Editor
Tom Darter
Operations
Sibyl Darter
Editorial Board
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Hinely
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Jim Smerdel
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March 1987
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ENTRANCE
A new DX9 voice created by Eldon
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A new DX9 voice created by Eldon
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A new DX9 voice created by Dawn Livingston.
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Volume, 3, Number 3
Issue
J.
Cheramie.
J.
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