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Fooling the Natives
By Jim Heyworth

Jim Heyworth wrote to me Saturday:

> I just downloaded the "Painting the Town...." file, Unzipped
> it, Double-clicked it, and  W O W !!  The very next thing I
> absolutely had to do was plug the SoundBlaster into a _real_
> amplifier.  Amazing!
>
> I am a long way from being a band organ expert, but to my ears
> you guys have done a very credible simulation and the music is
> right on the money.  I am tempted to tape it and take it with me
> tomorrow when I visit friends for Easter dinner.  One of them
> grew up in Holland and loves the band organ ... I kinda wonder
> what he'll say.  Naturally I'll wait for his comments before I
> tell him it's a modern arrangement and the music is synthetic....
>
> Big congratulations are due to you and your team for an excellent
> production!

And here's the reaction of the Hollander:

> Well, he remarked what a nice-sounding band organ it is.  When I
> told him the "secret" he couldn't believe it!  He had all sorts
> of questions about how I got that sound out of a computer!
>
> Chalk up another success!
>
> Jim Heyworth in Sechelt B.C.



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