Waveform Designer
Kevin Doyle
Distribution of the SoundSculptures Waveform Designer (reviewed in AMPLINEX
004) has been disrupted recently due to the rise in price of EPROMs, according
to Jonty Stockdale, the designer of the software. He said that he had delayed
production of the latest batch whilst trying to find a cheaper source of blank
EPROMs but had now decided to buy at the more expensive price. The backlog of
orders should be cleared within the next week.
The higher costs mean that, in future, the software package
(which consists of a floppy disc, ROM and manual) will cost £31.00 - an
increase of £2.00. The delivery time should be a maximum of 21 days.
Mr Stockdale also stressed that the software would currently
only work with the BBC Model B, but that he was working on a new version which
would be compatible with the BBC B+ and Master. This should be available by September.
The Wave Designer is available from:
Mr J Stockdale
7 Newhey Road
Cheadle
Cheshire SK8 2AQ
7 Newhey Road
Cheadle
Cheshire SK8 2AQ
priced £31.00 including postage and packing.
Fatal Diseases cassette
Roy Follett
AMPLINEX 004 contained an advertisement submitted by one of
our members for an audio tape of music using, amongst other instruments, the Music
5000. Intrigued by this, I asked for and was sent a review copy.
I wish now that I had not done so. I do not want to appear
uncharitable but, although I appreciate the amount of work that went into the
production of this cassette, the lyrics hit a very low low.
The titles themselves set out to offend, for example:
'Rap' an everyday story of constipation, domestic accidents
and wild perverted sex
or
'Mr Trousers', a classical operetta about a man with a huge
willy
or
'Vomit tastes like Weetabix' a smooth jazz ditty about cat
produce.
To move on, I liked the music. With one or two exceptions,
most of it was very inventive with the Music 5000 being detectable. Being on
audio tape one is not able examine the production as AMPLE users normally do,
but must do it aurally. In case I was too old in the tooth to appreciate this production
as a whole, I asked my son to listen and give his opinions.
These are few of them:
'Lager frenzy'. Alright, but rather spoilt by unnecessary
sound effects.
'Hot sausage merchant'. Messy.
'Fatal diseases'. This one is OK but I kept waiting for
something to happen.
'Juxtaposition'. Ditto.
'Rap'. Ditto
'Till the end of time'. Several orders of magnitude better.
Several changes of tempo made this much better.
I wonder why this cassette was made; was it to entertain the
listener or was it an exercise in self-indulgence by the performers?
What else can I say, I've tried to like this production. But
I cannot.
The cassette 'Fatal Diseases' is available from:
Mike Dobson (Promotions Manager)
63 Galsworthy Road
Goring-by-Sea
Worthing
West Sussex BN12 4UP
63 Galsworthy Road
Goring-by-Sea
Worthing
West Sussex BN12 4UP
for £2.50.
A new cassette titled 'Beastiality Blasphemy Bondage Buggery
Blood' is also available for £3.50.
Published in AMPLINEX 006, July 1988
