-=> Quoting Myke Carter to Earl Kurburski <=-
 MC> Um, I have a MIDI interface but no software or instructions.
 MC> I'm really interested in getting busy with it but people like us are
 MC> really few and far between.
 
Yeh, but you can find quite a few folks on the commodore echo.
 MC> This could be only a software limitation.  There is a SID-Symphony
 MC> cartridge available these days which will give the C64 an extra SID
 MC> chip to work with to produce a 3-voice per channel stereo output. 
 MC> There also is stereo-SID composition software available via Parsec and
 MC> some accompanying MIDI modules as well so a 6-voice stereo SID file
 MC> can be played directly to an external MIDI instrument such as my EPS
 MC> 16-Plus - and I believe that includes all 6 channels.
 
Problem is I don't care for the sounds that the 64 are capable of making!
8-bit sound sounds like 8-bit sound.  So I have little to no use for the
sid chip in the C-64 and 2 of them giving me 6 voices instead of 3 is just
more of the same bad sounds.  What I find practical is using a computer to
trigger the sounds of a professional sound module such as pro keyboards or
pro sound modules.  I also need to be able to print out notation in standard
music for normal instrumental parts.  I have found that in these area's the
64 just couldn't keep up.  In fact I only found one program capable of
printing out music and it would only handle 4 parts.  So, I just just use
the 64 as a sketch pad now if I use it at all.  I have found in fact that
I am able to do most everything on the IBM now that I have started aquiring
the software to do what I need to do.
 EK> When you can get
 EK> better equipment it makes the job a whole lot easier, believe me.
 MC> Easier true.  Better is another matter entirely, I think.
 
Better is subjective.  But I have found that though I can play a student 
model trombone, my King Silver 3B Pro model is more responsive and allows me
to perform BETTER musically.  I think better tools, once learned, will allow
one to create better music.
 EK> The 64 is fun to play with but you're just not going to be able to
 EK> produce anything near what you can do on the power machines of today.
 MC> I dunno.  Men Without Hats used a C64 to drive some of their stuff on
 MC> "Rhythm of Youth" and "Folk of the 80's, Part III."  That's some
 MC> pretty awesome stuff if you ask me.  
 
BUT, what could they have created with Cakepro Audio for Windows as an
example.  
 
 MC> find.  This gives me a sound I can really enjoy listening to.  Not too
 MC> pristine.  Not too dirty. 
 
Well, this in the end is what it really is all about.  If you enjoy listening
to these sounds then I guess they're what you should use in your music.
 
UNT< TTYL
EARL
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