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microphonic

Microphonics or microphony describes the phenomenon wherein certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an undesired electrical signal (noise). The term comes from analogy with a microphone, which is intentionally designed to convert vibrations to electrical signals.

Quadraphonic recording and mix

I once was a professional (mostly classical music) sound engineer, musican, composer. Now I'm returning to music ... electronic music composition.. I have a large (mostly) Buchla synthesizer system which has quadraphonic mixing (front-left, front-right, rear-left, rear-right ) with full panning ablitity, reverb etc.. (why doen't my "Enter" key work here?) ...

Polyphonic

The ability of an instrument to play more than one note simultaneously. Technically, a piano is 88 note polyphonic, although if the human element were to be taken into consideration, then it would take 8.8 people to fully exploit all 88 notes simultaneous. Likewise, a six-string guitar has a maximum polyphony of six notes.

Phonic Helix 18 FireWire MKI - Vista Compatibility Mode?

Hello all.
I am interested in purchase one of these Phonic Helix 18 FireWire Mixers, the MKI version, not the MKII.

I believe that Windows Vista is not supported by the MKI line. But there are drivers available for download for XP.

Since I run Windows Vista, I was thinking I might be able to use the Vista Compatibility Mode tool and use the Windows XP mode.