![]() The Commodore 64 makes use of the 64's embedded SID audio chip's 4-bit volume DAC, reducing its quality significantly vs the Apple and Atari versions. The audible output is extremely distorted speech when graphic and text display is turned on. Speech playback on the Atari normally disables interrupt requests and shuts down the ANTIC chip during vocal output. The Atari version makes use of the embedded POKEY audio chip. which can instead use the computer's one-bit audio output (with the addition of much distortion) if the card is not present. The Apple version uses an included expansion card which contains an 8-bit DAC, although pirates created a modified version of S.A.M. engine for use with other games, such as Tales of the Arabian Nights for the Commodore 64. ĭon't Ask Software also sold PokerSAM, a poker game with speech, and also licensed out the S.A.M. Released in 1982, it was one of the first commercial all-software voice-synthesis programs. The program was released for the Atari 8-bit family, Apple II, and Commodore 64. (sometimes abbreviated as SAM), is a speech synthesis program developed by Mark Barton and sold by Don't Ask Software. Virtual machines have finally taken care of that for me.Software Automatic Mouth, or S.A.M. Minus all the one off plugins that have disappeared along the way (I still open old Logic projects from time to time that ask me for Absynth 2-4 hah), Im also one of the Sound Diver and Nord G1 folks. The Winebottled Nord Editor doesn't work for me. I can do everything possible, except download my banks from the Modular to the Mac. The widely available one, as well as the one I bottled myself, both freeze up about 1/2 way through the first bank. Under WinXP in Virtual Box, the Mac passes through my old Emagic AMT8 and it works perfectly. I just have to use an iso copy of Sound Diver I had to download to authorize it when it needs too. I managed to find an actual 1:1 iso copy and just tell VirtualBox to use the iso file in its virtual cd drive and bam, SD is working again! The retail cd for whatever reason won't mount the Windows part of the disc (its the old 'hybrid' cd-rom), so when you let the virtual machine mount it, it ONLY has the Mac side available and it won't authorize for some reason. I still have a G3, 2 G4s, a G5, and even the first Mac Pro (and an old P3) along with this one, but the thought of having to set one of those up (and try to remember how to configure OMS) is not a happy one. Have to stick with WinXP too, eMagic's last drivers for the AMT/Unitor are technically Win2000/NT/98 drivers, and won't work in anything past Win7 (and only the 32bit version).IF YOU FOLLOW developments in the software sequencer market, you'll probably be rather blasé about another ST sequencer (software writers must be an optimistic lot, don't you think?). Well, Tiger Cub is worth sitting up for and taking notice of. ![]() Not only is it one of Dr T's new generation of programs - which use GEM instead of unfriendly numeric displays - but it's also the cheapest ST sequencer with notation facilities currently available. That's got your ears standing to attention, hasn't it?īUT LET'S BEGIN at the beginning. Cub (review v1.0) is based on Dr T's Tiger, has 12 tracks, and its operation centres around tape recorder-style controls. It has a maximum resolution of 384ppqn (pulses per quarter note) which is very high for a budget program.Īnd you shouldn't be too surprised to discover that certain aspects of the program have their roots in other Dr T's programs such as KCS (Keyboard Controlled Sequencer) and MRS (MIDI Recording Studio).Ĭub will run in mono or colour (the colour display shows fewer octaves on the Edit screen) but you need 1Meg of RAM. What's even more intriguing is the fact that you can alter this - should you want to - down to as low as 24. It defaults to 240 which seems pretty sensible. There are two main screens - the Tape Recorder screen and the Graphic Editing screen. The Recorder screen has familiar tape transport controls plus a variety of other icons whose purpose will be revealed presently.īEFORE RECORDING, YOU must set the length of the song in bars (although this can be altered later). ![]() Like most Dr T's sequencers, after recording a Track the program moves on automatically to the next Track so you can plough through a recording with the minimum of clicking. If you make a mistake, the X-Rec button stops recording, resets the sequencer and lets you have another hack at the Track in question. ![]() A clock shows the time elapsed but, oddly, this is reset each time around the loop. You can define a section of music with two loop points and play it by clicking on the Cue button.Įach Track can be given a ten-character instrument name, an eight-character Track name and there's room for a further 28 characters in the comments line.
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