[sdiy] Henry, 256 Bw limited!

[thx1138]

On 12/27/09 12:30 PM, "karl dalen" <dalenkarl at yahoo.se> wrote:

> thx1138 at earthlink.net>:
> 
>> Design. I was also employed full time at E-Mu designing the
>> Drumulator and
>> Emulator II products.
> 
> The shaky years!
> 
>> I left E-Mu and went to work in
>> Hamburg, W. Germany
>> full time in beginning of 1984 and left back to Calif. In
>> Spring 1985. 
> 
> OK i see you only was there for the last year before they went belly up.
> Saad, i remember the music press add for the Realizer, a emulated
> MiniMoog on the screen, exiting stuff back then, PPG was always
> on the edge, HDU etc.
Actually I helped in the design of the PPG 2.3, HDU, PRK, EVU and 16-bit
WaveTerm. We got these into production and we were actually in design on the
Realizer when PPG got into financial hot water. We were able to get the DSP
and 68k to do the Minimoog stuff but I had to call it quits as I was no
longer getting paid and that meant I needed to go back home. PPG survived
for about a year or so after I left and Wolfgang Dueren was in process of
getting Waldorf to become independent of PPG. Wolfgang Palm later did some
work with Steinberg and later was involved in Waldorf engineering. Not sure
I can re-create all of the time line as I was working on DSP001DSP56002 and
Digidesign projectswhile at Motorola Semi.
> 
>> I was Head of Manufacturing and R&D. Small company
>> means you do a bit of
> 
> How many people was there at PPG?

I think on a good day about 10 people. Chassis were contracted out as were
the WaveTerm CPU boards.
> 
>> Not all, but a good deal. The OS was called UniFlex 68K.
>> Wolfgang and I parted ways do to financial chaos in the US sales and
>> receivables. I have great respect for Wolfgang Palm and consider him my
>> >friend  still today. His eX-wife is a different matter and I prefer to >let
>> this  person go from my  memory as I am sure it does no good to >belabour her
>> or her  character. She  was greatly responsible for PPG >failure and I am
>> sure Wolfgang would appreciate some closure on this >aspect of his life.
> 
> Ooooh! Dangerous stuff!
> Never let a woman come between you and a DSP, code gets corrupted! :-)

Well, let's just say a divorce will be a final solution to a difficult
marriage. The kids are the real victims and of course your business get's
chewed up as well. So much for negative energy. I really am sorry for
Wolfgang and Thies, his son.
> 
>> I am sure Wolfgang is still a viable Engineer and Musician.
>> He is a kindred
>> spirit and I have great admiration of his ability to think
>> outside the box.
>> It is sad we are getting older and cannot take as many
>> financial chances
>> with our money, but I would love to work with him again and
>> create some
>> really fine products. We talk from time to time and the
>> next time we meet
>> perhaps we can agree to work on other ideas again.
> 
> But he has done jobs on freelance basis for Old Waldorf
> and Steinberg as i recall!
Yes, that is correct and he has gone back to his roots as a keyboard player
in small groups playing in clubs.
> 
> Regards
> KD
> 
> 
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