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Brochure scan in via Brian Kehew. This is the first post to feature Digital Music Systems and the DMX-1010. The following is the description from the scan. I wasn't able to find any info on the company including whether or not they had additional products.
"The DMX-1010 is the most advanced and powerful audio signal processor available today. It contains two computers - an LSI-11 microcomputer and a super-fast DMX-1000 digital audio signal processor. MUSIC-1000 software allows this system to be programmed easily in an intuitive way for almost any synthesis or processing task.
Features
- Real-time digital synthesis and processing of sound
- User-Oriented software makes system fast and easy to use
- Flexible enough to do any type of audio signal processing
- 16-bit converters and arithmetic for ultra-high fidelity
- Stereo input and output - expandable to quad
- Price competitive with other systems that do only limited synthesis
For Synthesis
Features
Units include:
Oscillators
- generate any waveform
- waveform tables up to 2048 16-bit words
- interpolation between waveform table values may be specified
- double-precision (32-bit) phase accumulation may be specified
White noise generators
Variable high-pass, low-pass and band-pass filters
Reverberent comb filters and all-pass filters
Line-segment, exponential-segment and arbitrary-function envelopes
Frequency modulation, amplitude modulation, phase modulation and ring modulation
Table lookup
MUSIC 1000 allows programmable control and connection of these software units with control and audio signals.
Ultra-high fidelity — 16-bit arithmetic is standard. 32-bit arithmetic may be used when required. 16-bit A/D and D/A converters.
Real-time user inputs - 10 knobs, 5 switches and a foot pedal — may be used to control any synthesis parameters while sound is being generated or processed.
For Sound Processing
The DMX-1010 is a real-time digital audio signal processor and can replace virtually all of the signal-processing units found in a recording studio, including:
- delay lines
- phasers
- flangers
- tape echo units
- reverb units
- graphic and parametric equalizers
- compressors
- limiters
The DMX-1010 Includes:
DMX-1000 Signal Processing Computer
Two channels of audio input (A/D conversion)
Two channels of audio output (D/A conversion)
4K x 16-bit data memory
64K x 16-bit delay memory
PDP-11/03 Computer
64 Kbyte memory
VT-100 terminal
Dual 8” double-density floppy disk drives — 1
Mbyte total capacity
Real-Time Control Panel
10 knobs and 5 switches
Footpedal jack
MUSIC-1000 and DEC RT-11 Software
The DMX-1010 is a complete turnkey system containing all the hardware and software necessary for audio synthesis and processing.
DMX-101 Price
April 1982 is $35,300.00 U.S.”
