Posted by WB2 on 03/26/07 10:56

On Mar 25, 11:02 pm, anira...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Mar 25, 10:19 pm, Laurence Payne <lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom>
> wrote:
>
> > On 25 Mar 2007 19:50:22 -0700, "WB2" <WB_1B...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >As far as voice capability goes, I understand that there are software
> > >now where the vocal part can be stored in a .wav file, instruments in
> > >the .mid file, and they're synchronized when the song is played.
>
> > Amazing! Where might one obtain such a marvel?
>
> Thanks for the information and discussion that I got from these
> newsgroups, as well as the other group that I posted
> (comp.music.midi). It helps me to understand about the details
> information on how midi works, as well as information about short wave
> radio, cell phones, walkie-talkie, etc from Dale, WB2 and Mr. Wong
> from the comp.music.midi newsgroup forum, and others). I appreciate it
> very much.
>
> No, I am not frustrated with the fact that there is not much midi
> stuff available. Perhaps, I am a savvy or thrifty guy... and I hate to
> see why there are so much waste in computer files, because memory and
> speed are becoming too cheap... therefore those larger mp3, WMA and
> wav files. I am trying to find out if inventions are driven by
> necessities, or currently being focused into narrow minded sectors in
> which big business directs and can reap for the profits. The danger of
> the second approach is that inventions will be restricted and
> sometimes misguided by the current trends or settings by those who
> have the vested interests to make money. I understand that genuine
> inventors will not be deterred from making all of these wonderful
> inventions. I remember one of my old teachers who said that
> inventions are connected with the time, evolution and maturity of
> human mind and its understanding of the technology. He said if James
> Watt did not invent the steam engine until now, then someone else
> would.
>
> What I am trying to emphasize in my queries was whether we are
> thinking "inside" or "outside" the box, given the huge interests of
> big companies to make profit these days (or what I feel is that they
> are trying to make you a subscriber of everything...... from cell
> phones, cable TV, food, to even medicines). I still wonder, despite
> of the 30 years or more of the midi invention, that they managed to
> package the sound of an instrument (such as piano or other
> instruments) into those tiny storage file. Touche for their fine
> inventions! Are there inventors who pursue the same thought about
> developing the midi to record the human voice (as I understood from
> the reply of this forum, that there are people who work on it)? How
> much resources that these people has (as they may not be those who are
> in the mainstream such as working on the mp3, WMA, etc development).
> Perhaps my analogy sometimes is quite off, but perhaps this is similar
> to the VHS vs betamax. Was betamax better and smaller than VHS, but
> they still lost the recognition? It is perhaps the same story as blue
> ray vs HD-DVD, Windows vs. apple OS, DVD+R vs DVD-R ?
>
> Are there inventors who concentrate to make a better walkie-talkie,
> radio or TV with far longer coverage (technically without repeaters)?
> Or are these people now are channeled by big business to work on
> research to make better cell phones and their scrambling protection
> capabilities instead, so that people have to subscribe and become a
> dependant to the new technology? Of course, the big business can
> always say that there is no free rides and research is expensive and
> need resources, and therefore need a steady income as a milking cow
> afterwards.
>
> Again, I do appreciate the responses that I received so far. It has
> been a good education for a regular, non-inventor type working people
> like myself (and who, like everybody else nowadays has to pay the
> increasing number of "subscriptions" of everything nowadays). I have
> to understand, though, that subscriptions mean a steady income
> generation for the big business (so that they can project or even set
> up target for their profits every year ahead of time and report to
> their stakeholders).

I know what you mean. The best we can do is support and patronize the
things we feel worthy etc, and hope for the best. I've always
supported live performance of music, for instance, and remember
thinking in the 70's that disco might take over and live music become
harder to find, but fortunately (for me) it didn't. I also support
live plays, musicals, etc.

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