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Subject: Re: Todd Rundgren & Computers & Amiga
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Date: Sat, 4-Apr-87 14:51:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  4 14:51:37 1987
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In article <135@dana.UUCP> rap@dana.UUCP (Rob Peck) writes:
>In article <577@plx.UUCP>, ed@plx.UUCP (Ed Chaban) writes:
>> 
>> While far from a lecture or a performance, Todd Rundgren's "Master's Demo"
>> at the West Coast Computer Faire was interesting nonetheless.  
>> 
>> I was SHOCKED by the quality of the "Studio Session Player" package
>> from  BOGAS <<---(that's their name folks!).  Considering the fact
>> that there was *NO* additional hardware required to get SAMPLED SOUNDS
>> on a Mac. Is this really true?  I swear, it sounded better than the 
>> AMIGA.  Drum sounds too! Electric Guitar! WOW!
>> 
>On a lighter note, one comment that probably was missed by most people
>was that ALL-BUT-ONE (and I don't recall which that was) of the demos
>that he showed used EXTERNAL-MIDI for the playback.  In other words,
>only one of the demos used the Mac to synthesize sound on the fly.
>This was stated at 12:10, just as I was getting up to leave and
>revisit the dealer area.
>
>Just thought I'd pass on what I remember hearing.  Yes the sounds
>were very good, but... is it MIDI or is it M*C ??????????
>
>(sigh)
>
>Rob Peck	hplabs!dana!rap

It's the Mac.  My wife & I bought this software (and the MacNifty Digitizer,
which will let you create even more instrument definitions).  It's still
only 8-bit, 22KHz sampling rate, but you have to hear it to believe it.
Some of the classical instruments (flute, recorder, etc.) are a little fuzzy,
but for only software, I'm not complaining...


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