7 Dec
1998
7 Dec
'98
10:55 a.m.
< Now *MY* Altair Synth (pardon the ego!) was all done in
< software, with a simple 8-bit d/a converter on an i/o
< port. It used 256 bytes of a waveform (fundamental sin(x)
< plus some harmonics) that were stepped thru by up to
there was a simplfied version by processor tech and a few others with
a less sophisticated D/A (used R, 2R ladders) that were able to do that.
The whole of it is Malcom Wright's _Alphanumeric music with Amplitude
control_ C1975 article. I have a copy of this and have done mucic with
it and voicing was possible.
Allison