One Stop Music Shop Company Blue Ribbon Soundworks, USA   Date 1992   Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000   Interface Zorro II   Autoconfig ID 2161 / 2 MIDI interface and wavetable based on E-Mu System's Proteus 1 MIDI Sound Engine it's an independent computer with a 68000 @ 10MHz 128 kB Operating System ROM 64 kB static RAM 4 MB of 16 bit General MIDI samples in ROM, over 210 sampled sounds and waveforms a large number of configurable parameters allow a lot of flexibility in the sound: velocity control, pitch bend, adjustable tuning, and a choice of scale temperament no built in effects (they are produced by software) 16 bit sampled stereo synth which is both polyphonic and polytimbral, so multiple instruments can be played simultaneously, up to its limit of 32 internal channels some instruments need multiple internal channels the Proteus is mounted as a daughterboard and interfaced to the Amiga via one port of a DUART the other DUART port provides a built in MIDI interface 1x MIDI In 1x MIDI Out expandable to three separate MIDI outs with the optional Triple Play Plus upgrade stereo output (two RCA plugs) bundled with Bars & Pipes Pro, supported by SoundJam when the editor is first started, it has to read the entire configuration from the hardware, which takes about 20 seconds works together with the Sunrize series: using Blue Ribbon's SyncPro (SMPTE Generator), both the AD1012 or AD516 and B&P Pro will lock to SMPTE, independently Photo front side front side back side