jj wrote:

> Approx. how much does it cost to upgrade a Synclavier II system to
> MIDI?

It depends on the size of your cabinet.  Most likely too much (as with
everything concerning the Synclavier). Call Mitch Marcoulier at (818)
996 - 3024

> Also, if I just bought a 16 voice model, is it worth upping to
> 32?

Not really.  You will have to find the exact card set that matches your
current voice cards (3 different types).  Then you would pay someone
much money to have them installed.  Otherwise you could find another used
Synclavier II system for the same price as an upgrade (really!)

> My basic question is: I'm just now, 20 years late, entering the
> Synclavier world (I can finally afford one!)  What is the optimum system
> I can upgrade to (that you would recommend)?

Let's answer this in two parts.  First, 96 poly stereo voices, 32 FM stereo
voices, 256 meg per poly bin for 768 meg of ram, 16 outputs, Time
Compression Option, 16 tracks, Stereo Sampling at 100 KHZ,
Velocity/Pressure Keyboard, PowerPC PCI hardware, Release 4.30 software,
all major libraries, PowerMac 450 MT, 6x9 gig hard drives, etc.  (The
memory alone would cost $40,000)...

Recommended: 32 poly voices, 32 FM, 8 tracks DtoD, Keyboard, 32 Meg Ram.

The Real Trick is keeping your machine working!!!

> Thanks for your time!  So the N.E.D. T-shirts are for sale?  The Never
> Ever Dies sounds cool... are they silkscreened?
>
> JJ

The lettering on this shirt is "transferred".  Not those big ugly letters
(for 10 cents a piece) but professionally typeset and heat transferred.
Looks really sharp on Black, Blue, Grey or Green.  I wear them all the
time.
 

Brandon Amison 
Synclavier Guru 
Yaking Cat Music Studios 
and Synclavier Assistance 
http://home.earthlink.net/~yaking/ 
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