10 Jul
2004
10 Jul
'04
12:11 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, R. D. Davis wrote:
Someone (Cyrus, orangutone(a)usa.net) over on the SDIY
mailing list just
posted the message below, in case anyone's interested in obtaining and
preserving a Harmonicomputer:
So, I have posted to this and other lists, and emailed various vintage
gear techs, and nobody is interested in fixing an ailing Deltalab
Harmonicomputer. Two techs have suggested I just throw it away, as
the parts are hard to find and it would be cheaper to replace than to
repair.
Does anybody here have any suggestions for a project? This thing has an
interesting set of front-panel controls, and it is loaded chock-a-block
with a variety of chips, most of which are perfectly good. Garbage or
salvage?
The Harmonicomputer is an audio processing unit isn't it? In a former
life, I was a Deltalab dealer. We sold quite a number of their audio
delay and echo units. At one point we evaluated a device which purported
to generate "smart" (ie. key and mode sensitive interval calculation)
harmony from a monophonic input. It never worked very well, but I cannot
remember what the model name was.. Sounds right, though.