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12 expansions found
A.M.A.S
Manufacturer
Microdeal, UK
Date
1988
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
parallel port, serial port
    Sound Sampler
  • A.M.A.S - Advanced MIDI Amiga Sampler
  • digitises audio in 8 bit stereo
  • sampling rate: ≤28 kHz (mono), ≤25 kHz (stereo)
  • stereo playback with up to 28 kHz
  • samples are stored in up to 8 memory banks, up to 10 stereo samples per bank
  • load and save in RAW or IFF
  • audio connections:
    • 1× stereo input (2× RCA), sensitivity 0.8 V
    • 1× microphone input (3.5mm jack), sensitivity 25 mV
    • 1× MIDI In
    • 1× MIDI Out
    • 1× MIDI Through
  • up to four mono or two stereo voice polyphonic MIDI operation
  • samples can be mapped across MIDI channel range
  • each sample can be assigned to a MIDI note value
  • supports frequency shifting (-1 or +2 octaves)
  • split and assign MIDI keyboard (up to 10 splits)
  • edit functions: Cut, Paste, Mix, Fade In/Out, Filter, Shrink Volume Up/Down, Stereo FX
  • spectrum analyzer and two oscilloscopes
  • connects to the Amiga via the parallel and serial ports
  • specific A1000 and A500/A2000 versions available
Photos
Microdeal A.M.A.S - front side
front side
Microdeal A.M.A.S - rear side
rear side
Microdeal A.M.A.S - without cover rear side
without cover, rear side
Microdeal A.M.A.S - without cover front side
without cover, front side
Manual
Driver / Installation Disk
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1988-11

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1991-07

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1991-09

Clarity 16
Manufacturer
Microdeal / HiSoft, UK
Date
1997
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
parallel port, serial port
  • 16 bit stereo soundsampler
  • up to 44.1 kHz sampling rate
  • can play up to four samples simultaneously on an A1200, only one on an A500
  • audio connections:
    • 1 stereo input (2× RCA)
    • 1 stereo output (2× RCA)
    • 1 MIDI In
    • 1 MIDI Out
  • there's no audio mixer for the Amiga audio output
  • the hardware and the bundled sampler software lacks an input volume slider
  • the sampling software does not output anything while sampling - it cannot be monitored when to start and stop the recording
  • connects to the Amiga via the parallel and serial ports
  • AHI driver
Photos
Microdeal / HiSoft Clarity 16 - Exterior front side
Exterior, front side
Microdeal / HiSoft Clarity 16 - Exterior rear side
Exterior, rear side
Microdeal / HiSoft Clarity 16 - Case opened front side
Case opened, front side
Microdeal / HiSoft Clarity 16 - Exterior top side
Exterior, top side
Microdeal / HiSoft Clarity 16 - Exterior bottom side
Exterior, bottom side
Driver / Installation Disk
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1993-10

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1993-12

Communicator I & II
Manufacturer
Eureka, Netherlands
Date
1994
Amiga
CD32
Interface
AUX port
  • links the CD32 to the serial port of any Amiga
  • allows the Amiga to see the CD32 as a standard CD-ROM, though it provides painfully slow data transfers compared to a locally installed CD drive
  • connects to the CD32 Aux port
  • MIDI-In, MIDI-Out, MIDI-Thru connectors
  • the MIDI ports are accessible from the Amiga side too
  • three status LEDs showing MIDI Recieve, CD32 Send and Host Send
  • the control pad emulates the mouse
  • Scala driver - controls audio or video CD playback
    Communicator I
  • serial cable belongs to the Communicator unit
  • data rates up to 115200 bps (default is 9600, reliable up to 76800)
  • A2000 keyboard connector
  • Lite version lacks the MIDI and keyboard connectors
    Communicator II
  • serial cable is detachable with an RJ11 (telephone type) connector
  • data rates up to 210000 bps
  • more reliable transfers
  • better compatibility with ISO-9660 CDs
  • A2000 and A4000 keyboard connectors
  • Lite version lacks the MIDI and keyboard connectors and the status LEDs
Photos
Eureka Communicator I & II - front side
front side

IOExtender
Manufacturer
Great Valley Products, USA
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2017 / 11
    serial and parallel interface
  • one DB25 parallel port
  • two buffered DB9 serial ports
  • 1-614400 bps serial transfer speed
  • ST16C552 interface chip with 16 byte buffer
  • MIDI sub-port for optional MIDI expansion box - 1 IN, 3 Out, 1 Thru
  • expansion port for optional RS422 or second RS232 kit
  • parallel port can be set to be Amiga or IBM compatible
    • Amiga: 5V supplied on pin 14
    • IBM: no power supplied
  • works together with G-Force parallel ports
  • supports multiple IOExtenders in one machine
  • not compatible with ParNet
  • supported by Linux
Photos
Great Valley Products IOExtender - front side
front side
Great Valley Products IOExtender - front side
front side
Great Valley Products IOExtender - back side
back side
Driver / Installation Disk
Vintage Advert

Advert (US)
1998-05

Advert (US)
1999-03

Advert (US)
1992-11

Advert (FR)
1993-06

Advert (US)
1993-11

Advert (US)
1994-04

Microdeal Midi Interface
Manufacturer
Microdeal, UK
Date
1991
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
serial port
No description available.

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1991-07

MIDI-STAR
Manufacturer
Spirit Technology, USA
Date
1989
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
serial port
    MIDI Interface
  • offers 2× MIDI In and 6× MIDI Out/Off/Through
  • each port with switch control and status LED
  • two separate selectable operational modes
    • Mode 1: Any In to 6 Out/Off/Through
    • Mode 2: First In to 3 Out/Off/Through, Second In to 3 Out/Off/Through
  • connects to the Amiga via the serial port with pass-through
  • metal chassis
  • internal power supply
Manual
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1988-11

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1989-12

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1990-03

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1990-03

One-Stop Music Shop
Manufacturer
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
Photos
Blue Ribbon Soundworks One-Stop Music Shop - front side
front side
Blue Ribbon Soundworks One-Stop Music Shop - back side
back side
Blue Ribbon Soundworks One-Stop Music Shop - front side
front side
Driver / Installation Disk
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1992-11

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1993-01

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1993-04

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1994-03

Prelude
Manufacturer
Albrecht Computer Technik, Germany
Date
1997
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
16945 / 1
    Crystal Semiconductor Sound Codec 4231A
  • 5510-64000 Hz frequency range
  • ALaw, uLaw, ADPCM compression / decompression
  • MPC Level 2 compatible mixer
  • dual DMA registers support full duplex operation
  • two onchip FIFO buffers for higher performance
  • selectable Serial Audio Data Port
  • two channel simultaneous playback (simple stereo signal)
  • unlike a DSP, this chip is designed solely for handling audio, it cannot for example, off-load your CPU when playing back an 8+ channel ScreamTracker file
    connectors
  • LINE
    • can be routed to the ADC and to the onboard mixer
    • normally used for recording line level signals
  • MIC
    • can only be routed to the ADC, not to the mixer
    • used for recording only - signal may be line or mic level
  • AUX1
    • can be routed to the ADC and the onboard mixer
    • used for recording or mixing the audio output of a CD-ROM drive or the MPEGit MPEG audio decoder expansion module
  • AUX2
    • can only be routed to the mixer - cannot be used for recording
    • recommended for mixing with the Amiga output
    • after a reset when the card is not initialized by the mixer program, LINE out is muted and the source connected to AUX2 can only be sent to the mono output
  • OUT
    • goes to stereo system
    notes
  • 15 pin D-SUB connector for the customizable adaptor - when ordering, the type of connector can be chosen for each input (e.g. RCA, 1/4" phone plug , 1/8" phone plug
  • mixing means that the signal of that input can be mixed to the output along with other inputs, and the sound generated by the codec itself
  • recording means direct recording to RAM or hard disk from that input and also using it for digital realtime effects
  • 40 pin (male) expansion bus connector for expansion modules
    • Rombler - wavetable / MIDI interface
    • MPEG-it! - MPEG audio decoder supporting Layer II & III streams
    • Arpeggiator - digital input / output (S/P-DIF) for DAT, CD, MiniDisc, etc.
  • full duplex 16 bit audio sampling, mixing and playback
  • sampling and playback rates up to 64 kHz even on 68000
  • EMI filtering and double surge protection
    software
  • Realtime F/X; u-law, A-law, ADPCM encoder / decoder; Surround Decoder; Mixer (adjusts the level of each input); tapedeck (recording one of three inputs at a time); Dub! full duplex recorder (record and playback a file at the same time); AHI
  • optional Samplitude 3.0 or AudioLab16
  • AHI driver
Photos
Albrecht Computer Technik Prelude - front side
front side
Albrecht Computer Technik Prelude - back side
back side
Albrecht Computer Technik Prelude - front side
front side
Albrecht Computer Technik Prelude - back side
back side
Driver / Installation Disk

Rombler
Manufacturer
Albrecht Computer Technik, Germany
Date
1998
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
    MIDI and wavetable interface
  • extends Prelude with MIDI In and Out ports
  • provides interface for a single board synthesiser with DSP effects such as the Yamaha DB50XG, Roland SCM55 or WaveBlaster CT190
  • generally it supports any add-on wavetables which fit the 26 pin feature connector of a SoundBlaster
  • a DB15 connector carries the MIDI signals - an adaptor (gameport - MIDI cable) converts this into five standard DIN sockets
  • audio is output to the AUX1 channel of Prelude's sound mixer, otherwise reserved for CD-ROM audio
  • there's no way to record the digital synth output without looping it back into Prelude's analogue inputs
  • there's no access to the DSP effects for anything except wavetable sound
  • the MIDI output shares the same port as the wavetable card - distinct channels have to be assigned for internal and external instruments
  • supplied with CAMD driver software
  • supported by Samplitude Opus
Photos
Albrecht Computer Technik Rombler - front side
front side
Albrecht Computer Technik Rombler - back side
back side

The Phantom
Manufacturer
Dr.T's Music Software, USA
Date
1990
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
serial port
    SMPTE synchronizer and MIDI interface
  • synchronizes the sequencing program with the audio or video tape
  • 1× SMPTE in
  • 1× SMPTE out
  • 1× MIDI in
  • 2× MIDI out
  • reads and writes all standard SMPTE formats including 24, 25, 30, 30 drop frame
  • crosstalk and dropout protection
  • compatible with Dr.T's KCS and Level II, Bars & Pipes
  • serial passthrough connector
  • LED indicating SMPTE Lock
  • on/off switch
  • developed by Computer Crossware Labs
Photos
Dr.T's Music Software The Phantom - top side
top side
Dr.T's Music Software The Phantom - rear side
rear side
Dr.T's Music Software The Phantom - bottom side
bottom side
Driver / Installation Disk
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1990-11

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1991-01

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1991-04

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1991-11

Triceratops
Manufacturer
Scott Advanced Microdesigns
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2128 / 1
    serial interface
  • two DB9 ports
  • ST16C552 interface chip
  • individually programmable transfer speeds up to 691200 bps
  • 16 byte transmit and receive FIFO buffers with adjustable trigger depth
  • optional internal MIDI interface - rules out the second serial port
  • cereal.device - supports up to 32 units of Triceratops serial channels
    parallel interface
  • one DB25 bidirectional parallel port
  • extprint.device - output only parallel port driver for up to 8 units
  • no parallel input device driver is supplied
Photos
Scott Advanced Microdesigns Triceratops - back side
back side
Scott Advanced Microdesigns Triceratops - front side
front side
Driver / Installation Disk

Triple Play Plus
Manufacturer
Blue Ribbon Soundworks, USA
Date
1994
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
serial port
No description available.

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Photos
Blue Ribbon Soundworks Triple Play Plus - front side
front side
Blue Ribbon Soundworks Triple Play Plus - Case opened top side
Case opened, top side
Manual
Vintage Advert

Advert (US)
1994-03