Re: ST Music and MIDI

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1985 19:09

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> -	What are the possibilities of the built in music chip and...
> 	Is this chip really as bad as some people suggest?...

The GI AY-3-8910/12/13 series are not really music chips, they are
noisemaker chips.  That is, their purpose is to make noises, some of
which may be musical in a general sort of way.  They are not what you
would pick for serious music work.  They are, on the other hand, not
bad for using sound in human interfacing -- they are vastly superior
to a one-tone beeper!  That is how they should be viewed:  as a better
and more useful replacement for the beeper, not as God's gift to computer
music enthusiasts.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

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