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 and also by Daniel Cannon on AJ Disk 8.
PDF Manual Scan at www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk
From - Stewart Skardon
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.
The graphics on the demo program were done by Patrick Griffiths and featured the character Blue Alph.
From - David Ledbury
One problem with the interface is that it often needed recalibrating with it's variable resistor. 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 :)