Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:14:16 -0600 From: "Adam Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000
Anyone who is japanese want to buy it for me and ship it to me? I'll pay extra for your troubles. -Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > 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. 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