Re: Alpha Syntauri

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Simon Williams replied:

>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I had the pleasure of hearing them demo the system in the
>> early 80's, and it was very nice, indeed.  The velocity-sensing
>> keyboard allowed very subtle control of the two-digital-oscillators-
>> per-voice synthesis, with smooth timbre effects.
>> 
>> So far, I have all the components for the system except the
>> Apple interface card that supported velocity sensing.  ;-(
>
>I imagine that's a frustrating situation.
>
>Was the velocity sensing interface an option, or did all Alpha Syntauri
>systems have this feature?

AFAIK all Alpha Syntauri systems had it--it was one of their
claims to fame.

Unfortunately, even fewer of the interface cards survived than
the keyboards.  ;-(

-michael

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