In article <4823a2ee$0$12942$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Green Xenon [Radium] <glucegen1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi:
>
>Creative Music Synth is my favorite soundcard-MIDI-synth.
>
>Sadly for me, Creative Technology does not want to talk about Creative
>Music Synth. I've contacted them in almost any way, shape, and form but
>not gotten any good info.
You'd probably be *much* better off if you go back one step further in
the technology chain. Skip Creative entirely, and go right to the
people who developed the chips and drivers used to create this synth
that you love so much - Yamaha.
See http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp_opl3.html
for a project for creating a
modern MIDI synthesizer, using the very same Yamaha OPL FM-
synthesis chips that you're so fond of. They've got links to a large
amount of data about FM synthesis, including copies of the datasheets
for some of the Yamaha chips.
> I rarely get a response and when I do, it's
>usually crap. They told me, SB PCI 128 and Ensoniq contains Creative
>Music Synth. I already knew they were wrong because one of my friends
>has both those cards. I've checked the MIDI output for both those cards
>-- no Creative Music Synth. Creative Technology are a bunch of liars.
I suspect that "Creative Music Synth" is entirely a marketing term -
it means whatever Creative wants it to mean, and is *NOT* limited to
meaning what you personally feel that it ought to mean.
>I feel like ...
Flamage snipped.
I think that you should do three things, Radium.
The first, is that you should study FM synthesis yourself, based on the
large amount of easily-available documentation and the other projects
being put together by FM synthesis aficiandos like yourself. Don't
get all huffy, and expect Creative to disclose their own intellectual
property to you for free (or at all). They don't owe it to you, or
anyone else, to do so. Do your own homework.
The second, is that you should consult a good lawyer. That lawyer may
be able to help you figure out which aspects of FM synthesis are now
in the public domain (and which you could use freely), and which
aspects are still covered under patents by Yamaha or others (and which
you might not be able to use without licensing).
While you're at it, ask the lawyer to explain to you just why making
explicit public threats of torture, death, stalking, and other
nastiness are a Really Bad Idea, and how very unpleasant you would
likely find it to be hauled in by the authorities for making same.
The third, is to consult your doctor, and get your medications adjusted.
--
Dave Platt <dplatt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> AE6EO
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