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Submitted by Dan Dooré on Sun, 2006-04-09 13:47. Peripheral


Blue Alpha


Adrian Parker


SAM Sound Sampler Software (Blue Alpha).zip (not yet approved)

The Blue Alpha Sound sampler was a mono 8-bit DAC to provide sampling and playback of sound samples.

A straight forward product that was hindered by the fact that in order to play back samples other people also needed the unit.

Was well used by Stefan Drissen’s SAM MOD player


PDF Manual Scan at www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk


Possibly the worst piece of SAM Hardware ever. Playback was only possible with the sampler plugged in, and samples were of very poor quality. This particular sampler also caused a large amount of distortion to the television display.

The software that was supplied with the sampler was very crude, and the ‘manual’ was badly photocopied and held together by a single staple in the corner.

- Stewart Skardon


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Tuning

Submitted by davidl on Tue, 2006-05-30 20:34.

One problem with the interface is that it often needed retuning.. in fact, I found it more reliable to use it without the usual white SAM Box - as replacing this could sometimes knock the tuning out of alignment :)

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Retuning? Some sort of

Submitted by Dan Dooré on Tue, 2006-05-30 20:42.

Retuning? Some sort of crystal set was it? :-P

Seriously though - why did it need “tuning”?

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it was some sort of variable

Submitted by davidl on Tue, 2006-05-30 23:47.

it was some sort of variable resistor or something that kept drifting off…

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