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| A set of instructions for digital system,for instance a computer sequencer package written by a software programmer,synthesizer patch information,or sample data;stored in any of the number of ways including floppy or hard disks,ROM or RAM cartridges or cards,or audio cassettes.Modern instruments are software based;thus by changing a ROM od disc with the operating system,the way an instrument works can be altered or improved,to an extent.With a hardware-based system you're stuck as it is. |
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| Early synths produced only one monophonic sound at a time;later ones,one polyphonic sound at a time.Now,many digital synths are capable of assigning separate voices to different sounds,which can be assigned to different keyboard ranges.The result is a single keyboard such as the Roland D50,on which you can play either split patches(say,bass in the bottom octave,strings above)or layers(such as combined strings and brass over the whole keyboard).Inevitably,layering cuts the number of voices you |
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| New England Digital Synclavier computer system is mainly noted for its enormous price,which make the Fairlight look like a Casio.So sophisticated is the technology of the Synclavier that the US government monitors all the units exported,to make sure that the Russian don't take them to bits and make missile control system out of them.While the Fairlight is basically a sampler with digital stnthesis facilities,the early Synclavier was basically a digital synthesizer with some sampling facilities |
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| synclavier - continuation |
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| (initially monophonic).The latest version via with the Fairlight for the little of 'most comnplete studio in a box',featuring FM and partial timbre synthesis,resynthesis,polyphonic sampling with times measured in hours,multi-timbral sequencing,direct to hard disk recording,score printing,SMPTE,MIDI,and it probably makes a decent cup of tea.The chosen system of producers such as Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson,and artists like Frank Zappa,Nile Rodgers and Stevie Wonder,the Synclavier has a fair Continue |
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