Re: Mocking Board Problems with IIGS

[Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net>]

In article <slrnauq7um.o2.blake@solinari.local>,
 Blake Patterson <blake@solinari.local> wrote:

> In article <fs4rtuoovu93fmo8d99k5q4ramhav3nssm@4ax.com>, Mitchell Spector 
> wrote:
> > mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:
> > 
> >>Mitchell Spector wrote:
> >>>blake@blakespot.com (Blake Patterson) wrote:
> >>>    A much better program is Jimmy Huey's "ProDOS ALF Player".
> >>>It allows you to load in and play ALF/Mockingboard song files 
> >>>on a stock IIgs, but actually attempts to emulate what a *real*
> >>>AY-8910 synthesizer chip sounds like. It wasn't quite perfect
> >>>but came extremely close.
> >>
> >>Where could this be found?
> > 
> >     Apart from the copy I received directly from the author years ago, 
> > you're not likely to find it anywhere. It should be fine to distribute, I 
> > dug up my old mail spool archive and confirmed that Jimmy didn't 
> > mind it being shared.
> > 
> >     It's an 11K program that runs on both the IIe and IIgs and supports
> > playback through a hardware ALF or compatible (Phasor, Echo II,
> > Mockingboard, etc). When run on a IIgs it uses the Ensoniq for
> > emulation of the card. I also have 7 (800K) disks packed with ALF 
> > songs if anyone is interested.
> > 
> >     The question is, where is the best place to distribute this? Is the
> > Ground FTP site still accepting and sorting software uploads?
> > 
> > Mitchell Spector
> >
> 
> I would be _extremely_ interested in getting hold of this player and 
> those song disks.  There must be some Christmas songs in there -- ever
> since the great AudioLight Christmas music demos on my old Atari ST, 
> Christmas just doesn't seem like Christmas without some synthesized
> compu-carols to play.
> 
> Is there a way we can get some of these before the end of the month?
> 
> How can I help?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> bp  

Well, I thank you for sending those to me!  What was the FTP upload link 
again for other folks?

I've installed all 7 disks of songs on my GS' HD and am running the 
player from GS/OS and it's just great, hearing all those songs.  If only 
I had a Mockingboard to truly hear the original sound.  ...But I hear 
the GS has problems with a Mockingboard.

Is the same true of the Phasor (Mockingboard compat) from AE, on the GS?

Thanks!!



bp

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