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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

2403.0. "Roland PC LA computer cards?" by MAMTS2::RUYOUNG (Big MIDI goes around the world) Tue Jul 31 1990 10:32

    Speaking of Adlib (no I hadn't heard of it), has anyone seen the Roland
    PC LA cards?  I was busy being dazed by the 68030 Amiga's ray traced
    animations, so I didn't ask.  Anybody seen/heard of these things?
    
    Mike
    
    What I meant to say was, they looked like cards you stuck in your
    computer to have LA sounds out the back or something.  Without a synth.

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2403.1		JANUS::CWALSH	Paw City	`Tue Jul 31 1990 13:15`	9
	This was reviewed in Personal Computer World a couple of issues ago. Their reviewer reckoned that it left the competition standing, and was therefore worth the extra cost (can't recall what the figures were). His one complaint was that it didn't come with any kind of test software. Chris
2403.2	What kind of processor power do you need?	JANUS::CWALSH	Paw City	`Thu Aug 09 1990 04:55`	18
	On a related topic, I read a review recently of a PC notation product in which the reviewer made a reference to the LA PC card. He stated, in a way that suggested it ought to be common knowledge, that for adequate sequencing from a PC you needed at least a 286 processor. Since I have an Amstrad PC 1512 (8086), this has given me pause for thought about investing in the LA PC, since I'm not sure that I want to incur the expense of upgrading my PC (which serves my other computing needs quite adequately) just to cater for the demands of sequencing. Is this contention about sequencing and processor power actually true? Does anyone out there get adequate sequencing performance out of a humble 8086? Investing minds would like to know. Chris PS My Yamaha WX11/WT11 package arrived this morning. I'm going home at lunch, ostensibly to watch the Test match, but in reality - Welcome to MIDI Hell!!!