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Amiga 500 Midi Player?

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First post, by vkcpolice

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Hi all hope everyone is doing well.
im new to the amiga 500 and just wondering if it has any midi capability's.
im not even sure if it can do fm synth or anything like that it it can does anyone know of a really good midi player for this computer one that shows a full keyboard and keys being played ect. thankyou

Reply 1 of 4, by appiah4

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Amiga 500, unlike the AtariST, is not MIDI capable without some kind of interface expansion. It also can not do FM Synthesis, it is only capable of PCM audio and sampling music.

Reply 2 of 4, by Kamerat

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No Amiga expert but softsynths do exist, not sure how capable they are with only four channls at disposal: http://aminet.net/package/mus/midi/AMidi
There's also cables that uses the serial port for MIDI I/O to connect external devices: https://amigastore.eu/590-midi-interface-for-amiga.html

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Reply 4 of 4, by vkcpolice

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thanks all for your reply's i bought this computer for old skool music production so a shame it does not have midi. is there any software that can play wav files or other music formats?

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