Hi Bill,
Thanks for your input on synths. However, by my experience, I am not
convinced that this is the case for all of us. (I'm still using a 133
Pentium with a video card which is just passable, remember.)
Although good improvements have been made to Keynote and it is now
relatively stable for many, it seems to depend upon one's computer and
configuration just how stable it is. It is still prone to cut out on our
laptop when a lot of processing has to be done and, before I get shot down
in flames again for this message, let me add that of course it may be due
to laptop settings that I personally have been unable to resolve and not
the direct fault of the Keynote synth itself.
However, whatever the reason, for me the software synths are still not as
sbable as I would like to see them. Well, once HJ has done something with
the CTRL-ALT-DEL combination I shall probably feel a little better - more
in control of the crashes - but that's it for now.
--
Carol Pearson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 15:30 22/01/99 -0500, bill cameron wrote:
>carol as a user of 2 software synths, keynote and dec talk access 32, i can
>tell you that if i was buying a hardward synth, it would be external and
cheap,
>like the spirit from artic that cost 300 dollars but it emulates an accent
so
>it shall work down the road in n t.
>software speech provides great quality voice while the cheaper synth
provides
>access in all enviroments.
>
>if i had to buy internal i would also combine double talk with access 32.
>the only reason for buying internal is if i did not have a irq available
in the
>system.
>reason for combineing access 32 with double talk is that access 32 shall
work
>in windows n t as well.
>
>now if i where poor, i would go software only and with out a doubt the
synth i
>bought would be the keynote software synth, also called multmedia.
>
>by the way it is extremely stable in every respect, and for the last
month it
>is all i am using.
>reason being i pulled my hardware synth out of old system to install in new
>system.
>
>no problems, since they released their second version or upgrade, really was
>bug patches about 6 months back.
>also if the user uses a dos screen reader that supports the keynote soft
synth
>then dos box access is still possible.
>
>so keynote is the best software synth that i have used in the win 9 x
>enviroment, of course their are many i have not used
>
>one other thing, if keynote does run into a problem its a good thang jfw
>provides a back up software synth.
>
>the only down side to the keynote is that it does not work in win n t.
>
>bill
>
>
>
>At 01:09 PM 1/22/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>
>>Well, I don't like the idea of internal software synths only. I think
>>there's rather more work to be done before I'd be entirely happy without my
>>Dectalk Express. Even the best of the software synths are not so stable
>>(certainly with 95) and I still like nipping to DOS now and again. I guess
>>if I move to NT that won't be an option anyway.
>>
>>I guess what I really want to say is that I still feel we should be
>>encouraging HJ and makers of synthersizers to continue to make improvements
>>here as the software synths are just not totally up to it yet.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Carol Pearson
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>At 11:00 22/01/99 +1100, Sean Murphy wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I will answer your two questions in the quoted message below. My
>>>comments are preceded by SM:.
>>>
>>>>>> "Tim Culhane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 21/January/1999 10:40pm >>>
>>>What is the reason for this?
>>>SM: If you mean why internal synths will have a short life spand in
>>>computerrs, the answer is very simple. NT at this point of time does
>>>not have any ssill drivers. Until Arkenstone brings out NT drivers,
>>>you wil not get your Internal synths to work. Yes, you could sya that
>>>JFW or any other screen reader should develop their own drivers. But
>>>they will not do so because new computers will not have any ISA slots
>>>in them. ISA slots are being phased out. Also software synthesizers
>>>are becoming more common and cost less. Using Australian prices, the
>>>cost of a Dectalk PC or Express is around the $1500 and the Dectalk
>>>Access 32 is about $400 and if you buy a cheap sound card, you are
>>>looking about $100. A total of $500, which means I save $1000. In
>>>other words, the main stream market is seeing the advantages of
>>>software speech and this will completely change the way that synths
>>>are sold.
>>>
>>>Will there be an alternative?
>>>SM: Software synths are the replacement.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Sean.
>>>-
>>>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
>>>
>>
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