Midi files/software archives on the Internet
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Archive-name: music/midi/archives
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Version: $Id: archives,v 1.152 1996/01/03 10:45:34 piet Exp $
Note: the latest version of this file is available from the ftp.cs.ruu.nl
archive as MIDI/DOC/archives (see below how to access the archive) and
on the various news.answers archives. This archive also contains a lot of
midi music and programs. Mirrors of the MIDI/SONGS directory or the whole
archive can be found on the following sites:
ftp.cis.nctu.edu.tw /MIDI/SONGS/
ftp.pu-toyama.ac.jp /pub/ftpmail/ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/SONGS
ftp.monash.edu.au /pub/midi/SONGS
ftp.funet.fi /pub/sounds/midi
ftp.ibp.fr /pub/midi
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A large collection of midifiles can be found on ftp.wustl.edu, in
/systems/ibmpc/ultrasound/sound/midi/files. Some of these files are
specific for the Gravis Ultrasound card but most are also usable for other
synthesizers. Other format music files can be found in parallel directories.
The main Gravis Ultrasound ftp archive is now ftp.orst.edu:pub/packages/gravis/
but Gravis themselves have a WWW site at http://www.gravis.com
Another archive with many midifiles is dbp.caltech.edu:/pub/songs
There is an FTP archive at ftp.ucsd.edu [128.54.16.7] . It contains a.o. MIDI
files, patches and a few programs. See the directory 'midi'. This archive
looks rather out of date, by the way.
There is a demo of Symbolic Composer at media-lab.media.mit.edu [18.85.0.2]
(directory 'music/midi') and on sumex.stanford.edu [171.65.4.3] in
/info-mac/Application/ (symbolic-composer-*). It can probably also be found
on other info-mac archives. More Symbolic Composer stuff can be obtained
from Fokke de Boer by e-mail to Fokke.de.Boer@rivm.nl a message with Subject:
retrieve directory and following the instructions that you will receive.
atari.archive.umich.edu [141.211.120.11] contains Atari stuff in directory
'/atari/Music'.
scam.berkeley.edu [128.32.138.1] contains netjam submissions on midifiles
in directory '/pub/misc/netjam/submissions/'.
Sites for MIDI Sample Dump Standard programs and samples:
alf.uib.no [129.177.30.3], directory /pub/sds
sweaty.palm.cri.nz [161.66.1.11], directory sds
wagner.musicnet.ua.edu [130.160.156.75] is a site that just started to
collect music stuff. It has patches for Roland JV-80/880/1000 in directory
/pub/music/patches/jv80. Another ftp site for The JV's (and Proteus) is
ftp.pacificrim.net:/Pub/Synth/. WWW page for the JV synths:
http://www.damp.apana.org.au/jv80/.
oak.oakland.edu [141.210.10.117] has EPS/EPS-16+/ASR info in pub/eps/docs/.
There are some programs for the EPS in /pub/eps/utils (Atari ST, Amiga,
MAC, MSDOS). See pub/eps/docs/utils for info. Feel free to access
oak.oakland.edu using Gopher (gopher.acs.oakland.edu, port 70) or WWW
(URL: http://www.acs.oakland.edu).
Ftp sites for the Kurzweil K2000:
1) ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/kurzweil (maintained by jbuckman@aas.org)
2) bach.nevada.edu:/pub/k2000 (maintained by johann@nevada.edu)
WWW site for the Kurzweil K2000: http://metro.turnpike.net/kcowgill/index.html
WWW site for the Kurzweil company: http://www.musicpro.com/kurzweil/
See also http://www.youngchang.com/
bach.nevada.edu also contains christian music midi files in /pub/midi.
qiclab.scn.rain.com in /pub/music contains various conversion programs.
Roland Samplers:
There is an FTP archive that includes introductory information, useful
utilities (read Roland disks on your computer), archives of the mailing
list, and some samples. The archive is on lotus.UWaterloo.ca in the
pub/sgroup directory.
There also is a ftp-site with TX16W samples, maintained by one of the TX16W
list-members. FTP to ftp.informatik.uni-freiburg.de [132.230.150.1], the
samples are in the directory "pub/sounds/tx16w/samples". There are also
back issues of the TX-16W newsletter in pub/sounds/tx16w/mail. A WWW entry
is http://ls7-www.informatik.uni-dortmund.de/html/tx16w.html
Archives of the Music-Research Digest can be found at
cattell.psych.upenn.edu [12128.91.2.173] in directory pub/Music.Research
impaqt1.mem.drexel.edu [129.25.10.1] has a couple of msdos files in
'pub/files/ibm/midi'
There is an EMAX (I and II) FTP site at sweaty.palm.cri.nz (161.66.1.11)
some samples, FAQ, archives of mailing list and some software to allow
sample interchange for PC compatibles
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Cakewalk files can be found at ftp.funet.fi [128.214.6.100] in
'pub/msdos/sound/cakewalk' and also on ucsd.edu (see above). More cakewalk
stuff (including archives of the Cakewalk mailing list) can be found at:
ftp.cs.colorado.edu:/users/mccreary/archive/cakewalk or on WWW as
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~mccreary/archive/cakewalk
There is a VFX archive in the parallel directory mccreary/archive/vfx.
Another site for Cakewalk is mort.isvr.soton.ac.uk:/pub/pc/cakewalk (ftp) or
http://www.isvr.soton.ac.uk/People/ccb/Cakewalk (WWW)
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There are several MIDI programs for MS Windows in
ftp.cica.indiana.edu:pub/pc/win3/sounds.
OS/2 programs can be found on ftp-os2.cdrom.com [192.153.46.2]. Directories
/pub/os2/2_x/mmedia and /pub/os2/2_1/mmedia contain the bulk of the
MIDI-related files for OS/2. (There is a specific ftp site for OS/2
multimedia in the formative stages right now, but it is not yet in
operation.) For a full index of OS/2 files at that site, retrieve
/pub/os2/00index.txt. Submissions may be placed in /pub/os2/incoming.
mac.archive.umich.edu [141.211.165.41] has a Macintosh midi archive in
mac/sound/midi
Other Macintosh sites: See the file Mac-archives in this directory.
An FTP site for predominantly D-70-related files: /pub/D70 on
kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov.
ftp.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de in directory
/pub/outgoing/heja/sy-list there are several infos/sounds/programs of
interest for Yamaha SY users (this is the "inofficial" ftp-site of the
sy-list). IMPORTANT NOTE: go directly to the above mentioned directory!
Access via WWW:
http://www.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ini/PEOPLE/heja/sy-list.html
The site contains mostly original material and is not a mirror of the big
music archives.
Yamaha VL1 info and patches are available by WWW on
http://www.sky.net/~kennyb/vl1sounds.html
ftp.ecn.nl:/pub/RP-1: DIGITECH RP-1 MIDI guitar effect pedals and some
other midi stuff.
Apple 2 MIDI Synth archives can be found on cco.caltech.edu [131.215.6.10]
in the pub/apple2/music/synthlab/ directory. They are mirrored on
grind.isca.uiowa.edu [128.255.21.233]
Amiga users can get some things by mail from mrcserv@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca
(send a HELP message first)
For amiga see also the aminet sites:
litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95
ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7
ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32
ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4
ftp.cdrom.com 192.153.46.2
merlin.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20
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IRCAM:
IRCAM operates an anonymous ftp site, ftp.ircam.fr, with programs and
information on music, DSP, multimedia, infosystems, networking, etc.,
for unix platforms, macintoshes and PC.
(amongst others:)
/pub/
music/ Computer music software and info
databases/ Music databases
doc/ Documentation
FAQ/ FAQ about audio, dsp, etc...
MIDI/ MIDI standard definition
programs/ Repository of public domain computer music programs
snd/
It also has a WWW server on similar resources, http://www.ircam.fr.
This includes a MIDI archive (programs, sounds, patches, docs)
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Computer Music Journal Internet Archive and World-Wide Web Home Page:
mitpress.mit.edu:/pub/Computer-Music-Journal and
ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu:/pub/Publications/cmj
Tables of contents, abstracts, and editor's notes of several volumes of
CMJ.
World-Wide Web (WWW) home page in the file CMJ.html (e.g. URL
ftp://mitpress.mit.edu/pub/Computer-Music-Journal/CMJ.html)
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ftp.mcc.ac.uk /pub/cubase Cubase archive. Contains Atari, Mac and
MSWindows demos
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ftp.waldorf-gmbh.de:/pub/waldorf. A site with information, patches etc. of
Waldorf products. Also reachable by WWW on http://www.waldorf-gmbh.de and
by email to archive-server@waldorf-gmbh.de (send a HELP message). See also
mailing list section below.
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You'll find some NoiseTracker/SoundTracker MOD files, and Soundblaster
things on the following FTP sites:
Garbo.Uwasa.fi /pc/sb and /pc/music
ftp.wustl.edu
Simtel20.Army.Mil
ftp.funet.fi /pub/amiga/audio
/pub/atari/sound
/pub/unix/sound
/pub/msdos/sound
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu /amiga/mirror/mods
ftp.brad.ac.uk /misc/mods /incoming/mods
ftp.uni-kl.de /pub/amiga/mods
/pub/amiga/ianet/mods
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/ftp.eng.ufl.edu:/pub/msdos/demos/music/ contains several music files,
demos etc. (hardly any MIDI, but mostly MODs etc).
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The demo version of QSEQ, a complete sequencer for MSDOS/SoundBlaster, is
available by email automatic server. Just send a message to
qseqmail@h2o.cad.cea.fr with the following line in the body of the message:
sendqseqto <your-complete-email-address> or sendhelpto
<your-complete-email-address> , if you just want an help file about the
mailer and QSEQ. QSEQ is also available on SIMTEL mirrors
(oak.oakland.edu, etc...). And from
ftp.cs.ruu.nl:/pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/MSDOS.
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ella.mills.edu in /ccm/tuning contains files about alternative tunings,
a.o. back issues of the Alternate Tuning mailing list, software to put
synths in alternate tunings and a bibliography on the subject. You can also
acess this archive by sending a message to listproc@eartha.mills.edu. See
the file /ccm/README for more info about this archive.
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ftp.und.ac.za (University of Natal, Durban) contains midifiles and programs
for the Sound Canvas and MT-32 in directory: /pub/pc/midi/
The official Sound Canvas Users Group ftp archive is
ftp://ftp.tue.nl/pub/midi
WWW access at http://www.umn.edu/nlhome/g119/evan0102/scgroup/scgroup.html
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The EMUSIC-L mailing list (see below) archives can be found on the WWW
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mcmahon/emusic-l/welcome.html. Ftp access will be
available soon.
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ftp.mcc.ac.uk contains the archives of the Emagic Logic mailing list in
pub/emagic/ListArchive and other MIDI stuff in pub/MIDIMISC.
There is also a WWW page on http://www.mcc.ac.uk/~emagic/emagic_page.html
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WWW archive of the Korg Wavestation Mailing List can be found at:
http://anjovis.tky.hut.fi/~ws/
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There is a large collection of patches for the Korg DW/EX8000 at
loose.apana.org.au in the directory pub/dw8000
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Korg X3-FTP - ftp.netcom.com in /pub/jo/jonin/midi/x3
The Korg X3 ftp site for patches and various programs relating
to and supporting the Korg X3. (editors, utilitys, cakewalk
ini settings, documents, etc..)
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/musie.phlab.missouri.edu:/pub/korg/
contains info related to Korg electronic music products,
particularly the "0" (01/W, 03, 05) and X synthesizers.
Anon ftp upload is available in subdirectory submissions.
WWW access is via http://musie.phlab.missouri.edu/pub/korg/
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SHARC Timbre Database: ftp.ep.susx.ac.uk:pub/sandell (Web users:
ftp://ftp.ep.susx.ac.uk/pub/sandell/README.html). This is a database with
timbre information of musical instruments.
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heinous.isca.uiowa.edu://kahless/ftp/pub: MAX programming language (for the
Macintosh): subdir max. Algorithmic composition: subdir algo-comp.
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WWW Archives of Classical Midi Sequences: http://www.ima.net/~prs/midi.html
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Csound, a program to generate computer music:
Macintosh an Unix versions: cecelia.media.mit.edu:/pub/Csound/
IBM PC and Atari versions: ftp.maths.bath.ac.uk:/pub/dream/
Csound add-ons can be found at ftp.hmc.edu:/pub/csound and
indigo.pac.utexas.edu:/pub/csound
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The Humdrum Toolkit is a (free) toolkit of programs to assist in music
research. Humdrum runs under UNIX, LINUX, NeXTstep, DOS, and
OS/2 systems. ftp from archive.uwaterloo.ca:/uw-data/humdrum
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Ensoniq Resources WWW page: http://www.netaxs.com/~mikeh/ensoniq.html
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NOTE: I am setting up a midi archive on our machine, so if you have info
about PD stuff (programs and midifiles) please share with me. And if you
want to share some of your own things that will be appreciated.
The archive is available with ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17],
directory MIDI. Also by a mail-server - send mail to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl
with the following contents:
BEGIN
PATH <a valid mail address to you>
HELP
send MIDI/INDEX
END
Note: specify a correct address (e.g. user@host.univ.edu or user@host.BITNET)
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Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, (*`Pete')
Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Telephone: +31 30 2531806 Telefax: +31 30 2513791 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl
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