Re: //e enhancement. Iigs Audio animator and music stuff.

[Richard Kilpatrick <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com>]

On 21/7/04 6:26 pm, in article 20040721132630.29660.00001868@mb-m16.aol.com,
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Alpha Syntauri included no sampling hardware.  They provided some
> tools for building waveforms that were used in the "oscillator" wavetables.

*nods*

> Each wavetable was restricted to a 256-byte "sample" that contained
> one cycle of the "instrument".  Multiple channels could be used with
> different ADSR waveforms to create timbres.

This is why I'm curious about it. I want to know how the system sounded and
how powerful it was, and specifically, how easy it was to use.

> A typical price range for a Mountan Music System set of two cards
> ranges from $100-$300 depending on the degree of marketing in the
> description and the avidness of the bidders.

Hmmm. With Apple ][ stuff going a little haywire lately ($256 for a SCSI -
not HS SCSI - card for example), I doubt I'll find any 'not-avid' bidders...

> If you can find one that is badly described and embeded in a computer
> that has broken keys, you might get it for $8.  ;-)

I'm still kicking myself for being out when a grotty IIgs with SCSI and a
stereo card went for $70.

> Sampling hardware for the ][ and //e is harder to find, but also shows
> up from time to time.
> 
> (BTW, I'm sure you know that it is easy to use a Mac or PC to sample
> sound and then reduce it to xkHz, 8-bit, mono samples for the Apple II.)

Oh, yes. But I want to use the hardware, to do the article I have to
actually have hands-on experience with the technology.

That, and I enjoy it.

> That's an artifact of their desire to add an external volume control and tone
> control to the speaker box.

So annoying :/

> Give me a couple of days and I'll dig mine out and reverse-engineer the
> external speaker box...

I've been trying to work it out myself, it looks like of the 10 pins, 5 are
used, but the board is quite dense.

Richard

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