Thanks Ahmad and Vic

Vic, I look forward to receiving the styles from you for me to upload to the MIDI-Atlas-Styles site. My e-mail is ClifAnd@aol.com.

The 'Atlas eGroup will have to contend with the fact that not all the sounds required for Arabic and other styles are not well represented in General MIDI. I think GM Level 2 includes an Arabic drum kit, maybe also a Gamelan Kit for Indonesian music. I myself have a Roland XV-5080 with a World Card and an Asian Card installed. I have room for a Middle East card if they make it. I note that some sample CDROMs have "ethnic" instrument samples in both Traditional and Western tuning. Which you use depends on whether you want to be authentic or evocative.

Ahmad, I guess it is obvious that Keytron/Solton does not want there top secret project detailed here. However, your "leaks" have sure increased my interest in their products. It seems that everyone but Yamaha has something Oriental to offer. The biggest favor Solton could do for the world music types is to allow import of Akai patches.