Adruxj.114 net.music utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!druxj!neal Wed Dec 23 17:09:34 1981 music synthesis I have once again started getting very interested in music. For those who haven't seen it, Sharp has put out a neat hand-held synthesizer which has a small keyboard and can remember something like 100 notes, play them back at different tempos with different envelopes and waveforms, and even accompany them with some classic rhythms. Only about $70! When I was taking a vlsi design course at Berkeley, I heard about some people working on music synthesis chips. Does anyone have any more info? Does anyone here subscribe to the Computer Music Journal? Do you know what issue had a description of Hal Alles' (of Murray Hill BTL) synthesizer? It was very powerful, and could even play back someone's voice shifted up or down in pitch (same tempo) in real time. Sing barbershop quartet with yourself! Does anyone have experience with the ALF synthesizer or alphaSyntari? Both plug into an Apple. Happy Holidays! Neal McBurnett ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.