Re: Sound Boards

[Jeff Lemke <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu>]

Supertimer wrote:
> 
> Jeff Lemke <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Can anybody give me a comparison of the sound capabilities of the
> >Applied Engineering Phasor and the native sound capabilties of the IIgs?
> 
> Phasor: 12 FM voices plus 2 white noise generators.
> 
> IIGS: 32 oscillator wavetable synthesis.  Capable of anything from 15
>       to 32 independent voices.  Digital audio playback, synthesis,
>       and MIDI via software.
> 
> Which is better?  The Phasor is like a toy compared to the IIGS.
> The IIGS' sound chip was used in the professional Mirage and
> ESQ-1 samplers/synthesizer keyboards popular in the late 1980s.
> 
> Look up "ESQ-1" on the web to read about it....


Thanks for the help.

Jeff Lemke