“For 25 years, the Editors’ Choice Awards have recognized the best music production technology for artists, producers, and engineers. This year, in honor of our anniversary, we’re expanding our focus—in addition to honoring the year’s best new innovations, we’re also paying tribute to game-changing products that have shaped the way we make music.

Seer Systems Reality has been selected for a 2017 Electronic Musician Editors’ Choice Legacy Award.”

February 2017 p.20

Deepest thanks to Electronic Musician, who similarly honored Reality’s release in 1998. The Legacy Award article appears on-line and in their NAMM edition, February 2017.

Reality Check:

www.buildorbuy.org: “Wavetable & Software Synthesizers”

20021001 Reality 1.56 STILL Gets you Genuine Sondius® Modeling:

Reality 1.56 is still the most affordable way to program authentic Sondius® physical models, as well as modal synthesis referred to in recent magazine articles. Example instrument designer’s station: PIII (600-800 MHz), Windows 98, Reality, and a S/PDIF output card. Cost: $<1000.

9910 SURREAL KEYBD AD
9910 CANADIAN MUSICIAN CVR
9910 CANADIAN MUSICIAN TBL
1999.10 Game Developer Ad

1999.09 www.prorec.com: Reality
1999.09 www.prorec.com: SurReal

1999.09.15 SurReal Mix Oct.
AES mention

Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 95 or Windows 98
CPUs: Intel Pentium II; AMD K5 (reduced performance)
CPU Speed: 133 MHz (200 MHz for capture)
Memory: 40 Mb, 64 Mb recommended
Drives: Hard drive with 20Mb free space, CD for retail installation.

Audio output: virtually any audio card with DirectSound drivers. Select SoundBlaster output emulation if possible. (Use the demo downloads to test functionality.)

Partial list of supported sound cards: all Creative Labs; Ensoniq Audio PCI; E-mu Creation Studio; Turtle Beach MultiSound Pinnacle, Fiji, Daytona, Malibu, Tahiti, Monterey; Terratec EWS64L; Guillemot MAXIsound; Creamware Triple DAT; Hoontech Sound Track series; AVM Apex and Summit SST.

Note regarding laptops: if your laptop has operating DirectSound drivers but produces stuttered output, try to defeat the “Advanced Power Management” feature. {all ® or ™ as appropriate}

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SeerMusic Downloads:

All downloads place an .exe on your desktop.
To explore SeerMusic™ all you need is the Remixer. After installation, go to the “SeerMusic” page
Seer reMixer Engine [18.1Mb]

Reality is the professional synthesizer and one of the very few ways in the universe of accessing genuine Sondius physical modeling. The Reality Manual is in the archive at 1999.08. For compelling fidelity try to access its output digitally (for example, via S/PDIF).
Reality 1.5 Demo [7.8Mb]

SurReal is the playback-oriented workhorse:
SurReal Demo (small) [3.5Mb]
SurReal Demo (large) [18.6Mb]

1999.08.01 Reality 1.5 Review; Game Developer: 4 stars

1999.08.01 SurReal review Computer Music (UK)-gushing

1999.08.15 SurReal Review; Eq Sept (anderton)

9809 Logo for new boxes
98 Reality cover; Version 1.5 cover retained the eyes

that is, Creative got product up to $200; we had the product above that.

1997.05 Music & Computers (mention)
970530 SYNTH HEAVEN REALITY / KORG