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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Need song sequences

2016-12-15 by STEPHEN PRATT

There are thousands of free midi files out there.
http://www.manythings.org/midi/search.html
You can also buy DVDs full of them on ebay.
I have perhaps 50,000 sequences from various sources.

I may have saved some of the ones I used to use on SD floppy.

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However since the SD floppy format is not PC compatible you will either need to get software (and a vintage Windows machine) to convert the midi files to ensoniq compatible files and write them to floppy.
http://www.giebler.com/

OR

The way I did things was to use an old Mac running OS9 or 8.6, put the SD on multi-mode, set the sync to external and played the sequence into the SD using Midigraphy
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/classic-midi-players
Then I picked the correct instruments for the different midi channels.

You also need the GM compatible drum kits as the Ensoniq drum map is not GM compatible .

Steve Pratt

On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Jimi jimiblz@... [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] wrote:

Hi I'm need some rock 'n' roll , country , R and B or reggae song sequences for my SD1 . Does anybody have any for sale for free or know where I can get them ? Jimi


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