[sdiy] composing with c++

[Colin f]

> http://www.borg.com/~jglatt
>
> Here's a good set of quick tutorials on Windows API programming as it
> pertains to MIDI and audio. It's also worth digging around and finding
> some
> general Win32 programming tutorials so you know the basics.

Most amusing quote on that site was this:

"Remember that back in the old days, we didn't have ICs with really dense
circuitry. Manufacturers had to use a lot more electronics to deliver
less. I bought a Prophet 5 synthesisor. It had analog, basic waveforms
that could maybe produce somewhat tolerable renditions of real
instruments. It cost me $5,500 for that one synth. Today, you can get
better sound than that synth out of a $100 computer audio card. I'm not
kidding you. I was there. Trying to get a good sax sound out of that
synth, for example, took days of programming it (ie, some of the early
synths didn't even have programmable, battery-backed memory so you lost
all of your settings every time you turned it off), and then you'd get
something that wasn't even nearly as realistic sounding as what you can
get in a cheap (couple of hundred dollars), modern instrument with digital
sampling (ie, the technology used on today's computer sound cards)."

Now I realise how much time I've wasted trying to get a good sax out my
303... Should have got a SoundBlaster !

Colin f






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