Sorry, I've obviously missed the start of this issue. Are you saying that
sampling to HD is patented and no one can develop software that has this
functionality?


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> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:43:16 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
>
> >>Benno's disk sampler evo? would be cool :)
> >
> >yeah, it would, except that all of its developers have vanished off
> >the face of the earth and nothing has happened to it in at least 6
> >months. not to mention that the hard part - designing and building a
> >GUI - wasn't even started. at least we could get inspiration from
>
> Well being one of those people I guess I should speak up and debunk
> the nasty rumor that I have "vanished off the face of the earth"
> before it spreads.  I'm just happen to be in lurker mode now.
>
> Since we are on the subject guess now is a good time to yap about the
> current status.  Or lack of current status perhaps.
>
> My last contact withs benno (who has the sampler code) was last
> summer when I help provide him with some samples for demo he did at
> LinuxTag.  He mentioned that he has worked on the sampler code and
> has improved it some but hasn't made another release yet.
>
> Further on the sampler side.  I have purchased the patent and
> challenge history for both of the patents held by Conexant and
> Nemesis for a computer/disk based sampler.  The patents are very
> broad and IMHO very bogus.


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