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In re-reading my post I notice it sounds condescending. Sorry, I'm at work as I write. I teach computer programming at high school, so I write a lot of stuff like "Step one: do this" Sorry, On 1/5/06, Art Simon <simart@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > I love tablas. This isn't a direct answer to your question, but you > may find it works for you. I was able to make a midi controlled tabla > drum machine using my computer. I'm using windows, but I believe the > software is available in mac versions as well. All the software was > free. > > You can download a nice set of free tabla samples from: > http://www.waveform.dk/showcat.php?cat=drums&catID=1&offset=0 > A ways down the page is tabla.rar. > (provided by: alain vogt upload date: 2001.09.10) > There are thirty different strokes in the set of samples. > > Download that and extract it. (ExtractNow is a nice piece of free > windows software that will do the extraction) > > Loopazoid is a free VST drum machine that will load the tabla samples. > http://www.loopazoid.com/ > It was later developed into the commercial product "Battery" by Native > Instruments. > > You can load the samples into Loopazoid, and then play them via Midi > in any VST compatible software (I use EnergyXT). Let me know, I'd be > happy to send you (or anyone else) the Loopazoid patch I wrote for the > samples. It's written so the left and right hand strokes are "mute > groups", and cut off any previous strokes from that hand. > > There was also a "Tablatronic" version of Rebirth floating around a > few years back. I think you can get Rebirth for free now, though it > can be a little fussy with sync. > > On 1/5/06, David Morton <dmorton@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know we discussed electronic tabla machines a while back, but I > > wondered if anyone could answer an additional question. > > > > I'm familar with the standard models, like the Riyaz Master and the > > Taal Tarang, but neither of these has any form of MIDI. > > > > I discover that there's a new model, called the Taalmala Digi-100 > > which *does* have MIDI. However Google as I might, I can't find > > anything out about its MIDI implementation, and if it sends and/or > > receives MIDI clock. > > > > I've emailed the manufacturers, and await a response, but in the > > meantime I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone had more information. > > > > D > > > > > > > -- > Art Simon > simart@null.net > http://art.simon.tripod.com > http://artsimon.iuma.com > -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://artsimon.iuma.com