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From: cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell)
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Subject: Test flare to rec.music.makers.synth
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:13:44 +0000

This is a test flare to rec.music.makers.synth.

. . . . . . . s s s s h h . . . . . . > F O O M ! <

                      Nick Rothwell  |  cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk
   CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance  |  cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk

Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: soh@gdstech.grumman.com (Scott O'Hare)
Subject: Re: For Sale: FZ-1
Reply-To: soh@gdstech.UUCP (Scott O'Hare)
Organization: Grumman Data Systems-Woodbury
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:31:10 GMT

In article <ooT3wB1w165w@cyberden.sf.ca.us> system@cyberden.sf.ca.us writes:
>will.roch803@xerox.com (Will Weidman) writes:
>
>Yup... The FZ-1, although a 16 bit sampler, was the first 16 bit sampler.
>The envelopes are non-existant, the looping is confusing as hell and the
>overall sound is not that great, although it is an impressive sampler for
>it's time. I also believe it only goes up to 32Khz sampling rate.
>

36K Hz, FYI - close enough to CD quality for what you're doing, I'll bet.
Also scored FIRST in Keyboard`s Sampler Review in direct sample playback 
fidelity (untransposed -and their criterion for transposed fidelity came
under a great deal of criticism, BTW). And it's got a user interface that
simply blows away most of the competition - including  graphical viewing/
editing of samples and waveforms, loop points, etc. And it allows eight 
loops per sample, alot more than one usually needs, but not particularly
"confusing"...

Also, there ARE envelopes for amplitude and filter, for each sample, 
with eight pairs of time/rate points per envelope. Given the above 
errors of fact, one certainly is entitled to question your opinion of
the sound quality, as well, or whether you've even heard one at all... (-;
I've used an FZ-1 a fair amount, and it sounds pretty darn good to me (and 
my standards are just as "digital" as everyone else's!) The band Dee-Lite, 
by the way, uses FZ-1s exclusively, at least on their first album. In my
opinion, it's one of the best machines around - and I'm certainly not about to 
let MINE go...

soh
given your rather gross errors of fact in the above, I'm not sure the above 
opinion 
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From: d2viktor@dtek.chalmers.se (Viktor Fougstedt)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: SY22 vs SY35
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:43:17 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

ariasmig@gel.ulaval.ca (Miguel Arias) writes:


>Hi everybody,

>I am planning to by a synth for MIDI/computer music experimentation and keyboard learning. I am looking for a low price unit and I
>would like to hear comentaries about the SY22 vector synth. from YAMAHA, as well as its newer version the SY35.

I have tried them both (although I don't own any of them..), and IMHO
the SY22 has a really sloppy keyboard. It feels like someone forgot a
wet cloth of some kind beneath the keys. Awful. And the SY22 i tried also
had a constant hum on the outputs, generated by the LED display.

The SY35, however is much better. The keys are, compared to the SY22's,
pure heaven, and there was no hum.

The sounds on both synths are reasonably good considering the price.

If you choose between a SY22 and a SY35; Buy the SY35! It's superior in
every regard.


Viktor.


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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: billw@UTKUX1.UTK.EDU (William P. White)
Subject: Studio Vision Upgrade
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:20:14 GMT

Does anyone know if Opcode is going to upgrade Studio
Vision to four tracks in the near future?  I have heard
rumors to this effect recently.

I am about to purchase a hard disk system and would prefer
to use Studio Vision over other products.  Please send 
info soon if you know or have heard the same rumor as I have.

And one other thing, Does the Quadra 950 have the same serial
port problem as some of the PBs?  Any help would be greatly 
appreciated.

Thanks.
M
From: croehrig@cs.ubc.ca (Chris Roehrig)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: Cubase for MS-Windows available yet?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 19:45:28 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: carib.cs.ubc.ca

In article <C0n35v.KBJ@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl> zonnevel@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl  
(B.J.Zonneveld.tel-015-622622) writes:
> I was wondering if Cubase was available for Microsoft Windows yet?
> I saw an anouncement for a demo of this goodie somewhere.
> 
> If it's available which version is it?
> 

Yes, it has been out since the summer.   The most recent version is
1.01 which is an update to the original disk which is labeled as v1.08 (which  
Steinberg tells me isn't a _real_ 1.08; it's supposed to be 1.00!)

Cubase is definitely worth checking out if you are in the market for a  
sequencer.    It blows away Cakewalk/Windows, although it doesn't yet support 
notation editing (an upgrade is in the works to full notation editing and  
printing).   It also looks like Steinberg has big plans for it (Cubase Audio?):  
there are a dozen or so Manual chapters that are "Reserved for Future Use".

Chris Roehrig
University of British Columbia
From: beesley@parc.xerox.com (Ken Beesley)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: K2000 with WX-7
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:12:42 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Xerox PARC

In article <MJKOBB.93Jan7090716@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, mjkobb@media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
> Greetings!
> 
>   I just wanted to post a quick summary of the information I
> received. I heard from several people (some of whom I was unable to
> reply to by email for some reason).  One of these folks has used a
> WX-11 with a K2000, and says it works very well, although you have
> to be willing to do some major parameter adjustments on patches to
> get them to do good wind controller stuff.  In general, though, the
> K2000 is so flexible that it should be possible to do whatever you
> want.  I'm going to put it on my "definitely purchase" list for '93.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Mike

As a public service, would your contact be willing to document the "major parameter
adjustments" necessary to make the K2000 patches respond well to wind control?  It
could save a lot of us a lot of startup time and frustration.

Ken
From: lweiner@clam.rutgers.edu (Lee Weiner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: JV-80 mailing list/ftp?
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:08:42 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


  Is there a mailing list/ftp site for the Roland JV-80? Thanks!

-Lee
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Mackie 1202 Mixer
From: scholz@vfl.paramax.com (Bill Scholz)
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:29:01 GMT
Reply-To: scholz@vfl.paramax.com
Organization: Paramax Systems Corporation, VFL Research & Development
Keywords: mixer

>In article <1993Jan2.033448.15205@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Scott.E.Lawrence@dartmouth.edu (Scott E. Lawrence) writes:
>>Ok, I have the following for sale:
>>Mackie 1202 Mixer                  $300

>$300 seems a bit high for a used 1202.
>I picked one up new in October for $325.
>Great mixer, BTW

>	-curt

I too agree that $300 is a bit high -- I just purchased one new two weeks
ago for $315.  'Tis a supurb product!
-- 

- Bill Scholz
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth,comp.os.os2.misc
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and MIDI -- is anyone doing it?
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 15:01:04 GMT

>	I use an mpu-401 with no drivers, and it works fine. The
>"timing problems" I assume are results of the multitasking.
>Assign the MIDI application highest priority.

See previous post.  No other programs running.  If they are,
forget about it.


--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
From: gingeric9178@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: For Sale: FZ-1
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:00:19 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <ooT3wB1w165w@cyberden.sf.ca.us>, system@cyberden.sf.ca.us writes:
> will.roch803@xerox.com (Will Weidman) writes:
> 
>> In article i0aZwB2w165w@cyberden.sf.ca.us, system@cyberden.sf.ca.us writes:
>> >An FZ-1 for $1100? Hmmm... They've been averaging for around $300-$400
>> >in the Recycler in LA and the Advertiser in SF - wow...
>> >
>> >__________________________________________________________________________
>> >   |       /         |\
>> >   | H E   \ Y B E R |/ E N            [ system@cyberden.sf.ca.us ]
>>
>>
>> Are you sure you're talking about the right machine?  FZ-1...16-bit 8 voice s
> 
> Yup... The FZ-1, although a 16 bit sampler, was the first 16 bit sampler.
> The envelopes are non-existant, the looping is confusing as hell and the
> overall sound is not that great, although it is an impressive sampler for
> it's time. I also believe it only goes up to 32Khz sampling rate.
> 
Yup,
   I'll back this statement up, and also the one dealing with the price.  I
recently got a used gear catalog that had one listed for $340.  

Robert Williams
MANNA-MACHINE
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth,rec.music.makers,comp.music,alt.rave
From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen)
Subject: Re: What are 303's and 808's?
Distribution: inet
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:46:46 GMT

In article <1i898bINNp1@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> br326@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Raphael Pungin) writes:

   Hi!
	   I've heard of something called 303 and 808 that are used to produce
   techno music. What exactly are those things? Are those synthesizers, trackers,
   or something else?

   Thanx
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  The 808 is a reference to the old Roland TR-808 drum machine that seems to 
pop up all over the place.  I assume the 303 is another model, but I've never
heard of that one.  505, 6060, 909, ... Hope that helped.

-- Mike
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From: cs89bsm@brunel.ac.uk (Brendan S McEnroe)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Sound on Sound Dream Studio (win worth 10,000 pounds)
Date: 7 Jan 93 10:58:43 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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Some of you may read 'Sound on Sound' and over the last three months they have being running a
competition to win a dream studio worth 10,000 pounds.

All you have to do is collect the three editions and answer the following questions.

I thought i would post this to see if I could get and help with the questions.

The questions are ...

Part 1

What was Roland's first MIDI equipped synt called?
     
     (a) Juno 106
     (b) JX3P
     (c) Jupitor 6

What does DDA stand for ?

     (a) Doff Davies Association
     (b) Dearden Davies Associates
     (c) Deeply Dippy Amalgamtes

What is the decimal number equivalent of MCMXCIX?

     (a) 1949
     (b) 1499
     (c) 1999

What is Akai's new sub 700 pound 16-bit sampler called?

     (a) S100
     (b) s01
     (c) S001

What was Yamaha's first MIDI synth?

     (a) DX1
     (b) DX5
     (c) DX7
     (d) DX9
     (e) DX11
     (f) DX21


Part 2

What does 'Zimmer' mean in English ?

    (a) Always
    (b) Robust
    (c) Room


Which of these are NOT Yamaha Products ?

    (a) R1000
    (b) QX44
    (c) QX5
    (d) QX42

Which of these are NOT akai samplers ?

    (a) S01
    (b) S900
    (c) S612
    (d) S1100EX
    (e) S330

Which of the following are NOT Opcode products?

    (a) Galaxy Plus
    (b) Studio Vision
    (c) Omega
    (d) Avalon

Part 3

Roland is the hero of which famous opera?

   (a) Wagner's Ring cycle
   (b) Tolkien's Ring mains
   (c) Verdi`s Ring network

Which of these are NOT Korg products?

   (a) M1
   (b) M3R
   (c) M25
   (d) M62

Which of these are NOT Peavey products?

   (a) AEQ-2800
   (b) SDR20/20
   (c) DPM3
   (d) DEQ7
   (e) DMP7

Which of the following mixers are NOT built by DDA?

   (a) Profile
   (b) SL8000
   (c) QMR

    
Any answers can be posted here or E-mailed back to me at cs89bsm@brunel.ac.uk
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From: david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Midi patchbay
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 02:51:05 EST
Organization: DAVID A. ROTH MUSIC
Reply-To: david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <1993Jan5.174904.13828@cs.tcd.ie> (rec.music.makers.synth,rec.music.synth), phammond@cs.tcd.ie (Paul Hammond) writes:
> 
> I'm looking to purchase a good Midi patchbay. It must have 8 Midi IN's,
> 8 Midi OUT's, and have full routing and Midi merging facilites, as well
> as being configuration programmable via patch change messages.
> Can anyone 
> 
> #1 recommend models that fit these requirements ?
> #2 recommend somewhere to mail order one ?
> #3 give me a rough idea on price ?
> 
> Also if anyone is interested in selling one then I am interested in
> making a purchase.
> Email me personally please.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> phammond@cs.tcd.ie
> 

Look into the Midi Time Piece made by Mark Of The Unicorn. 

David
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen)
Subject: Re: E-Mu vintage keys Proteus module
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:00:43 GMT

  I was thinking that if I had 32 MB of these wonderful sounds, I would be
pissed off as hell only to have 32 oscillators to play them with.  Now, why
they don't have overflow modules is another question...

-- Mike
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From: gingeric9178@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: For Sale: FZ-1
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:59:13 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <PJA.93Jan12142448@lk-hp-18.hut.fi>, pja@snakemail.hut.fi (Petri Juhani Jarre) writes:
> In article <kqu9wB2w165w@cyberden.sf.ca.us> system@cyberden.sf.ca.us writes:
>    Perhaps I was mistaken.. I meant it had no filters... and yes, we used one
> 
> Oops? Mine has lowpass with resonance. You SURE you did _use_ FZ-1 ????
> 
> 
Ok,
   It has been made clear (by Petri and others) that the FZ-1 is not to bad of
a product, but why is it priced so damn low if it is so outstanding?  Things do
not go down that low in price unless there is some sort of reason.  Or is this
just the hidden deal of the industry?

Robert Williams
MANNA-MACHINE
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: kmorton@panix.com (Ken Morton)
Subject: Wavestation A/D
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 23:03:34 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

	Howdy all.  I'm lusting after a Wavestation A/D right now, and I have
a few questions.

	How good are the on-board effects?  I'd like to replace my 
Quadraverb with the A/D if possible.  How does it stand up?  I'd use
it mostly for guitar, clto get clean sounds a la the Sundays and the
Cocteau Twins.  Distortion is not required.

	How is the Opcode editor for the A/D? (Mac)

	What is the best price to be found for the A/D?

			Thanks all!

				Ken

-- 
Ken F Morton
kmorton@panix.com		"Good Tea, Nice house." -Worf

Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: nineball@remarque.berkeley.edu (9ball)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: In defense of the FZ-1, and FZ-1 owner request!
Date: 9 Jan 1993 09:53:57 GMT
Organization: Not Very
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu

>system@cyberden.sf.ca.us writes:
>> Yup... The FZ-1, although a 16 bit sampler, was the first 16 bit sampler.
>> The envelopes are non-existant, the looping is confusing as hell and the
>> overall sound is not that great, although it is an impressive sampler for
>> it's time. I also believe it only goes up to 32Khz sampling rate.

From the March 1989 Keyboard sampler technical tests:
1) Envelopes: 2 per voice. 8-segment for cutoff & amplitude.  +/- V control.
     Programmable amplitude & filter levels & rates, & filter cutoff
     frequency.  Kbd tracking of levels & rates for both envs.
2) Looping: sustain, release, temporary (time).  A friend and I set up
     a loop on a vocal segment in a matter of minutes, aided by the
     graphical display of the waveform on the synth panel, a feature
     that few other samplers of this price range had/ve.
3) Overall sound: beat the EPS in overall, processed, clean, and un-
     processed sounds.  Beat all others, including the Akai S1000
     in unprocessed/original pitch.  Had  1/10 the  pitch shift
     distortion (weighted) than EPS.  True the EPS was one of the
     originals, and there are many better.  But not near $600.
4) Sampling rate: up to 36kHz.

If ANYONE can give me a pointer to a FZ-1 for $300-400, I'll kiss
your dot pitch, I'm in the market.

I would like to get in contact with ANY current FZ-1 owners to
discuss software/sample availability (ESPECIALLY), troubles, support, etc.,
and for future discussions; barring people dumping offers of
FZ's for $300 in my lap, I'm prepared to pick up a friend's for ~$700
in a couple of weeks.  Is this truly too much to pay?  Help,  I
need info!
Reply to nineball@remarque.berkeley.edu.
From: REEDA@IBM3090.BHAM.AC.UK
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Miracle Keyboard
Date: 09 Jan 93 23:09:24 GMT
Organization: The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
NNTP-Posting-Host: ibm3090.bham.ac.uk

==============================================================================
Last month I bought a Miracle keyboard, the IBM PC version, for use on an
AMSTRAD 1640 (The software I got with the keyboard was too big to run on a
1512). I have a 9 year old daughter and she is now hooked on the keyboard.
I think that the positive motivation she gets from using the miracle is very
valuable and I would recommend this system to all who want their kids to
learn to play a keyboard.
I believe I have found a few bugs in the software (version 1.7.1) and I
would like to here from other users of the keyboard. Does anyone know if
software toolworks inc. (60 Leveroni court, Novato, California CA 949 49)
is on the internet so I could get up to date details of bug fixes etc.
I would like to have a separate news group for the miracle if enough
people are interested so we could swap tips, it would be nice if a rep. from
software toolworks could also join in to our mutual benefit.
alan reed   internet  a.reed@bham.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: soh@gdstech.grumman.com (Scott O'Hare)
Subject: Re: For Sale: FZ-1
Reply-To: soh@gdstech.UUCP (Scott O'Hare)
Organization: Grumman Data Systems-Woodbury
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:42:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.085913.9779@iscsvax.uni.edu> gingeric9178@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>In article <PJA.93Jan12142448@lk-hp-18.hut.fi>, pja@snakemail.hut.fi (Petri Juhani Jarre) writes:
>> In article <kqu9wB2w165w@cyberden.sf.ca.us> system@cyberden.sf.ca.us writes:
>>    Perhaps I was mistaken.. I meant it had no filters... and yes, we used one
>> 
>> Oops? Mine has lowpass with resonance. You SURE you did _use_ FZ-1 ????
>> 
>> 
>Ok,
>   It has been made clear (by Petri and others) that the FZ-1 is not to bad of
>a product, but why is it priced so damn low if it is so outstanding?  Things do
>not go down that low in price unless there is some sort of reason.  Or is this
>just the hidden deal of the industry?
>

Well, for one thing, as the preceding correspondence has made clear, alot of
the folks who are putting the machine down have no damn idea of what it can
do...

soh

>Robert Williams
>MANNA-MACHINE


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From: keitha@spider.co.uk (Keith Aitken)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: Sound on Sound Dream Studio (win worth 10,000 pounds)
Date: 8 Jan 93 10:57:15 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

In article <C0HD5w.9M@brunel.ac.uk> cs89bsm@brunel.ac.uk (Brendan S McEnroe) writes:
>Some of you may read 'Sound on Sound' and over the last three months they have being running a
>competition to win a dream studio worth 10,000 pounds.
>
>All you have to do is collect the three editions and answer the following questions.
>
>I thought i would post this to see if I could get and help with the questions.

Ha!  And I thought I was chancing it a bit by posting *one* question
from Part 1 in November. Oh well, since a bad example has been set, I
guess I can only follow :-) My unanswered questions are as follows;

>
>What is the decimal number equivalent of MCMXCIX?
>
>     (a) 1949
>     (b) 1499
>     (c) 1999

(I never was much good with Roman Numerals.:-) )

>
>What does 'Zimmer' mean in English ?
>
>    (a) Always
>    (b) Robust
>    (c) Room

(The above is a bit puzzling. The only use of Zimmer that I know of in
English is a generic term for a walking frame for old people. I wonder
if this could be a mistake, with English somehow having replaced
German, which of course would make the answer (c) Room.

>
>Which of these are *not* Yamaha products?
>
>    (a) R1000
>    (b) QX44
>    (c) QX5
>    (d) QX42
>
>Which of the following are NOT Opcode products?
>
>    (a) Galaxy Plus
>    (b) Studio Vision
>    (c) Omega
>    (d) Avalon
>
>
>Which of these are NOT Peavey products?
>
>   (a) AEQ-2800
>   (b) SDR20/20
>   (c) DPM3
>   (d) DEQ7
>   (e) DMP7  * I know this one isn't
>
>Which of the following mixers are NOT built by DDA?
>
>   (a) Profile
>   (b) SL8000
>   (c) QMR


Any clues???

(It's a great prize, and would fit *so* well in my new house.......)


KDA
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: tmm@world.std.com (Tom M Moravansky)
Subject: Re: By public demand etc, Impressions of Peavey DPM-{SX,SP}
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:25:08 GMT

Thanks Nick, for capturing the feeling of using a 2x16 LCD window to view 
a large menu hierarchy.  The term 'periscope' should be added to the
list of neticisms.
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: ljnelson@unix.amherst.edu (LAiRD j. NeLSoN)
Subject: Re: Mac Cubase vs. Performer, anyone?
Organization: ease
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:22:40 GMT

Nick Rothwell (cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> Feature-richness has nothing to do with how good it is.

One would hope this statement is meant to be confined to the world of
sequencers only.  After all, let's not be ridiculous: a synth with high- and
lowpass filters is better than a synth with lowpass filters only--to take a
simple example--*precisely* because it has more features.

Enough soapboxing.

LAiRD

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