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I think I'll let Kim answer the ZIPI questions. I finally get to meet him tomorrow here in Twang Town. If ZIPI lives, can we, uhm... use "ZIPI the 5-Pin Head" as a mascot? ;) Tom "The Echoplexes Are Coming, Really!" Spaulding At 12:23 PM 10/22/97 -0500, you wrote: >> I saw an article about ZIPI in Computer Music Journal a couple of years >= >> ago. It was developed by Zeta Systems. I don't remember anything >about = >> it either, but I remember being impressed by its capabilities. >> >> Hey you customer reps at Oberheim, Boomerang and Lexicon: Do you know = >> anything about the demise of MIDI or the introduction of ZIPI? >> >> Mark Kata >> Mark@asisoftware.com > >Our very own Kim Flint entered the ZIPI project in its final days. >I recall both Oberheim and Zeta being involved in supporting the >project, which took place at UC Berkeley's CNMAT. > >However, I get the impression Kim is kind of busy right now, so we'll >just have to wait until he has some free time to share his experiences. >I do recall that the ZIPI project eventually died. Perhaps the >emergence of physical modeling technology in effects processors/preamps >(various Roland preamps, Roland VG8, Yamaha's new preamp, Johnson >Millenium amp) and synths, lower-cost digital audio recording hardware >and >software, and looping devices have diminished the demand for a MIDI >replacement. But this is pure speculation on my part. :) > > >Paolo Valladolid > --------------------------------------------------------------- >|Moderator of Digital Guitar Digest, an Internet mailing list |\ >|for Music Technology and Stringed Instruments | \ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- | >\ finger pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu for more info \ | > \ http://waynesworld.ucsd.edu/DigitalGuitar/home.html \| > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >