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October 1983 BASIC FILM SCORING MATH LARRY FAST INTERVIEW FOSTEX X-15 REVIEW ISSN : 0163-4534 T H G O B G R H G I M SYSTGM “ Let me overturn a “The system inspires “ In truth,these “There's no other way “The interface with myth here—this is creativity and three little boxes to record a symphony the DSX exponentially the greatest drum box experimentation on (DMX, DSX&OB-8) by yourself... enlarges the possibilities of for sound and every level.” will do far more than Sting (The Police) programmability....” we yet know how to what I can do.” David Sancious Musician/ June 1983 make use of musically.” Stewart Copeland May 27,1983 Jeff Lorber (The Police) Jim Aikin Obernotes/Fall 1982 Melody Maker Keyboard/IkprW 1983 June 18,1983 'Jf / OB6RH6IM GLGCTRONICS, INC. Some things are better than others 2250 So Barrington Ave. Los Angoles. 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Simonton, Jr. VOLUME 8, NUMBER 6 EDITOR Craig Anderton OCTOBER, 1983 MANAGING EDITOR Linda Kay Brumfield TECHNICAL ILLLUSTRATOR Caroline Wood Basic Film Scoring Math By: Dr. Maury Deutsch ....................... 24 CIRCULATION Ramona French Build the Hip Bass Drum Peggy Walker By: Craig Anderton........................... 13 BOOKEEPING Cathi Boggs E-Mu Systems Drumulator Trigger Modification By: Kevin Monahan............................ 28 PRINT PRODUCTION Phuong Nguyen Fostex X-15 Review SEMCO Color Press By: Tom Mulhern ............................. 22 POLYPHONY (ISSN 0163-4534) is published Index to Volume 8................................. 33 bimonthly at 1020 W. Wilshire Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73116, by Polyphony Publishing Co. Entire contents copyright Larry Fast, Interview (c) 1982 by Polyphony Publishing Co. All By: Craig Anderton ........................... 8 rights reserved. 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POLYPHONY PO Box 20305 Oklahoma City, OK 73156 COVER PHOTOGRAPH by: Vesta Copestakes - Vesta Advertising, Inc. Ph. (405) 842-5480 Santa Rosa, CA Fofyphoity October 1983 3 CALLING ALL TAPES... CORRECTION I currently produce a weekly, Re the "Log Response LF0" three hour radio program here in (April 1983 issue of Polyphony), California that is dedicated to pin 7 of the 2209 should be pulled new electronic/acoustic musics. I up to 15V through a resistor. The encourage any Polyphony readers to exact value depends on the desired send me air quality reel-to-reel output impedance; lk is about the tapes (no cassettes!) for consi lowest you can go. Without this Need an amazing source of synthesized sounds a t an ab deration. resistor the triangle wave will surd price? Here you go . a noise oriented pre patched minisynthesizer built around a powerful LSI chip. come out fine, but the square wave The Dark Star provides a digital noise source with Jon Iverson amplitude will be real low - about variable clock, plus a noise filter, LFD, VCO, VCA and 1931 Nancy Avenue envelope generator; a whole panel of synthesizer half a Volt, if that. modules in just a tiny 6 "x 4 "x 3 " package. It can be Los Osos, CA 93402 powered from +5, +15, or +9 volts [battery], is a Ole Kvern nice beginner kit and requires only an external amp. You can use it to simulate all those surf, wind, rain, cym Seattle, WA bal, explosion, spaceships hurtling across the void and EDR MODS? warping out type sounds. Careful design and wide range controls give you a real sound exploration tool; don't be fooled by the low price. Try it as a percussion kit addi I own an Echo Digital Recor In the April '83 issue, page tion, a drone voice, even as a CV source. The Dark Star der (made by Imaginearing Audio, 35, "Meet Sid": The table 1 re just doesn't sound like anything else—we guarantee it! PRICE: $ 4 9 PPO since out of business) and have gister map is incomplete. For BLACET RESEARCH, 18 4 0 5 Old Monte Rio Rd. heard that there is someone who is registers $04, $0B, and $12, D6 Guerneville, CA 95 4 4 6 modifying them for improved fi should be a square wave, D5 should delity. Also, I'm trying to lo be a sawtooth wave, and D4 should cate a pedal to sweep the EDR VCO be a triangle wave. for flanging, as well as foot controls for live use. I also Lon O'Bannon need a schematic! I am not the Columbia, MO only EDR owner in the Seattle area with these needs, and we are col lectively seeking this informa AMS-200? tion. I know you are busy but Polyphony is my last hope. A few months ago I ran into an issue of Polyphony and ordered Jim Billington the 12 back issues of DEVICE. I The new Series V Digital/Analog Keyboard Carnation, WA was quite pleased with what I got. Controllers from PAIA offer enough stan Is DEVICE still being run? dard features and options to fill every need Jim — The person you have Also, I'd like to know how from stage to studio. Standard features heard of is probably Keith McMil include Pitch & Modulation Wheels, Gate you solved the problem of convert and Re-trigger outputs, Low Note Rule lan from Zeta Systems (1122 Uni ing a guitar's hex pickup signals Priority, Smooth Pratt-Read Action, Light versity, Berkeley, CA 94702). from frequency to voltage. When I weight and only 2” high. While not affiliated with the saw your articles in DEVICE on the You have your choice of: company that made the units, he is AMS—100, I decided to go poly very familiar with the circuitry phonic and order a hex pickup from • 37 or 61 Note Actions and has come up with some acces Roland; I like the AMS-100 ap • Exponential Or Linear C.V. proach to signal processing, and • MIDI or Parallel Digital sories (such as foot controls) for • Mono or Poly the EDR. A control voltage pedal would like to add VCOs to my set • Factory Assm. or Low Cost Kits is simple: plug a 9 volt battery up. I also intend to integrate into the input of a standard vol Best of all, prices start at less than $180 PAIA's Shepard Function Generator ume pedal (+ to hot, - to ground; into my guitar synth by multiplex call our toll-free line if you're using a battery connec ing the pre-processed hex pickup 1-800-654-8657 tor, red goes to hot and black signals through a series of VCFs 9AM to 5PM CST MON FRI goes to ground). Run a cord from and VCAs. And, whatever happened for price & ordering details the pedal output to the VCO input. to the polyphonic AMS-200? Sweeping the pedal will present a & get your free RAiA catalog! 0 to +9V voltage change at the Mark Davis Direct mail orders and inquiries to: Dept.11 pedal output, sufficient to sweep Marquette, MI the VCO over close to an octave BWV Electronics, Inc. range. 1020 W. W ils h ire , O kla ho m a C ity, OK 73116 ( 405)843 9626 4 Polyphony October 1983 Mark — I am always amazed by as the AMS-200 polyphonic version. and sawtooth wave works? the continuing interest in the I certainly couldn't predict when AMS-100, which was intended as an all this will come about, but it Ronald Parker experimental system. Several peo is something I want to do, and I'm Norcross, GA ple have urged me to update and sure will eventually get done. redesign the AMS-100. While time Ronald — Glad you like the limitations have prevented me from Hyperflange + Chorus, I blew up taking on this large a project, I plenty in the design process so hope to return to it soon.