Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 06:51:37 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000
>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:30:34 -0600
>From: "Adam Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: TDK Digital Music Card 9000
>
>Anyone know where I can get my hands on a TDK DMC9000 for my Libretto?
>
>Thanks for any feedback,
>-Adam
Cool! Very little info on the net for it. It's all in Japanese.
Apparently it's only available in Japan. Looking back in the archives I see
a reference to contacting a company there called Tzone, which I found at:
http://www.tzone.com/
I have Japanese characters set up in my browser, but unfortunately I can't
read Japanese like my friend in CA. Doing a search for TDK DMC9000 only got
me a result page with garbled text. Maybe you could send them email. Let
us know if you get a reply.
Meanwhile... I found a list with mention on it:
RE: PCMCIA Music Cards
Brian wrote: > Yes, I know EMU doesn't sell its card any more. I was
wondering in anyone knew of a dealer that had some in stock. So, is
the DMC9000 still being sold in Japan? If so, can one buy it
mail/internet order from there? Anyone know how to get in touch with
TDK, and suggest they market it worldwide, since no one else makes a
PCMCIA card with decent MIDI? Was EMU buying these cards from TDK,
and re-selling it with their name? I looked up that WAMI box on the
web. Expensive! $600!!
Expensive... he's not kidding! I'll attach info and specs I found to the
bottom here.
BUT... for those not so interested in the MIDI features (man... that's be
nice!) ... I DID find a PCMCIA sound card from EXP for $69 with a stereo
line input. Hmmm maybe something I can make pirate concert recordings with!
But with only a mono mic input... the whole setup with a preamp, mikes,
Lib, soundcard with dangling whatever sounds a bit more clumsy than the
portable DAT I never splurged for. Just not enough concertizing to warrant
it.
For anyone interested... the info on the TDK DMC9000 follows. BTW: Am
waiting for a reply from Kyosuke.
Matt
------------------------------------------------
TDK DMC9000:
4MB General MIDI Sample Wavetable Synthesizer
2MB downloadable RAM (SoundFont Compatible)
16-bit, 44khz Stereo Audio playback and recording
MIDI in/out, S/PDIF digital Output,analog in/out,mic in (for dynamic mic)
with MABOX
Multiple Levels of Enjoyment with Desk-Top Music (DTM), Internet Phone.
The Digital Music Card Enjoy music at leisure using headphones or active
speakers. You can also input or play back using a MIDI keyboard.
Digital recording on MD (MiniDisc) or DAT (Digital Audio Tape).
(Using anoptical digital cable)
Internet phone is possible with full duplex. (Modem/TA needs to be purchased
separately.)
The sound on the DMC9000 is CD quality (44.1kHz/16 bit).
If you connect from your notebook PC to headphones or active speakers using
either the MIDI or WAVE standards, you can listen to quality sound at
leisure.
If you use it together with a modem or TA (Terminal Adapter), you can also
have high quality playback of the BGM (Background Music) on Internet home
pages or music files you have downloaded.
You can use it for MD.
There is an optical digital output in the multi-access box (Mabox) which is
included.
By connecting it to an audio system, such as an MD component system, that is
optical digital input ready, you can enjoy powerful sound with low noise
levels.
In addition, as you can do direct digital editing on MD recorders, your
notebook PC can become a new digital source for original MDs.
Desk-Top Music (DTM) becomes possible.
The DMC9000 is configured for GM sound sources, and being a card type, it
can reproduce 32 simultaneous sounds/16 multi-timbres.
By connecting it to a MIDI instrument or sound source, you can enjoy
full-scale DTM.
By adding on either commercially available or your own sound fonts, the
possibilities for composing or arranging get wider.
Sound Fonts (Sampler Capabilities) The GM standard specifies preset tones
and arrangements for the piano, guitar etc., but sound fonts make it
possible to include whatever sounds one likes, add it on as a tone, and play
it freely.
Sound fonts are easy to use whether they are home-produced such as voices or
come from commercially available sound font CD-ROMs. (The DMC9000 includes
the software necessary to produce sound fonts.)
Internet Phoning is possible.
Since it conforms to the full duplex standard, you can use the DMC9000
together with a modem or TA for Internet phoning, making international
calls, and conferencing possible.
Product Contents
Digital Music Card (body), Mabox (Multi-Access Box), two 3.5" HD floppy
disks, one CD-ROM, two manuals, various intro-packs, TDK user registration
postcard/guarantee card, and two other user registration cards.
Included Software (two 3.5" HD floppy disks)
Driver for Windows 95 : Driver to use the Digital Music Card in Windows 95.
HI-RO Player 95 for TDK: Multimedia Player (Player for MIDI, WAVE, and AVI
files).
Included Software (one CD-ROM)
Singer Song Writer Lite, SF Player, SF Maker, SF Sample Data, HotWav for
TDK, Demo tunes using HyperGroove GM, and Recomposer 95 Release 2 (trial
version)
DoReMi BOX for TDK, SiNGle, Music Navigator, Karaoke Station 2, and Piano
Master (trial version)
NIFTY-Manager, PC-VAN Navigator, MIDI LINK Navigator, Microsoft Internet
Explorer Ver. 3.02, and Microsoft NetMeeting
Operating Environment
Environment for Windows 95 operation. A minimum of 2MB in hard disk space is
necessary (this without the CD-ROM applications). CPU: i486 DX2 at 50MHz or
more (Pentium is recommended). Memory: more than 12MB of RAM (more than 16MB
is recommended).
If you need more information about DMC9000,
please contact with me.
TDK homepage(Japanese)
http://www.tdk.co.jp
Kyosuke Takahashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
**************************************************************
http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list
http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ
-------TO UNSUBSCRIBE-------
Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be
addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text
on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe
--------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------
Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest
**************************************************************
