Instruction Manual

26Studio Electronics Boomstar Quick Start Manual Ancient Chinese
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THE ANCIENT CHINESE
9.1 “Broom Star” ([e-mail])
“Has anybody mentioned how “Boomstar” is a play on “broom star,” the ancient Chinese term for a comet?
vvvvvaThat keeps this synth name in the realm of cosmic/celestial objects, in the grand tradition...”
Thankyou,controlvoltage—thisisnewstous!
Ourresearchshows,in“TheRecordsoftheGrandHistorian,orShiji(orShiChi),”writtenmorethanacenturylater
‘roundaboutmidnightononeneevening/dayin100B.C.,onecandiscoverhowthe“broomstar”[bristlytailyo],in
240 B.C. was “seen at the north direction and then at the west direction... during the summer the Empress Dowager
died.” Variant readings interpret its appearance in the east and movement north-ish. THE POINT BEING, the broom
star’salbedo,orreectioncoecient,derivedfromLatinalbedo“whiteness”(orreectedsunlight),isthediuse
reectivity,orreectingpower,ofitssurface.Gotit?AndtheSTUDIOELECTRONICSBOOMSTARisfashionably
galactic, that midnight bit notwithstanding.