Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!cc4b+ From: cc4b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Brian Cox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Sound Digitizer Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 06:19:07 GMT References: <628@buster.irby.com>, <10417@zodiac.ADS.COM> Distribution: comp Organization: Class of '90, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: <10417@zodiac.ADS.COM> >>A few weeks ago, I posted a request for information on a piece of hardware >>that can do a job similar to MacRecorder from Farallon. Little did I know >>that the "SID Trio" was hard at work. >The new Macinstoshes use sampling rates of 44.1 Khz (only 8 bit >samples though). To utilize this capability it looks like Farallon >and The SID Trio will have to redesign their boards. 44.1 kHz ~= 4,410,000 bits / sec. (1 start, 8 data, 1 stop bits) (ouch!) If you use the serial port. How about somebody setting a new standard: 44.1 kHz sampling (mono or stereo) SCSI buffered/intelligent transfer At least standardize the communications interface so there is some clear path between the cheap (SID) and big (studio) digitizer/sampler units. This would also make it easy for software developers to support a wide range of devices, and possibly convince some of them to write some decent sound software. Come on Farallon, how about doing it right? Chris