Date   : Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:41:26 +0100
From   : "Ian Lane" <ian.lane@...>
Subject: Re: Ample Music

It does output audio.  If you want midi, you can get a Music 2000 but I've
never tried one of those.
As I said, I don't know anything about the lead itself apart from the fact
that the plugs were both 5 pin DIN style.

Good luck!

Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Fardell <timf@...>
To: Ian Lane <ian.lane@...>
Cc: BBC Micro Mailing List <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Ample Music


> Thanks, Ian.
>
> I've got the first 2, a BBC Master and a disk drive. I'll have to scour
> the bootsales for the other stuff, though. Does it squirt out audio, or
> MIDI, or what? I notice there's a "Voices" directory, so I assume it
> squirts out audio, but you mention a 5-pin DIN lead, which would
> presumably be for MIDI?
>
> Tim.
>
>
> Ian Lane wrote:
> >
> > I can't speak for the Music 500 system, but to play Ample on Music 5000
you
> > need:
> > 1 BBC or Master
> > Disk drive
> > Music 5000
> > Ample ROM + matching software (i.e. there is a serial number that
matches
> > the ROM to the master disk)
> > Some kind of 5 pin DIN lead (I didn't make mine up so I'm not sure of
the
> > exact type of lead) and something to plug it into
> >
> > I'm afraid my Music 5000 is unwell so I haven't been able to use it for
a
> > little while.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tim Fardell <timf@...>
> > To: BBC Micro Mailing List <bbc-micro@...>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 3:50 PM
> > Subject: [BBC-Micro] Ample Music
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me what hardware/software I need to be able to listen
to
> > > the music files in /music/ample/ at ftp://haven.jml.net ? They look
> > > mighty interesting!
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> > > --
> > > This message represents the views of the author and does not
> > > necessarily accurately represent the views of BT.
>
> --
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