
>three messages?!?): does anyone have any experience in creating house/
>techno sounds for the M1/T1? I would appreciate not only the sounds them-
>selves but any tips on creating them from scratch. I’ve found it diffi-
>cult to get anything resembling analogue bass or leads etc. out of mine.

I am writing a bank of techno oriented sounds right now. I have written 30
patches so far. My advice is to stick to the things that the M1 does best
and exploit those possibilities and keep the analog emulations to a minimum.
The biggest reason I say this is that the M1 lacks the crucial element
needed to make good techno analog sounds  which is RESONANCE (curses!). You
can emulate the classic filter sweep by using the VDF MG (Korg’s term for an
LFO). Set the filter cutoff fairly low (like 50 or less) and apply the VDF
MG to modulate both oscillators and mess with the intensity and frequency
until you get something you like. You can also change the waveform the VDF
MG uses in order to get some real wierdness. You can even simulate resonance
by using the effects section. Probably the best stuff in the M1 is the
modulation effects like flange, phase, and chorus. Try using dual square
waves, in mono mode, pitched down to 16′, detuned, running through a heavy
flange and you can get a nice warping patch. The sine wave is nice and clean
and clear and makes for a strong sub-bass. Pitch a sine down to 16′ and give
it the envelope you want and lower the cutoff so it sounds bassy and you’ll
have your friends car subs singing. You can get good house organs by
stacking two organs applying a delayed tremelo with the PITCH MG to create
that warble and run it through a chorus. You can also pitch one of the
organs up a fifth and lower its volume for those super thick house chords.
For analog emulations I have found the square and saw waves to be the most
useful. I like to use a lot of monophonic patches apply the VDF MG as a
modulator and double the waveforms up and detune them and add flange as a
mock resonance. The M1 also lacks portamento (curse korg again). For timbral
variation from one keystroke to the next apply velocity sensitivity to the
VDF. For house pianos and organs you will want to apply velocity sensitivity
to the VDA’s as well. I also use the choir and voice patches a lot since the
M1 does them so well. In order for them to sound interesting in a techno
setting I usually do everything I can think of to make them as
unrecognizable as possible and I end up with some kind of strange pad or an
ambient sound. Oh well, learn everything you can about the M1′s synth
section and be creative. As for analog basses, use an analog synth.
- ——————————————–
J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

- ——————————————–

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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 14:48:12 -0700
From: raveguy@iamerica.net (Toby Herndon)
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback quality

How ya doin?
I have quite a few house and techno sounds I’ve been able to come up with on
my M1.
I have a couple of patches that sound very similar to the Mini-Moog, of
course not as
wet, and analog, as the Moog, but pretty damn close.  If you want em let me
know.
I am looking for some good Techno and House drum kits for the M1. Any ideas?
If you need a hand on programming some house and techno sounds let me know.
I’ll share with ya what I know.

Sincerely a Faithful M1 Fanatic,

RaveGuy

>—- Mail Item Text Follows
>To: INTERNET–IBMMAIL
>
>From: R. Lohman
>Subject: house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback quality
>Hi all!
>
>Sorry for not getting back to you all on the SAM-1 sampling device;
>things got really hectic when my computer insisted for the umpteenth time
>to crash and I had to spend all of my spare time trying to get the !#@$#$
>thing to run. And to tell you the truth, MIDI is _still_ not working.
>I’m considering running Windows NT. Does anyone have any experience with
>that, especially running sequencers and harddisk recording? I’m curious
>whether there will be timing problems etc.
>
>About the SAM-1: I listened to the demo CD and was _not_ blown away by
>the quality. Since the raw samples were included as well, it gives a
>pretty good impression of the device’s playback quality. It sounded a
>bit ‘cheap’ to me, like a 12-bit sampler maybe. Of course, how something
>sounds is a very personal thing, so judge for yourself. But my opinion is
>to save your money and spend a little more on the new AKAI S2000 instead,
>or better still get an Emu ESI-32, which is what I’m using. Great filters
>and special FX, and I still get to use all of my KORG T1 voices for those
>great atmospherics, drones and leads.
>
>Which leads me to my last part of this post (maybe I should have posted
>three messages?!?): does anyone have any experience in creating house/
>techno sounds for the M1/T1? I would appreciate not only the sounds them-
>selves but any tips on creating them from scratch. I’ve found it diffi-
>cult to get anything resembling analogue bass or leads etc. out of mine.
>
>See ya later!!!    =;-)
>
>Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
>Rein Lohman
>IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
>Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com

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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 14:51:19 -0700
From: raveguy@iamerica.net (Toby Herndon)
Subject: Re: M1* M1 frustrations

Hey! You can go into the Global settings to allocate more memory to your
sequencer, BUT!make sure you do it right or you will blow out some of your
presets. If you need a step by step let
me know and I’ll give ya a walk through on it.

Later Daze,

RaveGuy

P.S.  If you find out how to apply effects to seperate tracks, share that
with me please.
That is one thing I haven’t figured out yet either/

>Hey there,
>       I just got my M1 over Christmas, and I know very little about
>it.  I have written two songs so far and saved them on the sequencer, and
>I only seem to be able to apply song-wide effects, as opposed to being
>able to apply different effects to each track.  How do I get around this?
>       Also, when I reach about 40% memory in the sequencer, it starts
>to mess up slightly on playback if the sounds I have used are sounds that
>use a lot of memory.  How do I allocate a little more memory to the
>sequencer for proper playback without erasing anything in any other area?
>       Third, is there any way to apply a large VDF cutoff envelope to
>the joystick without experiencing any volume loss, i.e. just a wah envelope?
>
>                       -Bruce

>
>

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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 21:06:07 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: M1* Final Word on “Good Times” Virus

Hi there, I’m Noise the M1 mailing list administrator (and owner I guess).

The above stated “Good Times” virus is a old Internet urban legend that
surfaces from time to time. I can’t recall the many numbers of times I’ve
seen this pop up over the last 4 years (Must be at least 10-15 times over
the many mailing lists I’m on).

Although I’m sure the poster of the message did so with all good
intentions, I would prefer that all off-subject postings sent to the list
be sent to me first. I’ll look over them and forward them onto the list if
they seem relevant. It’s important that we keep the discussion here
somewhat focused to the synths or at least MIDI or music related stuff.

>From time to time you’ll come across such ‘net poop. For the most part just
ignore them and you’ll be fine (things like “MAKE MONEY FAST” “HOT GIRLS
ARE WAITING” that type of thing). However, you might come across some
message about sending huge gobs o’ cash to mailing list managers. Now
THAT’s the kind of message you should pay attention to!

- – Administrivia over -

later all

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

***********************************************************

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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 10:11:48 +0800
From: Amanda Druck <druck@iap.net.au>
Subject: Re: M1* M1 frustrations

Toby Herndon wrote:
>
> Hey! You can go into the Global settings to allocate more memory to your
> sequencer, BUT!make sure you do it right or you will blow out some of your
> presets. If you need a step by step let
> me know and I’ll give ya a walk through on it.
>
> Later Daze,
>
> RaveGuy
>
> P.S.  If you find out how to apply effects to seperate tracks, share that
> with me please.
> That is one thing I haven’t figured out yet either/
>
> Is there a way to use the larger memory option without losing half of the programs and combinations when returning back to the normal memory allocation?  I’ve used the large memory
option but when I return to normal, patches 50 to 99 are just copies of 00 to 49. Is this normal
or is there a better way to do it? Is isn’t a big problem as I back-up all my data to a Yamaha
MDF-2, but if there is a better way I would be interested in knowing.
Please share the ‘seperate tracks effects’ info. with me too please. It’s very frustrating.
Oh yeah! What exactly does an M1-EX have that the normal M1 doesn’t? Is it just the card with an
extra 100 programs and 100 combinations? I just bought an M!-EX last week and this is the only
difference I can see.

Shoogagoogagunga!
Kevin

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Date: 03 Feb 96 00:13:19 EST
From: Peter Chan <72234.3025@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: M1* GM Patches

Has anyone created GM patches for M1 ?  If we (M1 fanatics) can use the M1 for
GM sequencing then we are making the M1 even more versatile.  Do you agree?

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Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:54:10 +0100
From: punzo@pinerolo.gvo.it (Pierpaolo Punzo)
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback quality

>How ya doin?
>I have quite a few house and techno sounds I’ve been able to come up with on
>my M1.
>I have a couple of patches that sound very similar to the Mini-Moog, of
>course not as
>wet, and analog, as the Moog, but pretty damn close.  If you want em let me
>know.
>I am looking for some good Techno and House drum kits for the M1. Any ideas?
>If you need a hand on programming some house and techno sounds let me know.
>I’ll share with ya what I know.
>
>
>Sincerely a Faithful M1 Fanatic,
>
>
>RaveGuy
>
Hi everybody!
This il the first time I write, and, being italian, hope you will excuse me
if my English is not perfectly correct.

I found in an italian BBS a bank of 50 programs called TECHNO, and may be
some of the sound can be interesting. The bank comes in X-or format, but if
you need it I can send it to my M1 and then save it back in SysEx format.
Is there a palce where banks, etc. can be uploaded to share them with you all?

I’m also interested in that “couple of patches that sound very similar to
the Mini-Moog” and others analog-flavour sounds that can be obtained from
the M1.

Baci to everybody

Paolo
punzo@pinerolo.gvo.it

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 03:34:44 +0100
From: smalt@nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: M1* M1-EX vs normal M1

Kevin wondered:

>Oh yeah! What exactly does an M1-EX have that the normal M1 doesn’t?
>Is it just the card with an extra 100 programs and 100 combinations? I just
>bought an M1-EX last week and this is the only difference I can see.

The original M1 has 100 PCM Multisounds and 44 Drum sounds.
The EX has 190 PCM Multisounds and 85 Drum Sounds.

Multisounds are the sampled waveforms that the M1 uses as a starting point
for its programs. The card was added to show off the extra sounds.

If you want to check this out further: dial up a program that uses single
oscillator mode, like the Trumpet (internal 12). Press edit Prog, the press
Page +. In the case of the Trumpet, Osc 1 is set to multisound 036. Scroll
through the sounds past #100, Piano 2. That’s where the new Multisounds
are, and it’s pretty good stuff.  To hear the new drum sounds, listen to
program 09 on the card, T1 Drums.

Chris

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 03:34:47 +0100
From: smalt@nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: M1* Re: Bruce’s M1 frustrations

Bruce wrote:
>        Also, when I reach about 40% memory in the sequencer, it starts
>to mess up slightly on playback if the sounds I have used are sounds that
>use a lot of memory.

Huh? Are you refering to sounds being cut off? That would be due to the
number of voices sounding at once, not to the amount of memory used by the
sequencer.

Anyway, if this is your problem, check which of the sounds you’re using are
set to “Double” Osc mode (press “Edit prog” and “Page+”). These eat up two
voices for each note that is played. Try substituting “Single” sounds.

>        Third, is there any way to apply a large VDF cutoff envelope to
>the joystick without experiencing any volume loss, i.e. just a wah envelope?

No, the joystick can’t control amplitude. You can do it with aftertouch,
though: set VDF cutoff to a positive value and VDA amplitude to a negative
one, or vice versa. This isn’t as versatile, I know. (Short how-to:
Pressing “Edit prog” and “7″ bring you to the Aftertouch page. Mess with
the “F” and “A” parameters.)

If you are recording, you could use a heavy compressor to squeeze out the
dynamics. But even then, cutting highs will lead to a perceived loss of
volume. I think that’s psycho-acoustics.

Chris

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 00:31:44 -0500
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: M1* Re: Bruce’s M1 frustrations

At 03:34 AM 2/5/96 +0100, you wrote:

>>        Third, is there any way to apply a large VDF cutoff envelope to
>>the joystick without experiencing any volume loss, i.e. just a wah envelope?
>
>No, the joystick can’t control amplitude. You can do it with aftertouch,
>though: set VDF cutoff to a positive value and VDA amplitude to a negative
>one, or vice versa. This isn’t as versatile, I know. (Short how-to:
>Pressing “Edit prog” and “7″ bring you to the Aftertouch page. Mess with
>the “F” and “A” parameters.)
>
>If you are recording, you could use a heavy compressor to squeeze out the
>dynamics. But even then, cutting highs will lead to a perceived loss of
>volume. I think that’s psycho-acoustics.

Well it seems to me that when I apply the joystick to VDF cutoff there is a
definite amplitude loss. The only thing I can think of to do is to make the
effect less dramatic by raising the cutoff and/or lowering the joystick VDF
Sweep Intensity so you get less variation and thus less amplitude variation.
- ——————————————–
J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

- ——————————————–

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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 06:09:46 EST
From: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback qual

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*** Resending note of 02/02/96 21:46
From: R. Lohman
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback qual

> I have quite a few house and techno sounds I’ve been able to come up with on
> my M1.
> I have a couple of patches that sound very similar to the Mini-Moog, of
> course not as
> wet, and analog, as the Moog, but pretty damn close.  If you want em let me
> know.
> am looking for some good Techno and House drum kits for the M1. Any ideas?
> if you need a hand on programming some house and techno sounds let me know.
> I’ll share with ya what I know.

Sounds all great! About the pathches you have: I am definitely interested
About programming tips: that would be great too!
About techno/house drum kits: I am in the process of compiling some from
some excellent sample CD’s. I can send those when they are finished.Also
I have about 200 samples of THAT drum machine (yes, the TR808), and I
will compile some killer sets from those as well.Might take a bit of
time as my PC is down at the moment, though.

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:07:38 +0200
From: rm40910@sysh.fokker.nl (R.A. MAJOOR)
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback quality

Hi paolo,

Try to contact John Sexton. He can tell you how to upload your Techno-sounds
to his ftp site. Then they can be downloaded by anyone who is interrested.
I do not know his e-mail adres but i’m sure he will read this and response.

Hope this works of course because i’m also interrested in these sounds!

In advance, thanks John.

RAM

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 11:48:36 -0500
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: M1* house/techno sounds for M1/T1; SAM-1 sample playback
quality

At 11:54 PM 2/4/96 +0100, you wrote:

>I found in an italian BBS a bank of 50 programs called TECHNO, and may be
>some of the sound can be interesting. The bank comes in X-or format, but if
>you need it I can send it to my M1 and then save it back in SysEx format.
>Is there a palce where banks, etc. can be uploaded to share them with you all?

Save it in sysex format and email it to me as a MIME attachment or as a
BinHex if your mail program doesn’t support MIME attachments. If attaching
the file does not work you can upload it to ftp.gate.net/incoming/ and tell
me what the filename is by email so I can grab it. However you get it to me,
I will then post it to my M1 webpage at http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/m1.htm
Thanks in advance.
- ——————————————–
J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

- ——————————————–

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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 01:56:27 -0500
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: M1* New-Available for download

Thanks go to Paolo Punzo for sending me the technom1.zip file which is
techno sounds for the M1 in .syx format and .zip compressed. I haven’t had a
chance to try them out myself so email myself or Paolo punzo@pinerolo.gvo.it
if you run into trouble. The files are available at my ftp directory at:

ftp://gate.net/pub/users/jsexton/

ftp.gate.net/pub/users/jsexton/

I will eventually create a link for them from my webpage but for now you’ll
have to use ftp. My pages are all blacked out and blue ribboned in
anticipation of the passing tomorrow of the digital telecom bill.

Peace to the pre-police-state net,

- ——————————————–
J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

- ——————————————–

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From: mladwig@why.net (mladwig)
Subject: M1* Anybody know where to go for M3R info?
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:28:17 -0600

I own the rack-mount version, the M3R.  Scanning all the BBS’s, COmpuserve,
and the internet, all I can find is this one group of patches.  They’re
pretty good, however, I would love to have more, or (I’m dreaming) maybe a
patch editor program / configuration that works with the M3R…

Now, I know this is a M1 group, but I was wondering if anyone had a M3R or
knows of another group???

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Date:   Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:15:29 -0400
From: Nick Mattison <ac125@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
Subject: M1* Re: Club Midi Magazine

I have been subscribing to this small magazine for the past year and
thought it might be of interest to some M1 members. It is published by
Ken Kittredge and it comes out 4 times per year. Subscription is $15.95
per year in US but $11.95 thereafter if you renew early.

The magazine is heavily slanted to Korg products and in the past year has
featured articles on T3, M1 sounds, o1/w and the wavestation. It has also
articles on midi subjects, logging on to the net etc. It seems slanted
more to beginners than extremely advanced players which suits me very well!

To give you and idea, this quarter’s issue has the foollowing topics:

Feedback..members tips, suggestions & questions
Wave sequencing on the Korg wavestation
Basic blues riffs
Readers tapes: share your works with others in the group
News and events: the latest and greatest
Book review : Drum Programming
Korg KSSD 5 pattern disk
Musicians online: an overview of the internet.
Classified: Buy and sell your harware and software.

Well that’s it. And it get’s better. If I send in the names and addresses
of anyone interested in getting the magazine, you get a free copy and my
subscription gets extended by 2 copies…a win situation for everyone.

So if anyone is interested, if you email me your address I will pass it
along.

Incidentally I have just sent off the money to buy an Obenheimer Drummer
from someone on the net. It apparently uses the drum sound in your synth
and plays a drum accompaniment along with you adding random changes so
the patterns do not get too monotonous. If there is any interest I could
give a kind of review of it when I have used it a while. Any interest??

All the best    ………………..Nick Mattison

ac125@cfn.cs.dal.ca

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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 18:15:13 -0800
From: sjs@corp.portal.com (Steve Schow)
Subject: M1* Invision

Hey M1ers

I just signed up on this list.  I have an M1 that has been upgraded
with the Invision chip upgrade that basically makes it a whole new
animal…..  I was wondering if anyone else on the list also has
the Invision upgrade and if so, what kinds of cool new programs
have you come up with?  Wanna share?

- -steve

- ——————————————————————
Steve Schow         | But you don’t need to use the claw, if you
sjs@corp.portal.com | pick the pear of the big paw paw……
(408) 973-9111 x110 | Have I given you a clue……?
(408) 977-5955 (hm) |                    – Baloo the Bear
- ——————————————————————
HomePage:  http://www.bstage.com/
HomeAddr:  sjs@midiman.bstage.com
- ——————————————————————

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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 03:37:05 EST
From: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
Subject: M1* Invision

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*** Reply to note of 09/02/96 02:44
From: R. Lohman
Subject: M1* Invision
/internet
/to korg-m1-l@io.org
/report
/end
Hi!
What’s this Invision chip? Does it replace any existing sounds or feature
s or does it add to it? And is it compatible with the T-series? How about
availability and price? And while I’m at it, how about a donation to me
to finance my home studio?   =;-)

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Rein Lohman
IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
——-
From: “Sherwin H. Bostock” <shbostoc@uab-admin.vpad.uab.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 08:37:42 CST
Subject: Re: M1* Invision

> Date:          Thu, 8 Feb 1996 18:15:13 -0800
> From:          sjs@corp.portal.com (Steve Schow)
> To:            korg-m1-l@io.org
> Subject:       M1* Invision
> Reply-to:      korg-m1-l@io.org

> Hey M1ers
>
> I just signed up on this list.  I have an M1 that has been upgraded
> with the Invision chip upgrade that basically makes it a whole new
> animal…..  I was wondering if anyone else on the list also has
> the Invision upgrade and if so, what kinds of cool new programs
> have you come up with?  Wanna share?
>
> -steve
>
> ——————————————————————
> Steve Schow         | But you don’t need to use the claw, if you
> sjs@corp.portal.com | pick the pear of the big paw paw……
> (408) 973-9111 x110 | Have I given you a clue……?
> (408) 977-5955 (hm) |                    – Baloo the Bear
> ——————————————————————
> HomePage:  http://www.bstage.com/
> HomeAddr:  sjs@midiman.bstage.com
> ——————————————————————
> Hello everyone,

I’ve been on the list several months and has owned a M1 since 1989.
I’m sorry for being in the twylight zone, but this is the first of my
knowing about this invision chip upgrade for the M1.  Can anyone give me a
little more background as to what it does, how much it cost,
who can I purchase it from, etc.   Someone please educate me on this
issue.   I will be looking to hear your responses.  Thanks

Sherwin
>
>

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:34:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Schow <sjs@corp.portal.com>
Subject: Re: M1* Invision

The Invision board is not available new anymore.  Invision stopped making
it.  They now focus all their attention  on making sample libs for the
big samplers.  Anyway, it ADDS to the existing sounds, not replaces.
Gives you 4 MB of PCM samples…..and they went to great lengths to make
them good.  what they call “Meat and Potatoe” sounds.

Turns the M1 into a whole new beast….up with the times pretty much(er
at least a year or two ago it was)….

- -steve

On Fri, 9 Feb 1996 r_lohman@nl.ibm.com wrote:

>
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> To: I1525924–IBMMAIL                     INTERNET–IBMMAIL
>
> *** Reply to note of 09/02/96 02:44
> From: R. Lohman
> Subject: M1* Invision
> Hi!
> What’s this Invision chip? Does it replace any existing sounds or feature
> s or does it add to it? And is it compatible with the T-series? How about
> availability and price? And while I’m at it, how about a donation to me
> to finance my home studio?   =;-)
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
> Rein Lohman
> IBM internal: NL52932 at UITVM1
> Internet: r_lohman@nl.ibm.com
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> ***  of your email message to korg-m1-l-request@io.org  ***
>

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:35:25 -0800
From: cmarks@ucla.edu (Craig Marks)
Subject: Re: M1* Invision

>Hey M1ers
>
>I just signed up on this list.  I have an M1 that has been upgraded
>with the Invision chip upgrade that basically makes it a whole new
>animal…..  I was wondering if anyone else on the list also has
>the Invision upgrade and if so, what kinds of cool new programs
>have you come up with?  Wanna share?
>
>-steve
>

What is the Invision upgrade?  How much does it cost?

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From: bhapgood@spry.com
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 10:54:51 -0800
Subject: Re: M1* Re: Club Midi Magazine

Count me in.

Here’s some info:

Snail:  10919 113th Ct. N.E. #F107
Kirkland
Washington 98033
USA.

E-mail: bhapgood@spry.com
Work:   (206) 957-8244
Home:   (206) 827-5123

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:35:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Schow <sjs@corp.portal.com>
Subject: Re: M1* Invision

OK EVERYONE……Sorry about the confusion.  The Invision Upgrade is not
available any more.  If you wanna know why, call Invision in Palo Alto, CA.
I don’t have the number handy.  They discontinued making them.  So you can’t
get em any more.  I was just hoping that maybe someone else on the list had
it already like me…..to share patches with.

FYI – its essentially 4 MB of new PCM samples.  All top quality.  Turns
the M1 into a whole new instrument.  Does NOT replace the old sounds.  Just
adds to them.

- -steve

On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Craig Marks wrote:

> >Hey M1ers
> >
> >I just signed up on this list.  I have an M1 that has been upgraded
> >with the Invision chip upgrade that basically makes it a whole new
> >animal…..  I was wondering if anyone else on the list also has
> >the Invision upgrade and if so, what kinds of cool new programs
> >have you come up with?  Wanna share?
> >
> >-steve
> >
>
>
> What is the Invision upgrade?  How much does it cost?

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 15:35:00 -0800
From: sjs@corp.portal.com (Steve Schow)
Subject: M1* Invision

In case anyone is interested. the web URL for Invision(the makers
of the M1 upgrade i have) is

http://www.cybersound.com/

You can always try to see if they have any left or leads on any.

- -steve

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 18:37:29 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: M1* Invision

At 11:35 AM on 2/9/96, Steve Schow wrote:
>OK EVERYONE……Sorry about the confusion.  The Invision Upgrade is not
>available any more.  If you wanna know why, call Invision in Palo Alto, CA.
>I don’t have the number handy.  They discontinued making them.  So you can’t
>get em any more.  I was just hoping that maybe someone else on the list had
>it already like me…..to share patches with.

Hey, maybe if someone can find the phone number and send it to the list, we
could all give ‘em a call and convince them to start making it agian? After
all after 350 phone calls, they might just change their minds…

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noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 18:39:39 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: M1* Re: Club Midi Magazine

At 10:54 AM on 2/9/96, bhapgood@spry.com wrote:
>Count me in.
>
>Here’s some info:
>
>Snail:  10919 113th Ct. N.E. #F107
>        Kirkland
>        Washington 98033
>        USA.
>
>E-mail: bhapgood@spry.com
>Work:   (206) 957-8244
>Home:   (206) 827-5123

Somehow I missed this thread (which is weird being the list admin. and all…)
could someone fill me in? What’s Club Midi? Any relation to M.U.G.?

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noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 16:57:01 -0800
From: sjs@corp.portal.com (Steve Schow)
Subject: Re: M1* Invision

If all 350 of you called them on it….maybe they would do it.  Its
worth a try. Check their home page…..I just posted the URL.  I’ll
see if I can dig up a phone number for you.

- -steve

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>From owner-korg-m1-l@io.org  Fri Feb  9 16:53:15 1996
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 18:37:29 -0500
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At 11:35 AM on 2/9/96, Steve Schow wrote:
>OK EVERYONE……Sorry about the confusion.  The Invision Upgrade is not
>available any more.  If you wanna know why, call Invision in Palo Alto, CA.
>I don’t have the number handy.  They discontinued making them.  So you can’t
>get em any more.  I was just hoping that maybe someone else on the list had
>it already like me…..to share patches with.

Hey, maybe if someone can find the phone number and send it to the list, we
could all give ‘em a call and convince them to start making it agian? After
all after 350 phone calls, they might just change their minds…

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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From: NATEGOULET@ids.net
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 1:50:35 -0500 (EST)
Subject: RE: M1* Invision

Just for those that have not heard the Plus One upgrade from Invision, the
key features are:
Solo electric guitar (try Van Halen’s Eruption or
AC/DC’s Thunderstruck, Asia’s Time & Time Again.  Awesome.
- -
6 string accoustic guitar.    Flute      Fender Rhodes electric piano, the
the Hammond organ sounds.  IAlso the DX7′s famous electric piano.
I shouldn’t forget the Mellotron or the violin.  I like the violin patch
from the World Ombious cart better (Quartet).
- -
Nate
- -
P.S.  Sounds I’m looking for:  Horn blast (Yes’s Owner of a Loely Heart).
Analog type sounds, OB, AArp, Moog.  Hammond organ with realtime Lesile
speaker speed ajustment.  I have an M1/Plus One, 2 Casio CZ-1000′s, a
Yamaha FB-01 & an Ensoniq Soundscape type card for my PC.  Ensoniq Mirage
emulator for my Amiga.

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Date:   Sat, 10 Feb 1996 07:38:36 -0400
From: Nick Mattison <ac125@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
Subject: Re: M1* Re: Club Midi Magazine

I posted a message about this a few days ago, Noise. You must have missed
it. Club Midi is a small privately run magazine mainly focused on Korg
products. It is not related to the Club midi on the net run by Dan Panke.
It is produced by Ken Kitteredge.

I had mentioned that anyone wanting to receive a free copy of the
magazine could drop me an email with their snail mail address and I would
forward it on to him. By doing this You get a free copy and I get my
subscription extended by 2 issues…a win situation for us both.

If anyone out there is still interested let me know … I am sending
names off to him on Sunday.

All the best    ………………..Nick…

ac125@cfn.cs.dal.ca

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From: Vinny Fiorenza <fiorenza@ccnet.com>
Subject: RE: M1* Re: Club Midi Magazine
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 04:50:59 -0800

>I had mentioned that anyone wanting to receive a free copy of the
>magazine could drop me an email with their snail mail address and I would
>forward it on to him. By doing this You get a free copy and I get my
>subscription extended by 2 issues…a win situation for us both.

>If anyone out there is still interested let me know … I am sending
>names off to him on Sunday.

All the best    ………………..Nick…

Hi Nick,  thanks for the offer,  Yes, indeed this sounds like a pretty col
offer.  My snailing address is:
Vinny Fiorenza
PO Box 478
Morgan Hill California
95037

Again,  thanks for the offer & i look forward to reading!

cheers,

Vinny

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 15:49:45 +0100
From: smalt@nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: RE: M1* Invision/organ trick

Nate wrote:

>P.S.  Sounds I’m looking for:  (…) Hammond organ with realtime Leslie
>speaker speed adjustment.

Not sure what you mean by realtime, but let’s fresh up on the following:

You can do this to any organ sound on the M1: set effect 1 to 25:Rotary SP.
Then press Global and go to the Pedal Assign menu. Set Pedal 1 to “Effect 1
Cntl”. Plug a footswitch into the assignable pedal 1 input. Now the switch
controls your Leslie speed. For impatient folks: if you use a sustain-type
pedal, be sure to keep it down long enough.

Of course you could use pedal input 2 instead. Or set effect 2 to Rotary SP.

IMO, this is still one of the best sounding leslies, apart maybe from
dedicated organ boxes.

Chris

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From: urgent@roissy.umd.edu (David Gent)
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 22:35:47 -0500
Subject: Re: M1* Anybody know where to go for M3R info?

mladwig@why.net (mladwig) asked:

I own the rack-mount version, the M3R.  Scanning all
the BBS’s, COmpuserve, and the internet, all I can find
is this one group of patches.  They’re pretty good,
however, I would love to have more, or (I’m dreaming)
maybe a patch editor program / configuration that works
with the M3R…

Now, I know this is a M1 group, but I was wondering if
anyone had a M3R or knows of another group???

I’ll pipe-up as another M3R owner.  Where’d you get your patches?
I’ve scoured the net for years, but have never found anything M3R
related except for this group….

On another note, Edit-one, Opcode’s crippled Galaxy Editor/Librarian
for the Mac, has a function to convert M1 patches to M3R patches.
I’ve never used it, however.

Perhaps it’s time to give it a shot…. –dg

urgent@roissy.umd.edu is david gent 301/405-4797 the Zeno project

http://www.zeno.umd.edu/

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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 10:22:14 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: M1* Important Message from The Administrator!!

Just a quick note to remind folks not to put the word “help” in the subject
line of your posts. When the mailing list software sees this in the subject
line, it thinks its a cry for assistance and bounces the message to me and
not to the list.

So if you have posted a message to the list and never get a response, this
is probably why.

Oh, yes and if you want to unsubscribe to the list READ THE BOTTOM OF THE
MESSAGES! JEESH!

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noise
noise @io.org                   http://www.io.org/~noise/

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 96 10:16 PST
From: james_bowers@mindlink.bc.ca (James Bowers)
Subject: M1* Need ExM1R factory progs/combis

Howdy,

Can anybody on the list email me sysex of the ExM1r progs/combis in a
format that I can import into Logic Audio or Studio Vision on my Mac? One
kind soul Emailed me the sysex but it has a .syx extension which looks like
a DOS extension and none of my programs will recognize it.

Thanks in advance!

James Bowers                                    James Bowers Productions

Check out the Website…..

http://mindlink.net/james_bowers/home.html

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From: 102454.250@compuserve.com
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:21:01 -0400
Subject: M1 soundsharing

Wow, that m1 banker is quite a utility. it works great.
anyone out there interested in sharing or trading m1 sounds.
the m1banker makes it so easy.i live in a very small town
outside of toronto and and m1 sounds and cards are mega hard
to track down, mail order from the states seems to be the best place
to obtain m1 cards. but this could be easier.
anyone interested?
Dr Evil Studio’s

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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 08:54:45 +0100
From: peter@enterprise.iht.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Wypich)
Subject: Re: M3R user

Michael Ryan MacMillan wrote:

> Im sorry, but I have an M1, not an M3R.  I don’t think the sounds
> are compatible, but if they are , let me know.  It will be a little
> while until I can send stuff like that, because I still need a midi
> interface.

The sounds are not compatible (
Sorry.

Thanx and Greetings

Peter

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 06:25:26 -0400
Subject: Korg USA e-mail address

Hi y’all!
Here’s Korg US’s e-mail addresses, taken from a recent post on
alt.music.synth…
literature@korgusa.com         (Proview – Korg’s catalogue)
product_support@korgusa.com
press_info@korgusa.com         (Press releases)

Here’s their snail-mail address:
89 Frost St., Westbury NY 11590   (516)333-9100  fax: (516)333-9108

- —> If anybody knows a CANADIAN e-mail address please forward. Thx <—

BTW, I have other manufacturer’s address if you want them.  Just let me
know which one.  I don’t have address of the poster of the list, though.

- – David

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 07:51:32 -0400
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: M3R user

Peter Wypich on 10/2/95, in “Re: M3R user”:
>Michael Ryan MacMillan wrote:
>
>> Im sorry, but I have an M1, not an M3R.  I don’t think the sounds
>> are compatible, but if they are , let me know.  It will be a little
>> while until I can send stuff like that, because I still need a midi
>> interface.
>
>The sounds are not compatible (
>Sorry.
>
>Thanx and Greetings
>Peter

I think that Edit One can convert between the two. What is the difference
between the M1 and the M3?

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noise
noise @io.org

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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 16:50:58 +0100
From: peter@enterprise.iht.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Wypich)
Subject: Re: M3R user

Hi!

>>Michael Ryan MacMillan wrote:
>>
>>> Im sorry, but I have an M1, not an M3R.  I don’t think the sounds
>>> are compatible, but if they are , let me know.  It will be a little
>>> while until I can send stuff like that, because I still need a midi
>>> interface.
>>
>>The sounds are not compatible (
>>Sorry.
>>
>>Thanx and Greetings
>>Peter

>I think that Edit One can convert between the two. What is the difference
>between the M1 and the M3?

One program of the M1 can acces one or two oscillators, one program of the
M3R can acces only one oscillator.
You can play the M1 in program or combi mode, M3R will be played only in combi mode.

I don’t know any editor, can convert M1 sounds to M3R (I’m atari st user).
If you have one, can convert the data – email me a converted bank (uuencoded),
and I’ll try to send it into my M3R.

Greetings, Peter

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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 13:01:20 -0400
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: KORG M1: battery-replacement

>To: jsexton@gate.net (John Sexton)
>Subject: Re: KORG M1: battery-replacement
>Reply-To: joa@cs.uit.no
>Return-Receipt-To: joa@cs.uit.no
>Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 14:03:56 MET
>From: Jo Asplin <joa@cs.uit.no>

The following is a forwarded message I recieved from an M1 user who saw my
webpage and wanted to share their experience with changing the M1′s battery.
Since this topic has come when discussing the FAQ I wanted to pass it along
to the list.

>> On 5 Sep 1995 07:13:53 GMT, you wrote:
>
>I replaced the battery the other day. It was a fairly easy task. First I bought
>the battery, a CR 2032 (3 volts), from a regular electronics store. Then I
>placed the M1 upside down (with main power off!) and removed the bottom-plate.
>Then I removed the motherboard (the large one in the middle). (Strictly
>speaking, I didn’t remove it completely, since some wires were still connecting
>it to the synth.) The battery-housing (with the battery inside) is fixed to the
>inside of the motherboard, so I had to tilt the motherboard upwards in order to
>access the battery. After some trial-and-error, I found out that I had to push
>the battery down while pulling it out of the housing. Obviously, I applied the
>opposite procedure for inserting the new battery in the housing. Then I put on
>the motherboard (carefully, so that everything fit) and finally the backplate.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>–Jo
>
>
>| Jo Asplin                 | Phone: 776 44034                 |
>| Dept. of Computer Science | Fax:   776 44580                 |
>| University of Tromsø      | Email: joa@cs.uit.no             |
>| 9037 TROMSØ, NORWAY       | WWW:   http://www.cs.uit.no/~joa |
>
>
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J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:41:50 -0700
From: pgaray@direct.ca (Paul J. Garay)
Subject: Re: Korg USA e-mail address

>Hi y’all!
>  Here’s Korg US’s e-mail addresses, taken from a recent post on
>alt.music.synth…
>    literature@korgusa.com         (Proview – Korg’s catalogue)
>    product_support@korgusa.com
>    press_info@korgusa.com         (Press releases)
>
>Here’s their snail-mail address:
>    89 Frost St., Westbury NY 11590   (516)333-9100  fax: (516)333-9108
>
>—> If anybody knows a CANADIAN e-mail address please forward. Thx <—
>
>BTW, I have other manufacturer’s address if you want them.  Just let me
>know which one.  I don’t have address of the poster of the list, though.
>
>- David
>
>

Any other manufacturers’ e-mails would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,

Paul J. Garay

- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Paul J. Garay Productions, Vancouver, B.C.
(604) 258-9981 pgr.     e-mail: pgaray@direct.ca
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:34:03 -0400
From: noise@io.org
Subject: M.U.G. n’ stuff

Has anyone tried any of the Program/Combis from M.U.G.(MIDI Users Group)?
The cost sure seems resonable.

Anyone?

Thanks!

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noise
noise @io.org

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From: “Sherwin H. Bostock” <SHBOSTOC@uab-admin.vpad.uab.edu>
Date:          Tue, 3 Oct 1995 08:21:56 CST
Subject:       Re: M.U.G. n’ stuff

> Date:          Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:34:03 -0400
> From:          noise@io.org
> To:            korg-m1-l@io.org
> Subject:       M.U.G. n’ stuff
> Reply-to:      korg-m1-l@io.org

> Has anyone tried any of the Program/Combis from M.U.G.(MIDI Users Group)?
> The cost sure seems resonable.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ***********************************************************
> noise
> noise @io.org
>
> ***********************************************************
>
>

>
********************************************************************
Hi everyone, this is the first time I’ve herd of the M.U.G. stuff, I am
most interested in knowing more about them.  Are they compatible
with the Korg M1.  If so please let me know an where I may purchase
some.  Thanks
Sherwin

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 17:04:52 +0100
From: paul <hbomb@easynet.co.uk>
Subject: m.u.g info

<Has anyone tried any of the Program/Combis from M.U.G.(MIDI Users Group)?
<The cost sure seems resonable.

noise
do you have an address\email for m.u.g or more info on how to find them ?
TIA
hbomb

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 04:43:38 -0400
Subject: “ACTIVE SENSING”?  Huh?

Hey y’all!

First off I’m pleased to say that, in the studio last night, I prefered
the “old” M1′s FatStrng patch to a bunch of new string patches on other
more sophisticated boards.  I don’t know where this patch came from (it’s
not part of the original M1 sounds–I got the board used), but it’s nice.

Secondly, what is “active sensing”?

In the studio, when they plugged my Korg M1 into their Mark of the Unicorn
MIDI interface, one of the red lights on the left side of the interface
lit up about half it’s brightest intensity.  (They plugged a drum pad
in as well and another light sort of when on too.)

They said this was “actively sensing” MIDI even though no messages were
being overtly sent out.  What’s this used for?

Also, as soon as I put the M1 into “Sequencer” mode, ALL the lights on the
right side of the MIDI interface when on and stayed that way all through
the recording.  Didn’t seem to affect the transfer though!   :<> (phew)

Is this because the M1 is rather old with respect to General MIDI?

- – David

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From: John Paul Flowers <johnf@scd.hp.com>
Subject: I’m new, helping friend with M1
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:54:33 -0800 (PDT)

Hi,

My name is John Flowers and I am helping my pastor out who has an
M1.

He has been using an old non-sequencing keyboard with a PC and a Sound
Canvas. He is now trying to set up another station using just the
PC and the M1.

I have retrieved certain M1 sysx’s that help out with General Midi,
but he is not too happy with that.

Is there a FAQ on using the M1 with PC sequencers like cakewalk?

Any help is appreciated.

- –
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*   John P. Flowers johnf@scd.hp.com  _\|/_______________________         *
*   Precision Motion Control R&D       /|\ We can tell how                *
*   Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Division   far gone you are!              *
*   http://www.homeless.com/homepages/johnf@scd.hp.com.html               *
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* Real Life On-Line Help 24 Hrs a Day…    Jesus@Saviour.God *

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From: sandeep.khurana@blr.sni.de ( Sandeep Khurana)
Subject: hi and help on SEQUENCERS
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 10:08:49 +0530 (IST)

hi everybody,

can someone please tell (little bit in detail)
about sequencers (how and why they are used )

thanx a lot

sandy
Sandeep.Khurana@blr.sni.de

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 09:37:32 -0400
Subject: I’M NEW, HELPING FRIEND W

John Flowers asked…

K> Is there a FAQ on using the M1 with PC sequencers like cakewalk?
K> Any help is appreciated.

John, I don’t know about the FAQ, but here’s what I do with my PC sequencer
(Voyetra).

I have MIDI “out” of PC sound card/MPU 401 card go into the M1′s “IN”.
I have MIDI “IN” of PC sound card/MPU 401 card go into the M1′s “OUT”

RECORDING TRACK #1
I choose the sound I want on the M1, and play on the M1 and record on the
PC sequencer.  My sequencer wants the channel to be “1″ so, I go into
GLOBAL on the M1 and set the MIDI channel to “1″. (You can use any # as
long as the PC sequencer # and the M1 # match). I put the PC sequencer
in “RECORD” mode, then play notes on the M1.

RECORDING TRACK #2
I choose another sound on the M1.  This time I have the PC sequencer record
my notes (as described above) on channel 1 (still) but onto a different track
in the PC sequencer.

PLAYBACK
In the PC sequencer, I assign channel #2 to track #2; in the M1 I go into
SEQUENCER mode and set the channel for track #1 to 1, and track #2 to 2.
Also in the SEQUENCER mode of the M1, I go the page that sets the parameters
for each track, and put the program # into that track.

Example…

M1                          SEQUENCER
(SEQUENCER mode)

Track 1  Chnl 1  Prgm 15         Track 1  Chnl 1  Prgm 15
Track 2  Chnl 2  Prgm 7          Track 2  Chnl 2  Prgm  7

When I put the PC Sequencer into “PLAY” mode, it will play the two
different tracks on the M1  ** as long as the M1 is in SEQUENCER MODE **.

The M1 can play 8 different tracks this way.

So, I’m not using the M1 to record…I only use the PC Sequencer to record.
I use the M1 for multi-timbral playback only.

Hope this isn’t to hard to follow!

- – David

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 09:37:39 -0400
Subject: M1 AND GENERAL MIDI

John was good enough to inquire:

> … advise on how (GM) is implemented practically, considering the M1′s
> limitations…

I’d be interested too!  I’ve wondered about these issues.

- – David

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Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 11:18:54 -0400
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: M1 and General Midi

Since there has been a fair amount of talk about this topic on the list I
have a question. Does anyone have a half-decent set of pseudo-GM sounds for
the M1? If so how do you get around the 100 patches vs. 128 patches issue?
Of course there is no way around the polyphony and multitimbrality (is that
a word?) since the M1 can only use 8 sounds with 16 note polyphony as
opposed to Gm’s 16 & 32. If so I would appreciate it if someone could tell
me where to find such a bank or just email it to me I would appreciate it.
It would be best if you have actually used the bank yourselves since you
could advise on how it is implemented practically, considering the M1′s
limitations. Personally this is not an issue to me but because I have an M1
webpage other people request this information fairly frequently.
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J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

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From: John Paul Flowers <johnf@scd.hp.com>
Subject: Re: M1 and General Midi
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 10:45:15 -0800 (PDT)

> Does anyone have a half-decent set of pseudo-GM sounds for
> the M1? If so how do you get around the 100 patches vs. 128 patches issue?
> Of course there is no way around the polyphony and multitimbrality (is that
> a word?) since the M1 can only use 8 sounds with 16 note polyphony as
> opposed to Gm’s 16 & 32. If so I would appreciate it if someone could tell
> ————————————-
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>            J O H N  S E X T O N
>              jsexton@gate.net
>    http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm
> ————————————-
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Here is a uuencoded zip file that contains a .syx and a new midimap.cfg.
The midimap.cfg tells the midimapper how to get around the 100 vs. 128
problem.

I do not take credit for it, I just found it in a newsgroup one day.

Maybe someone can improve on it and make it better.
(attachment deleted – Noise)

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*   John P. Flowers johnf@scd.hp.com  _\|/_______________________         *
*   Precision Motion Control R&D       /|\ We can tell how                *
*   Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Division   far gone you are!              *
*   http://www.homeless.com/homepages/johnf@scd.hp.com.html               *
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* Real Life On-Line Help 24 Hrs a Day…    Jesus@Saviour.God *

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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 12:45:15 -0800
From: kchowning@foxmail.gfc.edu (Kyle Chowning)
Subject: Sequencers

Hello to all those who speak the M1 foreign language!!!! (At least to me
anyway)

Anyways,   I just wanted to find out if anybody out there know of good
sequencing software for Macintosh that is relatively inexpensive.  Actually
doesn’t matter the price, just the names and prices would be good. Right now I
am currently using Vision software at my school…its pretty good, but I want
to know more.

Thanks

Kyle

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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 22:54:38 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject: Re: hi and help on SEQUENCERS

Dear Sandeep
I beg your pardon if I calld you with your surname, but I’m not finnish or
whatever….
You put a questin that would take an entire book to answer. I’ll try to be
exhaustive and short at the same time.
Basically a sequencer is an environment where you can record in real or in
step time your music via the keyboard (synthesizer, master keyboard, midi
guitar or a wind controller). Then you can play it back. It works like a
multitrack deck, but the sequencer doesn’t record music in itself, it
records only events. An event is when you struck a key (note on) and when
you release a key (note off). There are several types of events, not only
notes, but also controllers, pitch bend data, modulation wheel data etc.
The sequencer records all those data and plays them back more or less
faithfully. I said more or less because every sequencer has its resolution.
In other words the music is put in a virtual grid; higher the resolution,
the better. Basic sequencer features are: record, play, rewind, fast
forward and a number of tracks going from 16 to almost infinte (depending
on the ram amount of your computer). Of course the number of the tracks is
limited to the number of midi channels (16). But if a sequencer is capable
of  sending data to more than a port, you’ll be able to drive more than 16
channels. For instance Passport Master Tracks Pro can send data over the
modem and printer ports (this is valid for Apple Macintosh), thus you have
32 channels to play back your compositions. There are other sequencers,
such Mark of the Unicorn Performer, that are capable of sending data on
more than 32 channels (via a particular type of midi interface). This is
very useful if your arrangements are very rich.
But a sequencer can do more than I  said until now.
Some sequencers display the recorded data in different ways:
- – Event window (a window where you can see and edit the music you’ve just
recorded)
- – Piano Roll (another system to see and edit the music you’ve just recorded)
- – Notation Editing window (If you prefer to see and edit your music on staves).
Then you can copy, cut, paste, erase, splice, snip and do a lot of editing
operations (i.e. cut a note played by mistake, or add a note you’ve
forgotten).
With a sequencer you can also:
- – Change the tempo of a song without altering its pitch
- – Play back a song from its end to its beginning
- – Transpose a track by intervals or whole notes
- – Record a difficult phrase slowing the recording speed, then play it back
at the correct tempo
- – Program perfect accelerandos and ritardandos
- – Create a virtual band (i.e. a faithful friend that doesn’t fed up of
always repeating the same phrase or riff)
- – Try different arrangements of the same song without recording nothing
onto tape (but remember that you must own a poliyphonic and multi
instrument synthesizer)
- – Load and save midifiles to share with your friends
……..
As you can see the list of things that you can do is endless. I’d suggest
you to check, if you’re a Mac user,  Mark of the Unicorn Performer ver.
5.02 or if you’re a PC IBM or compatible user, Cubase for Windows. Both
program are a little pricey, but they are the best.
I hope it helps
Cheers Michele

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 18:04:15 -0400
Subject: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND

K> David, correct me if I may be wrong or missing an unknowlegable
> concept.  Not disputing your advise, but couldn't John just as well
> used the M1's Combination feature an assigned tracks and channels.

You CAN (I think) put the M1 in COMBINATION mode and have the PC sequencer
play the M1.  BUT (and here's the big BUT), you'll only be playing one
melody, or one set of notes, or one _track_.  If you want different
instruments playing different notes at the same time, you must use the
sequencer and play back more than one track.

In combination mode, you DO have more than one instrument playing, but
they are all playing the same music...the same notes at the same time.
But, that too, can sound wonderful, and may be all you need.  Keep
experimenting! 

- - David

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From: "Sherwin H. Bostock" <SHBOSTOC@uab-admin.vpad.uab.edu>
Date:          Thu, 5 Oct 1995 17:14:15 CST
Subject:       I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND

From:             david.abramsky@oln.com
Organization:     OnLine Now BBS
Date sent:        Thu, 5 Oct 1995 09:37:32 -0400
Subject:          I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND W
To:               korg-m1-l@io.org
Send reply to:    korg-m1-l@io.org

John Flowers asked...

K> Is there a FAQ on using the M1 with PC sequencers like cakewalk?
K> Any help is appreciated.

John, I don't know about the FAQ, but here's what I do with my PC sequencer
(Voyetra).

I have MIDI "out" of PC sound card/MPU 401 card go into the M1's "IN".
I have MIDI "IN" of PC sound card/MPU 401 card go into the M1's "OUT"

RECORDING TRACK #1
I choose the sound I want on the M1, and play on the M1 and record on the
PC sequencer.  My sequencer wants the channel to be "1" so, I go into
GLOBAL on the M1 and set the MIDI channel to "1". (You can use any # as
long as the PC sequencer # and the M1 # match). I put the PC sequencer
in "RECORD" mode, then play notes on the M1.

RECORDING TRACK #2
I choose another sound on the M1.  This time I have the PC sequencer record
my notes (as described above) on channel 1 (still) but onto a different track
in the PC sequencer.

PLAYBACK
In the PC sequencer, I assign channel #2 to track #2; in the M1 I go into
SEQUENCER mode and set the channel for track #1 to 1, and track #2 to 2.
Also in the SEQUENCER mode of the M1, I go the page that sets the parameters
for each track, and put the program # into that track.

Example...

M1                          SEQUENCER
(SEQUENCER mode)

Track 1  Chnl 1  Prgm 15         Track 1  Chnl 1  Prgm 15
Track 2  Chnl 2  Prgm 7          Track 2  Chnl 2  Prgm  7

When I put the PC Sequencer into "PLAY" mode, it will play the two
different tracks on the M1  ** as long as the M1 is in SEQUENCER MODE **.

The M1 can play 8 different tracks this way.

So, I'm not using the M1 to record...I only use the PC Sequencer to record.
I use the M1 for multi-timbral playback only.

Hope this isn't to hard to follow!

- - David

****************************************************************************
Good evening to all,

David, correct me if I may be wrong or missing an unknowlegable
concept.  Not disputing your advise, but couldn't John just as well
used the M1's Combination feature an assigned tracks and channels.
Please let me know if I am missing the target or what? It would help
me to more about the GM system and tips of how it works, Thanks
Sherwin

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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 00:42:02 -0400
From: jdaub@intacc.net (Jody Daub)
Subject: Re: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND

David wrote:

>You CAN (I think) put the M1 in COMBINATION mode and have the PC >sequencer
play the M1.
>BUT (and here's the big BUT), you'll only be playing one melody, or one set
of >notes, or one _track_.  If you want different instruments playing
different notes at >the same time, you must use the sequencer and play back
more than one track.

Actually, a multi-timbral setup in the M1's Combination Mode is probably
more friendly than the Sequencer Mode when controlling the M1 from an
external sequencer of any kind.  Most of the pages in Seq Mode are useless
in this kind of situation. Also, in Combi Mode, all 8 parts can be viewed on
the same page (this can be helpful when comparing pan settings, volume
levels, etc.).

I can't see very much need for the M1's Sequencer Mode if you already have a
dedicated sequencer.  I occasionally use the on-board sequencer to quickly
record an idea if I don't feel like turning on my computer.  Otherwise, I
would recommend using Combination Mode for all your multi-timbral needs.
After all, that's why Korg put it there in the first place.

Cheers,
JOD

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http://www.ottawa.net/~jdaub

Original music, synth patches, AUDITY
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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:38:54 +0100
From: "Jean-Francois MAINGUET (@SEG)" <Jean-Francois.MAINGUET@TCS.thomson.fr>
(Tel \(33\)76.58.32.92)
Subject:  RE: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND

>You CAN (I think) put the M1 in COMBINATION mode and have the PC sequencer
>play the M1.  BUT (and here's the big BUT), you'll only be playing one
>melody, or one set of notes, or one?_track_.  If you want different
>instruments playing different notes at the same time, you must use the
>sequencer and play back more than one track.

I have only a M1 and a PC sequencer (Big Boss), and I'm able to play different
notes and instruments at the same time without using the sequencer of the M1.
I have not use it for weeks so I'm not sure, but I think I put the M1 in
combination mode, and assign different midi channel for each track.
I will look at this. but I'm sure I play different instruments with different
notes at the same time without using the sequencer.

Jeff.

Jean-Francois Mainguet
mainguet@tcs.thomson.fr

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 04:12:16 -0400
Subject: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIE

JOB astounded David by saying...

K> Actually, a multi-timbral setup in the M1's Combination Mode is probably
> more friendly than the Sequencer Mode when controlling the M1 from an
> external sequencer of any kind...in Combi Mode, all 8 parts can be viewed
> on the same page

Then Jeff backed him up by saying...

J> I have only a M1 and a PC sequencer (Big Boss), and I'm able to play
> different notes and instruments at the same time without using the
> sequencer of the M1...I think I put the M1 in combination mode, and
> assign different midi channel for each track.

I never knew!  And I'm usually one to read the whole manual!  I'll have
to try this, esp. since you both say it's easier to work with than the
sequencer mode.

- - David

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From: JPRICE@trentu.ca
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 07:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND

Hi all,

Yes, you can get the M1 to respond to multiple channels. I run
my M1 from an Atari using Cubase. Put the M1 in Combi mode
and change the patch type to "Multi". Page up and change each
sound to a seperate channel. Select the sounds you want for
each channel (up to 8 total). Write me if you have questions
and I'll go into more detail. Oh yes, and turn "Local" off
in the Global menu.

J. P. Hovercraft
aka
jprice@trentu.ca

"Also THRAK Zarathustra"

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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 10:30:57 -0400
Subject: I have KORG T3 for sale

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For more info email Chickensax@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 01:59:46 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: "ACTIVE SENSING"?  Huh?

>Secondly, what is "active sensing"?

When Midi was new, people got stuck notes pretty often, due to a loose
cable or (most of the time) processor overrun-type errors.

Active sensing is like a safety catch: about 3 times per second, the M1
sends a message that says: "I'm still here!"   When you hook up a synth or
module that uses active sensing, it will faithfully play whatever notes
come in, but as soon as it misses an "I'm still here", it mutes the notes
that are sounding.

So when, in the middle of your strap-on keyboard solo, your Midi lead turns
out to be only 30 feet instead of the 50 ft it said on the package, you
won't have to go and shut up your modules in shame. No, instead you can
just tear into an off-the-wall tap dance act, while you plug the cord back
in.

Some gear let you shut off Active sensing generation, so your lights don't
blink all the time, unless:

>Also, as soon as I put the M1 into "Sequencer" mode, ALL the lights on the
>right side of the MIDI interface when on and stayed that way all through
>the recording.  Didn't seem to affect the transfer though!   :<> (phew)
>
>Is this because the M1 is rather old with respect to General MIDI?

No, general Midi doesn't deal with these real time messages, as they're called.
Some sequencers generate Midi clock signals all the time, even when they
are stopped. The M1 is one of them. It sends like 24 messages per beat.
Check the Midi in light as you change the M1's tempo from 40 to 250(you
don't need to start the sequencer) and see it fluctuate.
The software of the Midi interface determines whether the M1's clock is
redistributed on the outputs. In your case, apparently it was. It takes up
some of the bandwidth, so I would mute it. The M1 will keep on sending it,
though, just like the Active sensing.

Chris

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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 02:00:59 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: M3R user

>One program of the M1 can acces one or two oscillators, one program of the
>M3R can acces only one oscillator.
>You can play the M1 in program or combi mode, M3R will be played only in
>combi mode.

The list of multisounds is different too! The M3R has a couple of samples
that aren't in the M1 and vice versa, and they're shuffled around. This
means, that in some cases, conversion will change the sound slightly.

Chris

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 95 09:16:07
Subject: "ACTIVE SENSING"?  HU

Chris,

K> No, general Midi doesn't deal with these real time messages, as they're
> called.
> Some sequencers generate Midi clock signals all the time, even when they
> are stopped. The M1 is one of them. It sends like 24 messages per beat.
> Check the Midi in light as you change the M1's tempo from 40 to 250(you
> don't need to start the sequencer) and see it fluctuate.
> The software of the Midi interface determines whether the M1's clock is
> redistributed on the outputs. In your case, apparently it was. It takes up
> some of the bandwidth, so I would mute it
^^^^
Thanks for more help on this!  What do you mean by "mute it"?

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Date:   Sat, 7 Oct 1995 09:40:50 -0300
From: Nick Mattison <ac125@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
Subject: Re: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIE

Me too...I have a T3ex and I am going to try combi mode right away! THANKS.

All the best    ....................Nick...

ac125@cfn.cs.dal.ca

On Fri, 6 Oct 1995 david.abramsky@oln.com wrote:

>
> JOB astounded David by saying...
>
> K> Actually, a multi-timbral setup in the M1's Combination Mode is probably
>  > more friendly than the Sequencer Mode when controlling the M1 from an
>  > external sequencer of any kind...in Combi Mode, all 8 parts can be viewed
>  > on the same page
>
> Then Jeff backed him up by saying...
>
> J> I have only a M1 and a PC sequencer (Big Boss), and I'm able to play
>  > different notes and instruments at the same time without using the
>  > sequencer of the M1...I think I put the M1 in combination mode, and
>  > assign different midi channel for each track.
>
> I never knew!  And I'm usually one to read the whole manual!  I'll have
> to try this, esp. since you both say it's easier to work with than the
> sequencer mode.
>
> - David
>

>

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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 14:31:56 +0100
From: paul <hbomb@easynet.co.uk>
Subject: sticking keys

elecgroove@aol.com (Elecgroove) wrote:

>Alright folks, here's the poop on Korg key assemblies:

>1. Yes, they are made may Yamaha (or Yo-Mama-Ha, take yer pick)

>2. The probelm is most often _not_ cause by dirt, grime, etc.).  If you've
>got big kahunas and want to take a part the keyboard (Wavestation or 01/W
>or whatever), you can usually fix this yerself.

>The problem is most commenly (though not always) caused by a slippage of a
>metal retention spring that returns the key to position. On the back end
>of each key, there is a small plasic lip. Do to overexuberant playing or
>normal wear and tear, this lip can become damaged and throws the key off
>kilter getting it stuck on the adjoining keys.  Unfortunatly, this is not
>an easy repair, since Korg had the great wisdom to put the entire key
>assembly underneath the motherboard.  You must remove nearly everything
>except the power supply and the front panel buttons (which are behind the
>keyassembly to get at the keys).  Assuming you get the keyassembly out,
>place it with the front of the keys facing you, face up.  Remove the white
>plastic retention strip across the back length of the keyboard. It should
>come up quite easily, as it resebles a piece of decorative weather
>stripping.  This piece keeps the keys from slipping back and popping out
>the springs.  Start with a black key - they must come out before the white
>ones will, and you may need to start near a C# and remove half an octive
>to get to a particular key.  Push the key back (you'll feel some
>resistance) and up in back (put some downward pressure on the front of the
>key to make it easy) and it should pop out making a little *ping*.  If you
>inspect the rear lip of the key, you'll be able to tell if it's cracked
>off or?not.  Some ingenuity may be able to rescore the lip, or just
>purchase a new key.  Don't loose the little metal piece of sheet metal
>underneath the key. This is the retention spring.  To reassemle the keys,
>place the retention piece under the little plastive bridge on the
>underside of the key , with the divit in the retension spring inside the
>key and the flat end out gently and resting on the little "tower".  You'll
>notice a slot on the key assembly where the flat part of the retention
>piece fits in.  This can be a little aggrivating, so be patient:  Place
>the key just slightly in front of where it's supposed to go, and gently
>slide the key backwards.  You should feel some resistance as the retention
>spring lifts off of the "tower" and slides into it's groove.  Gently hook
>the rear lip of the key over the key assembly, an viola! you're done.
>Replace the plastic retainer and reassemble.  This fix should work on
>Wavestations and O1/W's, though I'm not sure about M1's, as I''ve never
>broken one =).

>And remember, it's not a real repair job unless you've got an extra screw
>when you're done (  double =)  )

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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 16:38:54 -0400
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: Sequencers

Kyle Chowning quiped on 10/5/95, in "Sequencers":
>Hello to all those who speak the M1 foreign language!!!!
>(At least to me anyway)
>
>Anyways,   I just wanted to find out if anybody out there know of good
>sequencing software for Macintosh that is relatively inexpensive.  Actually
>doesn't matter the price, just the names and prices would be good. Right now I
>am currently using Vision software at my school...its pretty good, but I want
>to know more.
>
>Thanks
>
>Kyle

I've been using EZVision, which is a junior version of Vision. Since it's
been replaced by a somewhat kludgy and slow program called Musicshop, you
might be able to pick it up from a music store for a good price.

You can open the files from EZVision in Vision too.

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noise
noise @io.org

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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 16:40:08 -0400
From: noise@io.org
Subject: MUG info

paul on 10/3/95, in "m.u.g info"
>noise
>     do you have an address\email for m.u.g or more info on how to find them ?

MUG started sometime back in 1985 as the <Mirage Users Group>. Back when 8
bits was cool and everyone programmed their samplers in Hex, MUG was at
first a way of getting formatted disks for the Mirage. (In the initial
release of the Mirage, you couldn't format disks in the Mirage, but had to
buy them formatted from Ensoniq/music shop!)

Now they cater to all MIDI instruments (now its MIDI Users Group). A one
year membership is $20.00 us ($30.00 outside the US) and you can get a
lifetime membership for $75.00 ($85.00 outside)! You get newsletters and
pretty good deals on sounds n' stuff (and a free disk of your choice).

It's an especially good supplier or Mirage sounds. (Yeah, I have a Mirage.
It cost me $100 and I think its really wacky. You can make great rude n'
nasty sounds with it).

You can get intouch with them at (212) 465-3430.

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org

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From: ChickenSax@aol.com
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 17:38:41 -0400
Subject: Hello

Hi everyone!
I am a sax player from NYC area. I've been using M1 and T3 with my projects
for some time. I've follen in love with those.
I have enjoyed this forum for a while and was wondering if any of you fellow
M and T users use your machines with a wind controler. I play my M1 and T3
with Yamaha WX11 wind controler.

I have some instructional books for T series sitting on my shelf unused, that
some of you might be interested in.
Those include:
Korg T-series Sequencing & Recording Handbook
Korg T-series Drum Pattern Handbook
Korg T-series Sound Making Book Level 1
Korg T-series Sound Making Book Level 2
If anyone of you is interested, I can send all of them to you 2 day mail for
$50 (those books cost me $28 each).

I also have a ROM card for M1ex and T-series keyboards containing 100 very,
very nice sounds (no combis, so the card is especialy usefull for M1ex as the
second soundbank). Is $20 reasonable?

Thanks for your time, Serge.

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 95 17:08:57
Subject: HELLO

K> Hi everyone! I am a sax player from NYC area. I've been using M1
> and T3 with my projects for some time. I've follen in love with those.

Welcome!

- - David

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From: ChickenSax@aol.com
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 14:42:07 -0400
Subject: Re: sticking keys

A quick fix is to grab the black key and gently twist it either left or
right. This will re-align the leaf spring inside the key to keep it from
catching on the inside surface of the key.

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Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:56:57 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: M1 sends eternal Midi clock

In response to David's question about his M1 used with a multi-port
Midi-interface, I wrote:

> > The software of the Midi interface determines whether the M1's clock is
> > redistributed on the outputs. In your case, apparently it was. It takes up
> > some of the bandwidth, so I would mute it
^^^^

David Abramsky asked:

>What do you mean by "mute it"?

These larger, more expensive Midi interfaces can be configured with
software that comes with them. Among many other things, you can determine
what kind of Midi data are received or sent by each input/output. In your
case, if you don't need the clock signal, it makes sense to set the
interface to mute this signal, so that there is "more room" for the signals
that do matter.

Chris

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 07:01:48 -0400
Subject: M1 AND GENERAL MIDI

jsexton uploaded m1togm.zip...

K> Here is a uuencoded zip file that contains a .syx and a new midimap.cfg.
> The midimap.cfg tells the midimapper how to get around the 100 vs. 128
> problem.

Thanks John.  I got the .SYX file to load into my M1--the FIRST time I've
downloaded sounds and put them in the synth (I was very excited).

What do you do with the .CFG file?  What's a "midimapper"?

- - David

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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 19:02:38 GMT
From: GARDENS@beachmus.demon.co.uk (Sue Gardener)
Subject: SYSEX

Hi folks,
Thought I'd share with you some M1 SYSEX which might be useful for the
FAQ.

What I wanted to do was use the performance edit facility, controlled
from a sequencer (Cakewalk), to alter the sound parameters available
on keys A-H on the front panel during a sequence.

Here's the sort of thing I wanted to do. 'Universe' is a great sound but
somewhat overused, so I thought it would be nice to just use the choir
sound and fade the jungle-jingle bit in and out (I forget what the
multisounds are called) using the OSC balance control on button A.

Hopefully, I started the sequencer and started playing, sliding the value
slider up and down as the moment took me. The MIDI data transmitted was
just data entry controllers 6 & 38. On playback the M1 didn't appear to
respond to these so I had to use SYSEX. If anyone knows how to get the M1
OSC balance to respond to data entry controllers then please let me know.
However, the data was useful as with some careful editing I could convert
the messages to the sysex below, keeping the same times and hex values.

So here's the SYSEX:
To set OSC balance to +10:       (Just the choir sound for 'Universe')
F0 42 30 19 41 00 08 0A 00 F7   (table 21 on p125 of the manual)
===== The offset of control A (p.130 in the manual)
===== hex for +10, LSB follwed by MSB
== MIDI global channel 1

OSC balance to -2:               (Slightly louder jungle-jingle than usual)
F0 42 30 19 41 00 08 7E 7F F7
=====   hex for -2 in 2s complement

Other 2s complement values:
7F 7F  =  -1
7D 7F  =  -3
7C 7F  =  -4
76 7F  =  -10

To control another parameter such as Attack Time - button F
F0 42 30 19 41 00 0D 0A 00 F7
===== Offset of control F

Hope that all makes sense!

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Sue Gardener                                   gardens@beachmus.demon.co.uk
***  BeachMusic:  Life's a reach and then you gybe  ***
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From: John Paul Flowers <johnf@scd.hp.com>
Subject: Re: M1 AND GENERAL MIDI
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:43:30 -0800 (PDT)

> jsexton uploaded m1togm.zip...

Actually, I John Flowers uploaded m1togm.zip.

> K> Here is a uuencoded zip file that contains a .syx and a new midimap.cfg.
>  > The midimap.cfg tells the midimapper how to get around the 100 vs. 128
>  > problem.
>
> What do you do with the .CFG file?  What's a "midimapper"?

Midimapper is a Windows 3.1 Applet that allows remapping channels and
note numbers throughout MIDI.

(For those with Windows 3.1)
COPY your midimap.cfg file from your \windows or \windows\system directory
to midimap.old or whatever. Copy this midimap.cfg into its place.

It will complain that it indicates hardware you don't have, this is because
the person I got it from obviously had a different MIDI adapter than I do.

Follow the directions for changing to your MIDI adapter and Whala it works.

- --
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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:50:45 +0100
From: paul <hbomb@easynet.co.uk>
Subject: cms444 midi interface driver req.

hi all
i know this is off topic but i really need to find a "cms444.dvr"

(david abramsky)
you wouldnt be using a cms444 midi interface by any chance ?
if any one can help me find this driver i would be very greatfull
(cms went into liquidation so im screwed)
TIA
hbomb

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From: MSammo@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:53:05 -0400
Subject: Mac Friendly?

John et al. I was just at the web page and was wondering if it
would be possible to include some patches for the M1 or T (I
have a T2) in some Mac user friendly format.  I have Midex, but
prefer always to find patches in Galaxy as the conversion in
galaxy from M1 to T2 is a breeze.  The T2 dosn't like M1 sysex
in Midex. I am a newbee to all this downloading stuff and I
have some patches from aol, but I don't know how to get them
to you all. Be willing to try though.
Thanks for the hard work!
MSammo@aol.com

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 02:25:05 -0400
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: M1 AND GENERAL MIDI

At 07:01 AM 10/9/95 -0400, you wrote:
>
>jsexton uploaded m1togm.zip...

Actually it was John Paul Flowers <johnf@scd.hp.com>

>K> Here is a uuencoded zip file that contains a .syx and a new midimap.cfg.
> > The midimap.cfg tells the midimapper how to get around the 100 vs. 128
> > problem.
>
>Thanks John.  I got the .SYX file to load into my M1--the FIRST time I've
>downloaded sounds and put them in the synth (I was very excited).
>
>What do you do with the .CFG file?  What's a "midimapper"?

The midimapper is part of the windows control panel.
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J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 10:31:33 GMT+1000
From: GUY ROWSON <ROWSON@eng3.eng.monash.edu.au>
Subject: RE: M1 AND GENERAL MIDI

> Date:          Mon, 09 Oct 1995 19:11:47 +0000
> From:          david.abramsky@oln.com
> Subject:       RE: M1 AND GENERAL MIDI
> To:            korg-m1-l@io.org
> Reply-to:      korg-m1-l@io.org
> Organization:  OnLine Now BBS

>
> Sorry John!  <:^)
>
> - David

Just before I unsubscribe.....David, think before you post .... I am
sick of receiving somany messages..especially from you. You could
have posted this Sorry directly to John to save us having another
peice of crap to sort through.

I would recommend the the keeper of this list that they modify the
setup so that only after say 10 messages are recipients posted the
email. I really like the group bu don't have time to sort through
so many messages a day.

Regards,

guy.

>

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:27:14 -0400
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: Mac Friendly?

MSammo@aol.com, on 10/9/95, in "Mac Friendly?":

>John et al. I was just at the web page and was wondering if it
> would be possible to include some patches for the M1 or T (I
>have a T2) in some Mac user friendly format.  I have Midex, but
>prefer always to find patches in Galaxy as the conversion in
> galaxy from M1 to T2 is a breeze.  The T2 dosn't like M1 sysex
> in Midex. I am a newbee to all this downloading stuff and I
>have some patches from aol, but I don't know how to get them
>to you all. Be willing to try though.
>Thanks for the hard work!
>MSammo@aol.com

I have the capability to do just that! I'll start compiling all my patch
banks in Galaxy format and upload them. I'll try just one at first to make
sure it works.

***********************************************************
noise
noise @io.org

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From: jtrey@advstaff.com
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 13:19:44 -0400
Subject: Re: I'M NEW, HELPING FRIEND

I just wanted to add my two-cents on using cakewalk. I have used cakelwalk
pro very happily for years for theatre and poular music and here is how i
tackle multiple voice recording. Start from the combination mode. You can
assign each sound a different midi channel through the edit screen. In
cakewalk set the midi channel and label the track according to the sound.
You can then record up to 8 seperate voices. If you are afraid of losing
your factory settings DO NOT SAVE your settngs from the M1. Instead, use
cakewalk's system exclusive dump. Click on system exclusive data choose the
download current combination and click OK. You can then name the patch and
click auto. Now whenever you pull up this sequence you can download all of
your M1 settings without altering the factory presets. This is alos a great
way to store special presets that you create. I hope this makes sense. i
don't have alot of time to respond to items and i tend to think faster than
i write. best of luck.

j.

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 21:54:53 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject: A bunch of sys-ex strings to completely made M1 upside down....

Dear Mickey
I'm happy to write to a person who has the same root of my name, expecially
if he is the M1 mailing list administrator.
The reason why I'm writing is to know if you're interested into some useful
(I hope so) sys-ex strings that allow M1 and M1R users:
- - Change among programs, combinations, card programs and card combinations
back and forth;
- - Change Fx types in real time (Fx1 and Fx2);
- - Change Fx parameters in real time (Fx1 and Fx2);
By the way I'm 'studying and analizing' T series too although I had some
problems with combinations (i.e. I can't find the right sys-ex strings to
change Fx inside combinations), but with programs it's all right.
The only big problem is that I don't know how to send to the M1 mailing
list such quantities of data.
In fact with ASCII text you loose spacing and paging.... I put sys-ex
strings into schedules, to facilitate reading. And there are a lot of
strings:
- - 33 different Fx types (34, if you add NO EFFECT) but the effects are two,
thus 68 different sys-ex strings;
The types of program are single, double and drum. Thus: 68x3= 204 different
sys-ex strings;
The types of combinations are single, layer, vel.sw., split and multi. Thus
68x5= 340 different sys-ex strings;
Here is a little taste of sys-ex....
Let's say, for instance, we would change the Fx1 and Fx2 type (without
changing their parameters):
THIS IS VALID FOR A SINGLE PROGRAM
F0 42 30 19 4E 03 10 F7
Puts M1 into Edit Mode
F0 42 30 19 41 0E 08 00 00 F7
Sets Fx1 on "HALL"
F0 42 30 19 41 10 08 09 00 F7
Sets Fx1 on "STEREO DELAY"
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
M1 returns into PROGRAM mode
Pretty cool, huh?
These data are needed just to change Fx1 and Fx2.... but there are the
parameters too.
Let's say that we would adjust Fx1 reverb time (the very first parameter):
REVERB TIME (sec.)
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 08 -- -- F7
PRE DELAY (ms)
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 09 -- -- F7
E/R LEVEL
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 0A -- -- F7
HIGH DAMP
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 0B -- -- F7
EQ Low (dB)
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 0D -- -- F7
EQ High (dB)
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 0E -- -- F7
DRY : EFF Balance
F0 42 30 19 41 0F 0F -- -- F7
Now we have to put in places of the dashes (eight and ninth bytes) an
hexadecimal value that corresponds to the right value in seconds (time).
But what are the right values???? You'll know only if you send me a check
of a fantastiliard...(joke)
Cheers Michele (Mike)

"Omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione
quadam inter se continentur."

(CICERONE, Pro Archia, I, 2)

Michele Tornatore
e-mail address: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it
Home address: Via A. Aleardi, 7/B
30172 Mestre (Venezia) ITALY
Tel. 39 - 41 - 988074
Fax 39 - 41- 958747

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 13:47:56 PDT
From: "BettenLN" <bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com>
Subject: M1 Stuff

I just subscribed to your list and read your request for programs/patches
specific to the M1.  I have possession of an M1 Librarian ( for the Mac ) and a
few banks of progs/combis.  Let know if you are interested and how I can get
them to you.

Also, this may be something to direct to the user's group instead of you, I was
wondering if you could answer a question for me.  I have been to several web
pages and seen ( and downloaded ) patches for the M1 but cannot seem to open
them or have them recognized by my sequencer/librarian program (MasterTrax Pro).
Do you know if these patches are usable to me? Is it because they are possibly
coming off of PC's or because they were saved in programs other than MasterTrax
Pro?

Thanks for your help!

Luis

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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 1995 21:36:28 -0300
From: Christopher Allworth <ab634@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
Subject: Re: Sequencers

I use TRAX by Passport Designs. I find it effective in its simplicity
at a minimum cost of under $100 when I bought it four years ago.-Christopher

On Sat, 7 Oct 1995 noise@io.org wrote:

> Kyle Chowning quiped on 10/5/95, in "Sequencers":
> >Hello to all those who speak the M1 foreign language!!!!
> >(At least to me anyway)
> >
> >Anyways,   I just wanted to find out if anybody out there know of good
> >sequencing software for Macintosh that is relatively inexpensive.  Actually
> >doesn't matter the price, just the names and prices would be good. Right now I
> >am currently using Vision software at my school...its pretty good, but I want
> >to know more.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Kyle
>
> I've been using EZVision, which is a junior version of Vision. Since it's
> been replaced by a somewhat kludgy and slow program called Musicshop, you
> might be able to pick it up from a music store for a good price.
>
> You can open the files from EZVision in Vision too.
>
> ***********************************************************
> noise
> noise @io.org
>
> ***********************************************************
>
>

>

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 00:06:34 -0400
From: SeanSutton@aol.com

y made M1 upside down....

way cool thanks.  What are the strings for switching between combi & program?

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 00:05:06 -0800
From: kchowning@foxmail.gfc.edu (Kyle Chowning)
Subject: Downloading

Can somebody please tell me how to down load sounds off of my computer onto my
M1.  Thanx.

Kyle

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 09:27:48 +0100
From: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it (Michele Tornatore)
Subject:  Bank Change Sys-ex strings

Hi all, M series owners
I've something cool for you, or at least I hope so.
Please take note that every sys ex string MUST BE ALWAYS followed by a
program change.
Of course, that data have to be put inside a sequencer track

To call up an INTERNAL PROGRAM
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 00 F7
(+ program change)
For instance, if we would call up Program #12 we'll do the following:
Time location 1.1.000
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 00 F7
Time location 1.1.001
#12
Understood?? It's easier than drink a glass of water!

To call up an INTERNAL COMBINATION
F0 42 30 19 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 00 F7
(+ program change)

To call up a CARD PROGRAM
F0 42 30 19 4E 02 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 12 01 F7
(+ program change)

To call up a CARD COMBINATION
F0 42 30 19 4E 00 10 F7
F0 42 30 19 4E 10 01 F7
(+ program change)

I'd be very happy to hear from you....
Comments, criticism and other better ways to accomplish bank change, if
avaliable, are wcelome.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.  Michele Tornatore

"Omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione
quadam inter se continentur."

(CICERONE, Pro Archia, I, 2)

Michele Tornatore
e-mail address: trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it
Home address: Via A. Aleardi, 7/B
30172 Mestre (Venezia) ITALY
Tel. 39 - 41 - 988074
Fax 39 - 41- 958747

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:27:01 +0100 (MET)
From: Tornatore Michele <trntrm01@cidoc.iuav.unive.it>
Subject: Sys-ex strings

Hi M1 series owners, I`m still here.
If you are interested, I have the sys-ex strings to make bank
changes on Korg T1 (i.e. to switch from internal program, to internal
combinations,to card programs, to combinations back and forth).
cheers Michele

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 06:38:29 PDT
From: "BettenLN" <bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com>
Subject: Re: Downloading

In response to Kyle's question "How to load sounds off of the computer on to the
M1.

1st of all, you need the following hardware/software:

A midi interface ( I believe that is on your sound card if you have a PC)
Librarian software
MIDI cables.

Hook up your MIDI cables as follows:

Computer "in" to M1 "out"
Computer "out" to M1 "in"

Somewhere on your librarian software you should have a option to send/receive
files.  Select the bank you wish to send and then send it off.  You'll know your
M1 is receiving the bank if it does not respond to any commands such as patch
selections or getting into / out of sequencer mode.  The M1 will "freeze up"
until the bank transfer from your computer to the keyboard is complete.

Be careful....save your original M1 banks before sending a new bank over...the
new bank will overwrite the the stock M1 bank and you'll loose all of the
original sounds that came with the M1.

Hope that helps and hope I'm not telling you something you already know.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Now, I need some help from you fellow M1'ners.  I have seen several WWW sites
that have M1 patches available for download.  I have been able to download them
but my Mac seems to not be able to decipher them.  Some of the files are .zip (
PC compressed) and others are .tar (unix compressed).  Does anyone know how to
get these uncompressed and interpretable on a Mac - particularly for use with
the MasterTrax pro librarian?

I thank one and all for any assistance.

Luis
_______________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Downloading
From:    korg-m1-l@io.org at CCMAIL
Date:    10/12/95  12:05 AM

Can somebody please tell me how to down load sounds off of my computer onto my
M1.  Thanx.

Kyle

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 13:31:25 -0400
From: pbb_mb@wye.ac.uk (Mark A Bennett)
Subject: Re: Mac Friendly?

>>>MSammo@aol.com
>
>I have the capability to do just that! I'll start compiling all my patch
>banks in Galaxy format and upload them. I'll try just one at first to make
>sure it works.
>
>
hi.... can you also put copy's as STANDARD MIDI files containing SysEX as I
dont have Galexy(although I love I dont have the monney-I run performer)
and I think that manny people wont have it as well,,,,,is its copy
protected?(?!!!ooop's...didnt ask that)

wot do you think?
ta
mark.

=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4
There is a value in making mistakes
The trick is forming a coherent whole.
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 11:55:46 -0800
From: kchowning@foxmail.gfc.edu (Kyle Chowning)
Subject: Re(2): Downloading

Actually, I didn't know that.  When it comes to midi stuff, I am pretty
ignorant but eager to learn.  The one question I have is where do I get the
Librarian software?  Does that come with you sequencing software?  Let me
know?   Second thought is, I have already lost my original sounds due to
someone messing with my internal memory, do you or anybody know how I can get
them back?

Kyle

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:56:15 +0200
From: smalt@nnet.nedernet.nl (Chris Smalt)
Subject: Re: Downloading

>Now, I need some help from you fellow M1'ners.  I have seen several WWW sites
>that have M1 patches available for download.  I have been able to download
>them
>but my Mac seems to not be able to decipher them.  Some of the files are
>.zip (
>PC compressed) and others are .tar (unix compressed).  Does anyone know how to
>get these uncompressed and interpretable on a Mac - particularly for use with
>the MasterTrax pro librarian?

If you have access to the World Wide Web, there's a page with links to
decoders for .zip and .tar files, as well as a lot of other good Mac stuff.

http://www.qub.ac.uk/sigweb/mac-comms-utils.html

Once decoded, the patches should be Standard Midi Files, which can be read
by your sequencer or librarian. Often you need to use an "Import" command
rather than "Open file".

Chris

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 18:15:29 -0400
From: "BettenLN" <bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com>
Subject: Re: Re(2): Downloading

Kyle -

I still have the original M1 programs/combinations and demo sequences.  Let me
know if there is anyway or anyhow I can upload them somewhere you can get to
them.

As far as a librarian software package,  I have a couple of them, one being a
sequencing/librarian package (comercial) and an M1 exclusive librarian
(shareware).  They are both for the Mac.  If you have a PC, I'm sure that you
can get shareware applications for PC through the Internet or through America On
Line, Compuserve, or equivalent service. (Of course, you can always go to your
local music store and buy one for $100 or less). If you have a Mac, I will be
more than happy to give you a copy of the shareware program I have - just tell
me where and how to post it.

I am not by any means a MIDI guru, but, as you, am trying to learn.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Take Care!

Luis

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

To whoever posted the message "Re: Mac Friendly" - where are you going to post
the "Galaxy" formatted program banks?  Is there any way these files could be
formatted for another program ( like MasterTrax Pro) to interpret  and have the
ability to use them?

Also, is there forum around that allows users to trade program banks with other
users?  I have several banks that I would not mind swapping with other users.

Thanks in advance for all those that respond to cry for patches....

Luis
bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 15:32:17 PDT
From: "BettenLN" <bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com>
Subject: Re[2]: Downloading

Chris,

Thanks very much for your help.  I’ll try the Web page you suggested to get a
.zip decompressor.

Thanks again…I really appreciate it!!!

Take Care

Luis
bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com

_____________________________________________________________________________

>Now, I need some help from you fellow M1′ners.  I have seen several WWW sites
>that have M1 patches available for download.  I have been able to download
>them
>but my Mac seems to not be able to decipher them.  Some of the files are
>.zip (
>PC compressed) and others are .tar (unix compressed).  Does anyone know how to
>get these uncompressed and interpretable on a Mac – particularly for use with
>the MasterTrax pro librarian?

If you have access to the World Wide Web, there’s a page with links to
decoders for .zip and .tar files, as well as a lot of other good Mac stuff.

http://www.qub.ac.uk/sigweb/mac-comms-utils.html

Once decoded, the patches should be Standard Midi Files, which can be read
by your sequencer or librarian. Often you need to use an “Import” command
rather than “Open file”.

Chris

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 06:20:39 PDT
From: “BettenLN” <bettenln@ccmail.apldbio.com>
Subject: Re: Stuff/babble…..

Kyle -

Have not heard back from you – did you receive the files I sent you?

Luis

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All -

I heard of what is supposed to be a pretty cool web page for shareware/demo midi
programs for mac and pc.  I will check it out to see if it’s actually as cool I
have heard and then post the location here if it is.

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From: david.abramsky@oln.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 09:57:14 -0500
Subject: M1 + DF1 disk drive

Does anyone have their M1 hooked up to the Korg DF1 Data Filer?  It’s
a small disk drive that used 3 1/2 inch floppies.

- – david

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From: NATEGOULET@ids.net
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:31:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Backwards sample

My band wants to play Queen’s “Another one bites the dust”.  It features a
backwards piano chord.  Is there a way to make the M1′s piano sample play
backwards?
- -
Nate

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 18:53:22 -0400
From: John Sexton <jsexton@gate.net>
Subject: Re: Backwards sample

At 01:31 PM 10/18/95 -0400, you wrote:
>My band wants to play Queen’s “Another one bites the dust”.  It features a
>backwards piano chord.  Is there a way to make the M1′s piano sample play
>backwards?

Sorry Nate there is no way to play the samples in reverse on the M1. If you
ever record it to an analog multitrack you can always flip the reels around
backwards and record one with lots of reverb on the beat you want it to land
and then when the tape is flipped back you will have a backward piano chord.
This is probably how they did it in the first place. The only other thing I
can think of is use a sampler with this feature (most samplers are capable
of it). I just tried to do it using a long attack time on the piano sample
and it ends up sounding like a slow stringlike attack instead of a backward
piano. Its too bad they didn’t give us the option though. I used to use an
old Yamaha drum machine that could play the drum sounds backwards that came
out a little before the M1 so I guess they just didn’t think about it or
decided people wouldn’t use that feature.
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J O H N  S E X T O N
jsexton@gate.net

http://www.gate.net/~jsexton/index.htm

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From: NATEGOULET@ids.net
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 1:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE: Backwards sample

Thanks for the reply.  I’ll let the band know that it won’t be done with ju
st the equipment I normally bring.  My Amiga computer will do it, I can
even midi a keyboard to it.  I don’t know if it ‘s worth bringing &
connecting to the pa just for that though.  I also can do it with the pc
in 16 bit, but I’d have to record it to tape.  I like playing it live.
I’d hate to depend on a sound person to cue the tape on the right beat.
Thanks though.
- -

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 17:52:41 -0400
From: Carl Cleaver <carlc@Synopsys.COM>
Subject: My M1 forgets … is it just the battery?

Hi,

I have two problems that I’d like to get feedback on:

1) I have a particular combination where in one of the
channels I have selected the patch I24, and saved the
edit.  Over time, I have noticed that when that combination
is recalled, I24 is changed to I13.  I had suspected that
this meant it was probably time to replace my internal
battery.  But, I have noticed that with the power on,
I will make the edit, save it, leave that combination
for another one and return to find that the change
was not remebered.  It seems to me that as long as the
power was on during this process, I should have
the correctly saved combination – right?  Also, it ALWAYS
changes from I24 to I13 – wouldn’t the battery failure
be a random occurence?

Anybody else see something like this?  Or is it still just a
symptom of the battery aging?

2) I have just one key that seems to have lost its
sensitivity – I have read here that taking the keyboard
off of the M1 is a bit tricky – is it likely that there
is something that I can do to fix this one key?  I’d
like some advice before I go charging in there.  The key
is?not sticking, it just flat out requires a good whacking
to trigger any sound.  I was wondering if there is a pad
or something in the key mechanism that I could adjust or
replace.

Along the same lines – has anyone replaced their numeric keypad
buttons before?  Mine are becoming kind of sluggish.

Thanks much for any advice,

Carl
email: carlc@synopsys.com

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:52:29 -0400
From: jdaub@intacc.net (Jody Daub)
Subject: Re: My M1 forgets … is it just the battery?

Hey All,

>1) I have a particular combination where in one of the
>channels I have selected the patch I24, and saved the
>edit.  Over time, I have noticed that when that combination
>is recalled, I24 is changed to I13.
>Anybody else see something like this?  Or is it still just a
>symptom of the battery aging?

I’m willing to bet the Combination in question is located at I13.  I have
encountered this problem myself.  I doubt the problem lies in battery
failure, as I started noticing this problem only 1 year after purchasing my
M1.  It’s probably a bug in the OS.  I can fix the problem by setting up
initial patch settings in Cakewalk.  Sorry I can’t be of more help.

Cheers,
JOD
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Original music, synth patches, AUDITY
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 07:55:00 EDT
From: mmccaffr@BayNetworks.com (Mike McCaffrey)
Subject: Re: My M1 forgets … is it just the battery?

Carl – I have seen similar things with both M1′s and 01W’s.  I have
seen these screwy patch reassignments when I have my synth hooked up
to my MQX-32 with the interface in MIDI Echo mode.  The problems occur
when you change a mode button (i.e. Program to Program Edit).  The
sysex string that the synth sends out when you press a button gets
echoed back to the synth and it loses its mind.  This usually causes
patches in combi’s to be set to 00 on the M1 and A00 on the 01W.  This
occurs on patches that are not even assigned to the Global MIDI
channel.  The only solution I have found is not to echo MIDI from the PC back
to the synths.

I guess the bottom line is that there are definitely OS problems in the
MIDI interface of the Korgs.

Mike McCaffrey

Message 52:
Subject: My M1 forgets … is it just the battery?
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Status: R

Hi,

I have two problems that I’d like to get feedback on:

1) I have a particular combination where in one of the
channels I have selected the patch I24, and saved the
edit.  Over time, I have noticed that when that combination
is recalled, I24 is changed to I13.  I had suspected that
this meant it was probably time to replace my internal
battery.  But, I have noticed that with the power on,
I will make the edit, save it, leave that combination
for another one and return to find that the change
was not remebered.  It seems to me that as long as the
power was on during this process, I should have
the correctly saved combination – right?  Also, it ALWAYS
changes from I24 to I13 – wouldn’t the battery failure
be a random occurence?

Anybody else see something like this?  Or is it still just a
symptom of the battery aging?

Carl
email: carlc@synopsys.com

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From: benoit@optron.optron.ingr.com (Paul Benoit)
Subject: Re: My M1 forgets … is it just the battery?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 8:56:25 EDT

> power was on during this process, I should have
> the correctly saved combination – right?  Also, it ALWAYS
> changes from I24 to I13 – wouldn’t the battery failure
> be a random occurence?
> Anybody else see something like this?  Or is it still just a
> symptom of the battery aging?

I had a something like that — translates into a flakey memory location.
My problem is that it would change to a “card” program instead of an
“internal” program. I save this combi to another location, turned all the
channels to the “OFF” postion and wrote it. Then I re-assigned the saved
patch to the original location. Never happened again.

> 2) I have just one key that seems to have lost its
> sensitivity – I have read here that taking the keyboard
> off of the M1 is a bit tricky – is it likely that there
> Along the same lines – has anyone replaced their numeric keypad
> buttons before?  Mine are becoming kind of sluggish.

If I open mine first then I will let you know. I have a stubborn keypad
as well. It take several “presses” to get a few keys to respond. Hopefully,
they aren’t cellular.(?)

Paul Benoit

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 12:07:38 +0100
From: mgindrat@dimail.epfl.ch (Malko Gindrat)
Subject: Re: My M1 forgets … is it just the battery?

>
> I have two problems that I’d like to get feedback on:
>
> 1) I have a particular combination where in one of the
> channels I have selected the patch I24, and saved the
> edit.  Over time, I have noticed that when that combination
> is recalled, I24 is changed to I13.  I had suspected that
> this meant it was probably time to replace my internal
> battery.  But, I have noticed that with the power on,
> I will make the edit, save it, leave that combination
> for another one and return to find that the change
> was not remebered.  It seems to me that as long as the
> power was on during this process, I should have
> the correctly saved combination – right?  Also, it ALWAYS
> changes from I24 to I13 – wouldn’t the battery failure
> be a random occurence?
>
>
> Thanks much for any advice,
>
> Carl
> email: carlc@synopsys.com

Is your synth connected with other synths or a computer via MIDI.
If it’s the case it should be a program change problem. May be your
computer send the program change 13 in your synth.

I recently changed the battery of my T3 (same structure as the M1) and
it is very easy to do it. The battery is also a standard battery that you
can find in some electronic stores. If you are not afraid of some screw,…
you can do it by yourself.

I hope it will help you. Malko – mgindrat@di.epfl.ch

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 15:41:36 -0400
From: Saul Rosenberg <minderbinder@mail.aqua.net>
Subject: Re: Backwards sample

At 01:31 PM 10/18/95 -0400, you wrote:
>My band wants to play Queen’s “Another one bites the dust”.  It features a
>backwards piano chord.  Is there a way to make the M1′s piano sample play
>backwards?
>-
>                  Nate
>
There may be, you may have to break out the M1 manual to figure out the
direct settings.  If none are available, you still have an option.  Using
Cakewalk, you may be able to insert a wav file at specific times during the
MIDI operation.  This means that you would set it up by originally recording
the music forward on MIDI playing the notes in reverse order.  Record that
to a .wav file. Cleanse fold and manipulate the wav file then inverse the
file (it is an effect) and then insert it in a Cakewalk MIDI file where
appropriate.  On the global settings you have an option of turning the local
keyboard off and going straight off the MIDI allowing you to show off, play
with your feet, head, do backflips, etc….

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From: SMoffett1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 19:10:27 -0400
Subject: Decoding Downloaded Patches

HELP !

I’ve downloaded several files over the net through ftp and the web (I’m using
AOL) in hopes of getting more programs for my VFX, but I can’t seem to get
them decoded.  I went to the VFX web page
(http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/mccreary/public_html/vfx.html) and read
the article about how to do all this, but I must be doing something wrong.
Here’s what I’ve been trying.  If anybody can figure out what I’m doing
wrong, I’d really like to know.  This is getting darn frustrating !

First, my equipment:  I’m using a PC compatible with a MQX-16 MIDI interface.
I’m positive that it is working correctly, because I have been able to send
SysEx from my VFX to the computer.  I’m using Midi Data Filer to save .syx
files, and VFX Librarian to send them back out to the VFX.  All this works
great.  The problem is when I try to use downloaded patches.

The first files I got were through AOL’s ftp and had the .syx extension.  But
then when I tried to open them with the VFX librarian (which I also got
through the VFX home page) it kept saying that they were not VFX Sysex files.
So I went back to the home page and used AOL’s “Save” command to save some
of the original VFX patches.  They all had the .txt extension, so I tried to
decode them with Sabasoft’s UUCode, but it wouldn’t decode any of ‘em.  I
checked the files to make sure there was nothing before the “Begin” line or
after the “End” line, and they were fine.  I tried renaming them with a .uue
extension but that didn’t help either.  The closest I ever got was by using
NotePad to reduce the file name inside the text file (right after the “Begin
644″) down to a valid DOS filename with a .syx extension.  Then I changed the
text file name to a .uue extension.  UUCode decoded this file okay, except
that in the middle it stopped and said that it had some info in it that was
not valid UUCode data.  I told it to force the decode anyway.  When it was
finished, I was able to use Midi Data Filer (MDF) to actually send this file
out to the keyboard; but it was obviously messed up because it caused my VFX
to reinitialize, and changed my patch bay to another program #.

I understand from the article that I should use GNUZip to decompress these
files, but first I have to decode them, right?

Any help on this would be truly appreciated.  It’s probably something
deceptively simple that I’m missing.  Thanks in advance to all who reply.

Steve Moffett
SMoffett1@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 15:46:02 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Re: Soundprocess

Johnny Klonaris wrote on 10/25/95, in “Re: Soundprocess”:>>
>> P.S. – sure wish this had a _reply_ header…
>
>I’m not sure what you’re asking for here.   I don’t have a lot of
>control over the mailer, but I might be able to do something.
>
>I found that with my mailer (elm on HP-UX), I can do a simple reply to
>the message to send to the originator, or a group reply to send to the
>list.  Did you need something like that?

nah, jus lazy. Adding a “Reply to” header will make doing a reply in any
mailer will make the reply go to the list as opposed to just the person.
This way the list becomes more of a conversational list as opposed to a
posting list. I personally prefer this kind of list. But I guess I can deal
with the few extra mouse clicks to get it back to the list.

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noise @io.org

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 15:47:11 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Problems with sysex

Hey M1-ers!

I ordered a couple of banks of sounds for my M1R from Prorec, to use for
this multi-media music job I was hired for.

I had them sent in Galaxy format, ’cause they’ll have the program/combi
names in the file already for subscribing to in Vision.

My M1 editor is EditOne, a single Liberian/editor version of Galaxy. The
file opened on my Mac fine, but when I tried to send the bank to the M1,
the MIDI light would flicker once but that was it! (?!). (Usually the light
would be on solid while sending sysex stuff). I got a hold of a full
version of Galaxy, installed it, and still the bank wouldn’t download.
Banks that I had made from Edit One would though (?!). Then my modem port
froze up, disabling any MIDI or MacTCP (or any modem use for that matter)
even after a re-starting (??!!) (I fixed this with a little utility I found
on a BBS after switching to my printer port for any telecom stuff).

After re-starting both the M1 (with all the various re-initializing
key-combos which never seem to work for me) and my Mac a couple of times
and trying to send only one program to the M1, it worked! To this day, I
still can’t figure out what the what happened (and I’m a Mac consultant).
Maybe a slightly goofy MIDI cable?

Anyone else have like problems?

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noise @io.org

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 15:47:16 -0500
From: noise@io.org
Subject: Pro-rec sounds, uh-uh, cool…

I ordered some sounds from Pro-Rec for this multi-media music job I was
hired to do.

I’m in Canada, so it took a couple of weeks to get it (three I think).
Wouldn’t ya know, they appeared in my mail on the day that I delivered the
last piece of music to the client! Oh well, on to the sounds…

I ordered the M1 Super Dance, and Film-textures banks. The Super Dance bank
has some pretty great basses and organ sounds. Nice pads too. A
<Super-Piano> that works really well when placed along with loops n’ stuff.
They’ll be great for any techno-hip-hop stuff I do. All the sounds are
pretty clean, which is a bit of a shame ’cause I like a bit of dirt in the
some stuff I do. In general a very useful collection.

The Film-textures bank is a little on the Sci-Fi side for me. All very
impressive sounds but maybe a bit too specific in terms of the imagery that
they bring with it. (Lots of spaceships taking off, etc.)

The most impressive aspect of these two banks is that somehow Pro-Rec has
gotten around the volume control!  (COMBI mode) Yep, ya turn down the
volume on the M1 all the way off, and bobs yer uncle, there is still a part
of the sound coming out yer speakers! No it’s not coming out of outputs C
or D either. Cool! You use the volume to control the mix of the parts of
the sound. How did they do that? I wonder if this is one of the M1′s
<backdoors> that the guys at Vision Crystal hinted at.

Anyways, at $44.90us/ea. (around $59.00 Cdn), it’s a pretty good deal. I’ll
be picking apart the programs and combinations for the next little while to
see how they did some of the stuff they did (especially that cool volume
thing). The only caveat is that it took a bit longer to get over the
boarder than I thought. This ain’t their fault though, cause the sampling
CD that I ordered from New York on the same day arrived at my door only a
day earlier. You can reach Pro-Rec at (212) 675-5606 and they have a demo
line at (212) 627-3148 where you punch in the number of the sound from
their catalogue that you want to hear.

later

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noise
noise @io.org

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 11:39:02 +0100
From: Paolo Leva <paolo.leva@dedalus.inet.it>
Subject: Newbie question: is there any editor for M1R & Mac

Hi,

I just got linked to this list and I start immediately asking
you folks if you can point me any editor for Mac (with a MIDI
interface) to be used with the M1R expander.
A shareware editor would be a great start, since I’ve never
seen any and before spending my money I’d like to have a taste
of what they are.

Thanks
Paolo
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Dedalus Sistemi Informativi
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