Replay Professional was a sound
sampling product for the
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985 and was widely available in July. It was the first pers ...
. This was released in 1988.
It consisted of a cartridge which interfaced an
analog to digital converter (with 10, 12 and 14 bit variants) and software.
It included a suite of offline
DSP
DSP may refer to:
Computing
* Digital signal processing, the mathematical manipulation of an information signal
* Digital signal processor, a microprocessor designed for digital signal processing
* Yamaha DSP-1, a proprietary digital signal ...
functions
Fast Fourier transform
A fast Fourier transform (FFT) is an algorithm that computes the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of a sequence, or its inverse (IDFT). Fourier analysis converts a signal from its original domain (often time or space) to a representation in th ...
, a range of filters, so called fast (
IRR) and slow (
FIR
Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family (biology), family Pinaceae. They are found on mountains throughout much of North America, North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The ...
) filters],
Music sequencer, MIDI sequencing and a
drum machine.
Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then rele ...
s were a relatively new consumer product at that time, and the front cover used CD-like artwork, although no CD media was included and the programs themselves came on three 3.5 inch
floppy disk
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, or a diskette) is an obsolescent type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined w ...
s.
External links
* {{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309175822/http://mediasrv.ns.ac.yu/extra/fileformat/sound/avr/avr.txt , date=March 9, 2007 , title=AVR (Audio Visual Research) sound format - the file format used for the samples
Atari ST Replay 16: Atari Mania
Gallery
Image:Replay_cover_CIMG1210.JPG, Front cover
Image:Replay_back_cover_CIMG1210.JPG, Back cover
Image:Replay_discs_CIMG1210.JPG, Installation discs
Image:Replay_manuals_CIMG1210.JPG, Manuals
Atari ST software