Inspiration

[Andrew Schrock]

Try http://www.imuse.com/BirthVS.html instead of  
http://www.imuse.com/BirthVS.htl. 

Works just fine... 

Andrew

| Andrew Schrock							|
| Network Programmer, Synthesizer and electronic music enthusiast	|
| aschrock at cs.brandeis.edu						|

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, KA4HJH wrote:

> 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"
>