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The company was a pioneer in the field of computer music, introducing the pre-MIDI SoundChaser in 1982. This Apple II-based system included the Mountain Computer Music System, a programmable 8-voice wavetable synthesizer that fit in two Apple II slots, the Soundchaser 4-octave keyboard, and system software, written by Kusek, that emulated a four-track tape recorder.
WMS Industries, Inc. was an American electronic gaming and amusement manufacturer in Enterprise, Nevada.It was merged into Scientific Games in 2016. WMS's predecessor was the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded in 1943 by Harry E. Williams.
The Elka Rhapsody 490 string synthesizer. This was the earlier, smaller version with 49-key keyboard. It had two sounds, violoncello and strings which could also be combined to produce a fuller sound. There were two other controls; volume and sustain. It also had a master tuning control on the rear panel of the instrument.
The pedal itself is usually a simple switch, although more sophisticated pedals can detect and transmit a signal for half-pedaling. The rear panel for this Yamaha DGX-202 electronic keyboard shows a typical 1/4" input jack for a sustain pedal (third from left).
Play ⓘ with sustain pedal on (bottom measures) Piano pedals from left to right: soft pedal, sostenuto pedal and sustain pedal Location of pedals under the keyboard of the grand piano. A sustain pedal or sustaining pedal (also called damper pedal, loud pedal, or open pedal [1]) is the most commonly used pedal in a modern piano. It is typically ...
When a note is played, the attack sample is played, followed by a loop of the sustain section. Start, end, and release loop points are stored in the recorded sample file. When the note is released, the release or echo section of the sample is used, or specific release sample files can be defined for a note or range of notes.
With no version updates since at least 2015 (version 5.0.4 for Windows and 5.0.7 for macOS), [6] Passport Music Software closed doors in early 2022. [ 7 ] Following the subsequent acquisition of the product line by Sonic Scores, [ 5 ] version 6 of Encore is being developed by its original author, Don Williams, for both Windows and macOS.
Live looping is the recording and playback of a piece of music in real-time [1] using either dedicated hardware devices, called loopers or phrase samplers, or software running on a computer with an audio interface. Musicians can loop with either looping software or loop pedals, which are sold for tabletop and floor-based use.