Recent content by jgardner

Let me know when/if you find it! Would love to give it a try. I don't have a DX100 (yet), but I do have a TX802, and Yamaha made it generally pretty easy to convert one FM library to another I think, especially between the 80's models without internal FX etc This would be pretty incredible...

Great! Thanks for the info. I will go for the pico then combined with the Nano, I have one here already. I'll definitely join the thread as well. This also solves the expense problem with MiSTer, especially for use cases where the main focus point is not to support the largest amount of games...

This is actually very valuable information to me, as I'd love to know more about programming possibilities (and limitations) at that time. It was such a fruitful time in terms of creative approaches to music making, with sequencers that found unique ways to maintain a human-like character while...

Whoa incredible! So good to hear that M now works! And that the fix will likely work for all other MIDI software as well. I will soon receive a bunch of Tang Nano's that I ordered so I can hopefully start testing this too, in the next week. That will make testing a little simpler as I know what...

On if it's a software issue or not I can only say that I have M running on multiple Powerbook Duo's, an SE/30 and an SE, all without any setup or MIDI issues, tested on multiple versions of classic mac OS from the first to the last. It always works straight after copying the MIDI extensions...

Sure that's understandable, also already having Cubase working is incredible as it at least offers a workaround to get M working. I know it is very niche, but the community of music technologists and researchers, even if small, would be greatly helped by an FPGA alternative to the actual...

While I'm trying to collect some more info on all this, I'll also prepare a new drive image with other software to test, as I think it may not be specific to M, even if with Cubase all works. I'll also add the first version of Opcode's OMS, which attempted to simplify things and add additional...

Also I falsely stated that the external clock setting turns M into the master clock! It's actually the reverse. There is another setting I got confused with called "send clock" which is indeed to slave other hardware to M, but "external clock" is so M can be slaved to other MIDI clock sync...

Ah yes M did require a MIDI interface! Sorry I didn't mention this before, not sure why I overlooked that detail. Though every serial MIDI interface works without the need of installing drivers, so they all do function in the same way. It would be useful to know more about this universal design...

Installing M and getting it running on a real mac is quite straightforward, so I'm not sure where it differs with the FPGA at the moment. I've installed in on an SE I bought a week ago, which was never used for music, and it worked without complications setting it up, copying the externals is...

I found some possibly useful info on the Apple MIDI Manager here (along with a list of other applications that use this method for MIDI i/o). https://tidbits.com/1993/05/17/midi-and-the-macintosh-part-ii/ Maybe there is some info available on the driver for software developers at the time. I'll...

Hmmm interesting, I'm not sure why this happens, but it may have to do with how Cubase interacts with the MIDI driver. Not sure if they use the same driver? Here's what Claude had to say on the matter, not sure if this makes sense: "The MIDI issue is caused by the FPGA's incorrect default baud...

I've prepared a zip with .dsk floppy image with "M" and a test project. When clicking the play button after starting it up, it should send out 1/4 notes at 120 bpm on channels 1, 2, 3 and 4. It also sends MIDI clock out of the modem port, and keyboard input from any channel should transpose the...

The software I use is called "M" by Intelligent Music. It's an "intelligent" algorithmic sequencer with the intention to blur the line between composition and improvisation. I've been using it for many years now, including on tour using MiST and MiSTer. The best and original version is for Mac...

After a lot of digging I had understood that basically all software emulation attempts at solid MIDI functionality was pointless, but I'm also very curious to try MØBius! Have you tested MIDI clock jitter? How does it compare to the original hardware? I'd be happy to perform some of these tests...