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Convention Paper

A Microprocessor Based Polyphonic Keyboard for Modular Electronic Music Systems

Authors: Rossum, Dave; Wedge, Scott

AES Convention 57 · Paper 1231 · May 1977

Abstract

The hardware and software aspects of a microprocessor-based synthesizer keyboard are discussed. The single board hardware configuration interfaces a musical instrument keyboard, user controls, sixteen analog output channels and tape I/O to the CPU. The real-time software allows dual section keyboard use with sequencer functions optimized for performance situations.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 57
AES Convention
57
Paper number
1231
Publication date
May 6, 1977
Affiliation
Ep Systems, Santa Clara, CA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper