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At 2:49 PM -0500 1/21/03, Dennis Leas wrote: >The HW/SW approach you describe is exactly the approach used by Symbolic >Sound with Kyma Symbolic Sound has always been at the forefront, rising as they did from the ranks of the first generation to make a formal study of computer music and to put it into a practical single-user system. >(to a lesser extent) Eventide with their Orville. The modular programming language in Orville was first used in the DSP4000. It was based the Patch Factory and mod factory features designed by Ken Bogdanowicz for the H3000. Ken's company Wave Mechanics will soon release a set of plug-in called Sound Toys. These are very accessible effects processors such as a dynamic filter, flanger, etc, but they are designed with a systems approach that allows them to access a common function library. I've had conversations for several years with Ken about DSP cards and outboard processing modules, and I credit some of my observations to him. >The prediction was that with newer, faster, bigger computers on your >desktop or in your lap, you would not need specialized hardware. That's still true in principal, but how often does the average person really upgrade his/her computer? >Another benefit is that the specialized HW acts as "copy protection." The >software is basically useless without the manufacturer's HW box. The only dongle that makes sense. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com