Inspiration

KA4HJH ka4hjh at gte.net
Wed Nov 4 20:31:04 CET 1998


Unfortunately, it's not there. The page, I mean. The beer is still around
(at least in this state).

>inman at interpath.com@interpath.com wrote:
>
>> Steve G. sent along this url as an example of interesting waveform
>> development with wavetables, but it probably has a wider audience.
>>
>> http://www.imuse.com/BirthVS.htl
>>
>> This is a short account of a group of guys figuring out vector
>> synthesis from the ground up.  While it may be familiar history
>> to many on SYNTH-DIY, it wasn't to me.  All I can say is, if you
>> liked Mark Vail's Vintage Synthesizers or some of the sidebars in
>> one of Julian Colbeck's Keyfax books, check out this three page
>> story, "The Birth of the Prophet VS."  It has all of the important
>> elements of a great synthesizer epic:  1) A brilliant, but
>> initially very vague idea realized through hard work and dumb luck;
>> 2) misguided advice from marketing folks; 3) goofy names for
>> clever features that once named cannot be renamed, no matter
>> how much the developer wishes he could change it; 4) everyone no
>> longer works for who they worked for then; and 5) beer.
>>
>> Elliot
>>
>> PS.  Thanks Steve G for a great little read!
>
>  Ahhhhh finally! Beer is getting well due recognition in the field of
>inspirational purposes.
>
>"Beer, the cause AND/OR solution to all of life's problems" - Homer J.
>Simpson
>
>PS: I had to say something..  :)

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"



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