ManyMIDI What's New Page

Of course, the big news is that ManyMIDI has a Web Site at all! Although we've been in the business of "combining music and computers" for 20 years, the Summer of 1996 marked our entrance onto the WWW stage. Let us know how we can better help you to have the very best sounds in your synthesizer that it's capable of producing.

We've completely revised our Yamaha TX81Z/DX11 sound library. Version 2.0 contains AfterTouch, which supposedly isn't available on the TX81Z! As with all our sound libraries, we guarantee that this is, by far, the best TX81Z patch library available anywhere!

If you have a Korg M3r, ManyMIDI should absolutely blow your mind with our two new M3r sound libraries. Check out the Korg M3r page for complete information.

If you have a Korg 01/W, you should check back periodically. If you want us to drop you a note when our new 01W sound libraries are available, let us know.

Also, if you have a Korg Trinity (they're available in a rack-mount version now, for about $1000), check back periodically. If you want us to drop you a note when our new Trinity sound libraries are available, let us know.

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

Here are some MIDI-related links that may be of some help to you (in alphabetical order):

Just for the fun of it, for awhile a transcription of Booker T. & the MG's "Green Onions" - the main B-3 organ riff - was posted here. If you'd like a transcription of the complete, 12-bar phrase (the pattern changes a bit when it goes to the IV and V chords), just drop us a request. We'll be happy to send it to your e-mail address. It's great for trying out your own B-3 patch(es). If your B-3 patch doesn't sound right, let us know!!

A transcription of the main acoustic piano riffs and the piano solo from "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers Band (Chuck Leavell, piano) is also available. It's good for trying out your acoustic piano patch(es), one of the most difficult instruments to emulate on a synthesizer. If you need better acoustic piano patches, ManyMIDI is your solution.

A chord chart of The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" is now available, free for the asking. If those complex Brian Wilson harmonies have intrigued you for years, check out the only accurate chord chart available for this classic! If you need a theremin patch, let us know.

The Animals' "The House of the Rising Sun". If you're curious to see exactly what Alan Price's Vox Continental organ solos look like, along with Hilton Valentine's guitar introduction, and a chord chart, just drop us a note. And if you need a better collection of organ sounds, check our Organ categories.

Also available is a transcription of "The Weight" as recorded by The Band. This transcription includes not only a chord chart of the entire song, but also a note-for-note transcription of Garth Hudson's octave riffs in the choruses.

Although there is no keyboard on the recording, a sketch of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" is available.

Elliott Smith's "In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach)" is another recent transcription that's now available. If you'd like to see the piano part written out note-for-note, along with an accurate chord chart of the entire song, just ask.

Another transcription is that of Billy Preston's honky-tonk piano solo on Eric Clapton's recording of "They're Red Hot" (a classic written by Robert Johnson).

Now available is a transcript of "Trouble" by Coldplay, including the piano introduction, note-for-note.

Also available is "Desperado" as recorded by The Eagles - including the nice piano introduction and coda.

Another precise-to-the-last-note transcription available is the honky-tonk piano solo from The Beatles' "Lovely Rita". I've read that it was played by their producer/arranger George Martin. We have some terrific honky-tonk ("tack piano") synth patches for your synthesizer.

The latest note-for-note transcription is the piano part, played by Floyd Cramer, from Elvis Presley's "Soldier Boy", recorded in March 1960. If you're studying Floyd Cramer's style, this is an excellent example. Just drop us a note for your free copy of the PDF file.

If you'd like a perfectly accurate transcription of a recording that is not listed here, just let us know.

Unfortunately, there's very sad news in the world of rock-and-roll. Carl Wilson, founding member of the Beach Boys, passed away February 6, 1998, from cancer at the age of 51.

Pictured above are, from left to right, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Billy Hinsche, and Elmo Peeler.

Blessed with an angelic voice, Carl sang lead on their biggest hit, "Good Vibrations", on "God Only Knows", "Darlin'", "Long Promised Road", "Feel Flows", "I Can Hear Music", "Good Timin'", "Trader", "Girl Don't Tell Me", "This Whole World", "All This Is That", and others. Moreover, as the most emotionally stable member of the group, Carl was their chosen leader.

In the 1970's, Carl invited me to his Malibu beach house for the afternoon. After a day of jogging on the beach, discussing music, and channel-surfing with his family around the TV, Carl asked me if I had anything planned for the next couple of months; he was inviting me to join the Beach Boys' rhythm section as keyboardist! For the next few years I was to have the pleasure of working and traveling with one of the world's most talented rock bands.

When Carl produced an album on his close friend, Ricci Martin (Dean Martin's son and whose sister was to become Carl's next wife), he asked me to arrange the orchestra (strings, woodwinds, French horns). During our discussion of the arrangement, he mentioned several specific things he wanted, including a Gershwin-influenced 4-bar break. However, we had diametrically opposed opinions on whether the orchestra on one song should soar up during the Chorus, or go down into the midrange. To give us the most flexibility, I wrote two arrangements: his way (down) and mine (up). At the recording session, I asked Carl which version he'd like to hear first; he asked for mine. After the assembled orchestra (so large that the French horns and the woodwinds had to be put into other rooms, including a broom closet!) played through my version, soaring high through the Chorus, Carl loved what he heard and did not even want to hear the other version, his own! Rarely have I known a creative artist who was so able to overcome his own ego in his pursuit of art.

Carl's contribution to America's Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band was enormous, second only to his brother Brian. Although he couldn't read music, he left a rich musical legacy that will be remembered as long as mankind celebrates its musical culture. Carl was that rarest of human beings: irreplaceable. Thank you, Carl, for having lived and loved.

Web Changes

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P.O. Box 2519
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
323-650-6602
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Last modified: May 15, 2005

Web Changes

ManyMIDI Products P.O. Box 2519 Beverly Hills, CA 90213 323-650-6602 info@manymidi.com

Last modified: May 15, 2005

ManyMIDI Products
P.O. Box 2519
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
323-650-6602
info@manymidi.com