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Article #3837The LAPC-1 Card by Roland
From: Dale Rogerson
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 22:32
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 22:32
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I would like to thank those people who took the time to answer my questions concerning the LAPC-1 card. I found out that the LAPC-1 card is basically a MT-32 synth made by Roland. Unlike the MT-32, the sounds of the LAPC-1 are supposed to be much better than that of the normal MT-32. The LAPC-1 lists for $595 and can be bought from Sierra Online for $450. However, this does NOT have any MIDI capabilities. In order to have MIDI you must buy a MIDI connector which costs $150. Althought the LAPC-1 sounds like a fine card and was given a Technical Excellance Award by PC Magazine, I have decided not to buy it for the following reasons: - I think that I can save money by getting a normal external MIDI Synth. (Any suggestions would be welcome.) - If I would like to change/upgrade my system, it would be easier to sale an external Synth, since I could sale it to people who have any type of computer or no computer at all. Again, I would like to thank everyone for their information. If anyone knows a good midi card and synth for the beginning MIDI musician I would be thankful for that information as well. -----Dale Rogerson-----
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!mintaka!ogicse!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!PEDEV!rogerson From: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dale Rogerson) Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: The LAPC-1 Card by Roland Message-ID: <2909@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 2 Feb 90 22:32:18 GMT Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC Lines: 31