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A new project was recently started. It is a software synthesizer based on GMPlay 1.3's synthesizer engine. A software synthesizer reacts to MIDI data and gives a realtime audio response. In the PC domain especially Yamaha software synthesizers have etablished a good marked position. On fast processors, these programs reach a sound quality that is equivalent to Yamaha hardware soundcards.
Current work-in-progress archives can be downloaded from Aminet. It is called CAMD_Toolkit.lha because it is based on Commodore's camd.library (camd.lha). The archive contains a SMF (MID) file player and two monitoring programs. The only commercial software using CAMD library is currently Deluxe Music II by Electronic Arts. However it would be an easy job to write CAMD a compatible MIDI-Out tool for Bars & Pipes.
Unfortunately a very problematic bug is delaying my work. It is impossible to retrieve more than two SysEx messages that have been sent into the SysEx queue of a MIDI node. The bug has been repored to Amiga Inc., but I doubt it will be fixed by them. I will try to trace into the library and release a patch for the library. SysEx messages are important for switching MIDI modes and effects.
The bad news: I am upgrading to an AMD K6/233 PC with 128MB of SDRAM and probably a combinaiton of Linux and Windows 98. The good news: I want to run UAE on my PC and help developing UAE (direct SCSI support would be fine).
By the way: The animated logo on top was rendered with Caligari24 by the way. You can have a look at the large version (20 kb). These pages are not yet complete. You may look forward to all the good things to come.
Please understand that GMPlay cannot create impressive sound miracles. We had to find a compromise between available CPU power and sound quality. GMPlay however is constantly developed and we are striving for a higher sound quality with every new release.
Note: Graphical user interfaces are available seperately (Aminet). Meanwhile some of them have been adapted to the lates GMPlay release 1.3. It is easy to start GMPlay from web browsers or directory utilities (DOpus).
EMAIL: flowerp@eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de
Snail: Christian Buchner
Steinbergstraße 2
82110 Germering
Germany
Tel.: +49-89/849868
Alessandro de Luca (did all the work until version 0.9b)
EMAIL: hairy@alicudi.unime.it
Link to his Homepage (further support)
Snail: Alessandro De Luca
Via degli Oleandri s/n
98035 Giardini Naxos (ME)
ITALY
Here I give you an excerpt from my IBrowse hotlist. These links can serve as starting points for finding and exploring the big MIDI archives.
There are a lot of excellent MIDI files, but as well a lot of junk. To
sort the trash out is a time consuming job. It is best to look for a well
sorted MIDI archive that offers a high quality standard.
MIDI Links
Meanwhile help testing my new Software Synthesizer. Any changes and improvements that are made to the Software Synthesizer will be available for GMPlay immediately. That's because the two programs use the same sound engine!
The first changes will directly try to improve sound quality. I will start with the implementation of the ADSR envelopes.
I am sorry for having delayed the date of release for so long. My studies do currently require a lot of attention. And by the way, I can use a lot of things for GMPlay that I learn at university. ;-)
The next release 1.4 will definitely be functionally limited shareware demo! You will probably only notice the demo limitation if you use the program a lot.
If you are interested in the new features of the current release 1.3 and the upcoming features of future versions, click right here.