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From: ghfeil@white.toronto.edu (Georg Feil)
Subject: Re: synth sample
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.154420.18799@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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Date: 19 Feb 91 20:44:20 GMT
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bose@milton.u.washington.edu (Rob Olsen) writes:
>Do any of you know or have a very old music software called synth sample?

I'm the original author of "Synth Sample", which was created using my music
editor "Synth". Later Synth was transformed into a Midi sequencer and renamed
Midi Switching System (MSS).  

I don't know about anything called "Laser Show", but I did hear about Synth
Sample being "borrowed" by several people. 

>who wrote the first track to laser show.

If this refers to one of the TV themes (Magic Shadows and Stationary Ark),
I don't know. Someone in the Toronto Pet Users Group (TPUG) researched this 
once (in 1985!), so I could probably find out. Note that the Stationary Ark
thing is only loosely based on the television show (it appears as improvised
from memory by a friend).

(Rob:) If you want a copy of Synth Sample, send me a disk and a self-addressed
return envelope. I might even make up a synth sample II, from music transcribed 
after 1984, up until 1987 when I started to work exclusively with MSS. It
won't match the original Synth Sample, though. 

Anyone interested in Synth or MSS can reach me by email, phone, or regular 
mail.

Georg.

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