Dave Platt wrote:
> In article <4823a2ee$0$12942$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> 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.
Thanks for the link.
>
>> 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 doubt it, you have to go into the control panel and into the
audio/MIDI devices tab to find "Creative Music Synth [220]"
>
>> 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.
Yup, Creative Technology are stubborn feces.
>
> 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).
Yamaha is a lot friendlier than Creative Technology. Sadly for me, there
is a good chance that Creative Technology made modifications to the OPL3
[which affect audio characteristics] before soldering it onto their SB16
ISA cards.
>
> 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.
Yeah, after 9/11, we gotta be careful what they say. Damn CIA/NSA
scumbags. Using 9-11 as an excuse to mistreat American citizens and
invade their privacies.
The following is OT but I'll post it anyway. Read about the horrors
perpetrated by the NSA/CSS against US citizens:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.2600/browse_frm/thread/152d17249e3e53ef/349fa4c99142f19b?hl=en&lnk=st&q=glucegen1%40excite.com+nsa#
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics/browse_frm/thread/d3d662b66b41c0ee/b795548431f58b42?hl=en&lnk=st&q=glucegen1%40excite.com+nsa#b795548431f58b42
Careful, though. It has bad words.
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