Re: RT.SYNTH

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Of course, there are other options for the IIgs.  Hasn't anyone
>implemented an ensoniq-based synth supporting the IIgs keyboard
>for piano-style playing?

    I can think of only one, and it wasn't even finished. It does let you
load in sound patches and play them on the IIgs keyboard mind you.
It was going to be called "TrackIt!" when finished. I inadvertently 
posted it to this group 13 years ago instead of 'comp.binaries.apple2' 
so it was archived in Google (you'll need BinScii or similar to decode it):

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/msg/f7ad7d729d0d1505?dmode=source&hl=en

    Another interesting freeware program is "Super Synthetizer" (sic) by Luc
Serard of France. You use the mouse pointer to click on piano keys which
plays musical scales, one note at a time. It generates sound using Ensoniq
more as an analog-type synthesizer, with a lot of reverb/echo added, but 
cool nonetheless (very 80's sounding!).

    Then there's Poly-Sons 3.0 from Barbar de St. Cyr, also from France,
which is basically Super Syntetizer taken to the next level. You can use
the keyboard or mouse to play notes, and play with the waveform 
envelopes and effect sliders to produce different sounds just like a real
synthesizer (again though, it's like an analog synthesizer, there are no
wavetable patches used). I guess that makes two, three if you count 
using the mouse for input. :) If anyone is looking for these, let me know...

Mitchell Spector