Re: Looking for a particular Apple II sound/graphics demo

["N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer@hotmail.com>]

On Feb 25, 2:02 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com> wrote:
> "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagecd2e3aba-6f50-4ce9-a8b1-e276641a1925@a18g2000yqc.googlegroups.com">news:cd2e3aba-6f50-4ce9-a8b1-e276641a1925@a18g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
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> On Feb 25, 4:43 am, vladitx <vlad...@nucleusys.com> wrote:
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> >> On Feb 25, 3:41 am, "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> Aeons ago, I had a demo that would play a surprisingly-good rendition
> >>> of Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu" while showing a stunning display of
> >>> lo-res eye candy (various right-angled things).
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> >> For some reason the YT link doesn't work for me, but I am almost sure
> >> you're looking after "Music Maker" and it's "Kaleidoscopic Maestro"
> >> player.
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> >> Music Maker was a single-voice synthesiser, but it switched tones
> >> rapidly to create some good illusion. Contrary to Electric Duet, which
> >> produces the sum of two rectangular waves.
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> >> Along with "Fantasie Impromptu" there are few more impressive
> >> renditions on the Music Maker disc.
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> > Holy cow, I think that might have been it.  I don't remember any other
> > pieces being on my disk, but that might just be because I was fixated
> > on this particular one.  :)
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> > Music Maker doesn't seem to be on Asimov or any other site - would you
> > be willing to image and upload a copy, if you happened to have one?
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> Yes, it is, it's right here.
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> ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/french_software/
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> Bill Garber

Arrrrgh, I'd only looked in the sound section.  That'll teach me.
Thank you!

And yeah, after examining the image, this is definitely it.  I
remember one of the reasons I liked this was because the intonation
was superior to what I got from Electric Duet (I'm blessed with
absolute pitch, so tiny differences mattered a lot to me!).