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A Microcomputer Approach to the Polyphonic Music Synthesizer

Software and hardware descriptions are given of an electronic microcomputer system designed for a cost-effective solution of the polyphonic synthesizer problem System is implemented by the National Semiconductor SC/MP 8-bit microprocessor plus semiconductor memory. Input ports are fed by a debounced keyboard, while output ports feed ten digitally controlled monophonic synthesizers by supplying them with pitch code and gate signals.

Author: Menchinelli, S.
Affiliation: Elettronica Musicale, Rome, Italy
AES Convention:56 (March 1977) Paper Number:1211 Import into BibTeX

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