[Coco] Full Midi Synthesizer on a CoCo

[Bill Pierce]

Jim, anything developed for midi fter 95-97 (maybe later, CRS), probably supports GM. General Midi was introdiced to make sure all synths supported a soundset that would play the same instruments on a given program number no matter what synth it was written on.
Being a 35+ years music vet, it's been a loong time since I've seen a non-gm synth... and I've played a lot of them. The difference from one to the other is sound quality.
 

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Subject: Re: [Coco] Full Midi Synthesizer on a CoCo


On 2/2/2015 8:47 PM, nickma2 at optusnet.com.au wrote:
> Who wants to design/build a midi syntherizer cartridge for the CoCo
> based on this chip?
>
> http://pdf.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets2/42/424233_1.pdf
>
> Nick
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Looks like a CS4333 is also needed to allow analog audio, and I could 
not find a ready source for that.

Is General MIDI needed?  I see a lot of MIDI synth options, but few that 
are General MIDI.

Jim



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