On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Jim Arnott wrote:
> Uli's Moose is alive and talking (still!)
>
> <http://homepage.mac.com/witness/moose_9.htm>
>
> Chris wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it can talk. Actually, the 128k Mac can talk with the right version
> > of MacInTalk (anyone remember the Talking Moose).
More than ten years ago, I was doing a sound job on a movie at one of
the first (mostly) digital post-production facilities in Southern
California. The mixing console was a new million-dollar Harrison, there
were three Synclaviers in-house and networked, and Mac computers were
everywhere.
In a recording room like this, the mixing console (for T. Duell: audio
blending desk... ;} ) is somewhat more than halfway back from the screen
and speakers, and the clients sit at another big desk, usually a foot or
so above and a few feet behind where the mixing staff are working. The
front of this big desk (which is directly behind the mixers) contains the
patch bays and outboard gear. Thus everyone can see the screen and hear
the unobstructed sound.
On this particular desk, for the benefit of the clients (to keep them
occupied and out of the mixer's hair) was a Mac SE running (among other
amusements) a copy of MacPlaymate, and early soft-core 'porn' game. One
of it's attributes was, that as long as the program was launched, it would
grab the speaker and purr lascivious nothings at random intervals.
We came to the end of a rather complicated mixing sequence, stopped, and
the Lead Mixer turned around to the clients and asked "Well, how was
that?"
Before anyone could respond, the SE, in a breathy bedroom voice, goes
"...oooOOOhhhh eeeYYeessss!! YESSS!!!!"
We had to break early for lunch, because, after the first ten minutes of
hysteria died down, folks kept answering "Oooh, Yesss.." to every
question, and then another five minutes of helpless laughter would ensue.
from the 'Macs can do more than just talk' file...
Cheers
John
Received on Thu Jun 13 2002 - 19:55:28 BST