Tour The Orchestra Pit

1 Dual JK Positive-Edge Flip Flop 3 Octal Bus Transceiver Noninverting 11 Quad Two-Input Positive OR Gate Take a look at the inner workings of two of these electronic orchestras. The card pictured on top is the Ad Lib synthesizer card the card pictured at the bottom is the Game Blaster. We've labeled the major components so that you can see the principal players.

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Several companies have composed software solutions for PC musicians. To get into the swing of computer music composition, give these packages a listen. All ol them are designed to work with IBM PCs and compatibles. Ballade S195.00 Dynaware 1163 Chess Dr. Suite J Foster City, CA 94494 415 349-5700 Cakewalk 150.00 Sound Globs 175.00 Twelve Tone Systems P.O. Box 226 Watertown, MA 02272 617 273-4437 Instrument Maker 49.95 Visual Composer 89,95 Ad Lib 50 Staniford St. Suite 800 Boston, MA 02114 800...

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Asteroids are hurtling by. Enemy photons are destroying the rear deflectors. Engines strain as they reach critical mass. Suddenly you hit the retros, loop around, and fire with everything you've got. And what kind of awesome, breath-taking music is your computer playing Bleep, bop, beep. Pretty weak, eh Well listen up, Because now there's the Ad Lib Music Card. It's the digital music synthesizer that's conquering the final frontier of truly realistic game playing totally ear-blasting sound....

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