G-Type  (1990s - 2005?)
McKenzie Electronics

MIDI and RS232 Control for samplers and outboard sound playback
(From McKenzie Electronics website)

A DOS based theatre sound show control program supporting:

• Cadac E-type and J-type consoles via serial protocols
• samplers (such as Akai S6000 etc) via MIDI
• hard Disk recorders (such as the Akai DR4, DR8 or DR16) via MMC 
• mini disk players (Denon DN990, DN980) via serial protocols
• CD players (Denon DN951) via serial protocols 
• other devices by simple relay closure 

Events can be triggered by

• the gameport fire button
• the keyboard 
• the keypad on Cadac consoles 
• MIDI timecode 
• timed follow-on 

Events can be 

• static events such as CD start, Minidisk cue up, relay closure or pulse 
• change of Cadac desk state 
• MIDI sequences 

MIDI sequences can be 

• recorded from a keyboard or sequencer 
• imported from a standard MIDI file edited as a list of MIDI events

A IBM compatible PC with:

• 166MHz 486 or better 
• MSDOS 6.22 or Novell Dos 7 
• 16M RAM or more 
• Roland MPU401 or compatible MIDI card
• Serial ports with individual IRQs

Related Shows

• Bombay Dreams
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002)
• Mamma Mia
• Mary Poppins
• We Will Rock You

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