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From: busko@stsci.EDU (Ivo Busko)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
Subject: Looking for advice: sampling/synthesis boards for IBM-PCs
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Date: 21 Nov 89 23:35:37 GMT
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I'm looking for "cheap" IBM-PC add-on boards capable of either (i)
synthesizing sounds from an internal generator device, or (ii) from
digital samples.  I'm aware of the Ad-Lib system (type i) and the Covox
Sound Master (type ii). 

Anyone out there has knowledge of other similar devices in the same
price range (< US$200) ? What about sound quality ? Since these
devices have at most 8-bit resolution in amplitude, what can I
expect from pluging their output on my stereo home system ?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Ivo Busko