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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:
Keywords: MEDIA DISNEY WORLD MGM
Message-ID: <695@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 12 Aug 89 00:54:52 GMT
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To: Famous"
To: Amiga"
To: van-bc!rnews

In <1306@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>, swan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joel Swan) writes:
>_Disney/MGM Studios Epic Park_
>
>      Lake Buene Vista, FL. - Walt Disney World has announced the grand
>opening of the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park here, a sound
>installation of epic proportions.
>
> [much deleted]
>
>      The Master controller for the whole set-up is an Amiga-based
>computer program by Richard Sound Design of Vancouver, Canada.  The
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>program acts as a router/switcher for all the EPROMs as well as a
>whole rack of hardware electronics controlleing the automatic panning
>and routing of EPROM sound effects to the appropriate speakers.
>
>      "A surround sound system provided by Richard literally looks at
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>all the speakers as individual outputs," said Platt, who added that
>there are more than 90 speakers in the entire system, including Meyer
>UPA-1Aa and the new EAW KF-850s, driven by Crest amplifiers, Model
>4001s and 8001s.

  Just for the record, that's Richmond Sound Design, and yes, the program is
amazing. It is written entirely in assembler, and drives the hardware
seamlessy. Charlie Richmond saw the potential of the Amiga when it first
arrived, and contracted two fellows to write the software. I'm glad to see it's
paying off for them.

-larry

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