Flame Announces MIDI Talking Synth

Flame has introduced a MIDI Talking Synth module, a small-sized MIDI-controlled sound module based on the analog Speakjet Chip, produced by Magnevation LLC. Originally designed for artificially generated speech, it was then refined and further developed as an 8-bit sound module with speech-like sounds and synthetic robot voices as well as beeps, alarms, noise and retro-style sci-fi sounds. Due to the structure of the Speakjet (with...

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EMI Unveils Plan to Sell Non-DRM Downloads For $1.29

EMI has announced that it plans to sell a large portion of their music catalog without Digital Rights Management (DRM). While this concept has been batted about in recent months, no major label has made such a committment. The non-DRM downloads will sell for $1.29 on iTunes, the industry leading online music store. EMI held a press conference and made the big announcement with Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO who in an open letter to the...

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