Phasor is a stereo music, sound and speech synthesizer created by
Applied Engineering
Applied Engineering, headquartered in Carrollton, TX, was a leading third-party hardware vendor for the Apple II series of computers from the early 1980s until the mid-1990s.
History
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In its day ...
for the
Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-m ...
family of computers. Consisting of a
sound card
A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs. The term ''sound card'' is also applied to external audio i ...
and a set of related software, the Phasor system was designed to be compatible with most software written for other contemporary Apple II cards, including the Sweet Micro Systems
Mockingboard
The Mockingboard (a pun on "Mockingbird") is a sound card for the Apple II series of microcomputers built by Sweet Micro Systems, which improve on the Apple II's limited sound capabilities.
In 1981, Sweet Micro Systems began designing products ...
,
ALF's Apple Music Synthesizer,
Echo+
In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the lis ...
and Applied Engineering's earlier card
Super Music Synthesizer.
References
;Notes
Phasor Manual
External links
Applied Engineering 1986 Summer/Fall Catalog. Phasor appears on page 12Applied Engineering 1987 Summer/Fall Catalog. Phasor appears on page 17Applied Engineering 1988 Spring/Summer Catalog. Phasor appears on page 23Applied Engineering 1989 Winter/Spring Catalog. Phasor appears on page 22Wiki for Reactive Micro's modern reproductions
Apple II peripherals
Apple II software
Sound cards
Speech synthesis
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