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Convention Paper

It's Gnot Just a Synthesizer

Authors: Kahrs, Mark; Killian, Tom

AES Convention 87 · Paper 2868 · October 1989

Abstract

We have built an experimental machine to address three specific problems: narrow bandwidth of the control channel; limited access to the sound production mechanism; mixing and effects processing. Our hardware uses an experimental diskless workstation to control a variety of cards: an array of DSPs; an array of FM oscillators; the "final mix" with AES output; and MIDI/SMPTE I/O. Each card except the last has a core DSP (AT&T DSP-16) to mix the output from upstream cards and perform effects.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 87
AES Convention
87
Paper number
2868
Publication date
October 6, 1989
Session subject
New Directions in Audio
Affiliation
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ ; AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper