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From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
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Subject: Re: which synthesizers are best
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Date: 2 May 91 17:37:48 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 GD> Is an external sinthicizer slower than the internal ones?  Grant

Grant,  When you say slower, do you mean speed of speech, or speed of responding
to commands.  I guess the answer to both is some are and some are not.
I presume though that you mean speed of response to commands.  As you know, some
are notoriously slower, like the DEC-Talk, but they can be improved with
properly written software, such as Flipper or Vocal-Eyes.  Some, most notably,
the Audapter from PDS, respond very quickly to commands, faster then some
boards.  The Vert Plus, for example, is an internal board and is as slow as
molasses in January, and sounds bad to boot.
Like most things, it depends on how well they are designed.

... David Andrews

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