19931114 A3: Installer

Satie Basic Specifications:

19930901 Seer Satie Service
19930901 A2: Wave Out development

Seer Systems delivers to Intel the first GM software synthesizer, for 486DX (integer-class) cpus.

Music-Driven Allocation patent claim assigned to Intel

19930827 Intel Development extension #1: Added pitch variables, modulation.

19930716 Variable Synthesizer Resource Allocation patent claim assigned to Intel

19930601 Intel Satie v1 Delivered:

This was an astounding achievement. Thought the contract started on Jan 1, we didi not actually get the specified equipment until the end of February. So, in only four months we created the world’s first commercial software synthesizer. It could blow away the Sound Blaster, but wasn’t quite yet fully GM.

Satie Architecture:

Status reports:

19930224 Satie User’s Guide v13:

At this time we were still waiting for Intel’s Corsair workstations. Eventually I had the same development systems as everyone else and my intent was to grit my teeth and code at the higher levels of the user interface and work downwards. It never happened; real-world business issues burgeoned as my wonderful counterpart Ralph Smith and I surfed the ebb and flow of corporate realities.

My operation had 4 people; his 4000. Thus while needing to learn to leave him time, I was always pained to have to remind him of something. When visiting, I got a better idea of how well-handled we actually were: he confessed to my noting over 300 unanswered e-mails on his machine.