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From: psycho@mango.ucsb.edu (Scot Kellan Forbes)
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Subject: Re: Amigas shipping with 16-bit audio?
Keywords: PAULA SOUND AUDIO MUSIC 16 BIT
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Date: 15 Jul 90 05:56:32 GMT
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In article <1990Jul14.173215.25433@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ja26612@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (*** Jeff ****) writes:
>I posted this before, but got no responses.  Is it true that Commodore is
>developing a new 16-bit DSP that will be used inside Amigas?  I heard Info
>and Amazing Computing wrote this in their rumor columns.  Is there anyone
>from Commodore that can affirm or deny this?  How about a "no comment?"

If this sucker is actually on the drawing board (in the CAD
program?) how about 8 voices?  Perhaps 16?  I think Amiga would be
very competitive in the music industry if you could use it as a 16-bit
sampler as well as a sequencer, perhaps even syncing live video using
AmigaVision (it is rumored that AmigaVision will support MIDI in the
futuer.  Even now, all you would need is a sequencer that supports
ARexx).

Way back when someone made a comment to the effect of musicians would
not buy Amigas for the purpose of sampling sound because they could
just as easily buy a dedicated sampling keyboard or module.  I can
think of at least three reasons why they might Amigas with 16-bit
audio and actually use its capabilites:
1) It would probably cost less than most 16-bit samplers. (The upgrade
to 16-bit Paula, that is)
2) One less piece of equipment to set up/carry along/program etc...
3) One less piece of equipment to syncronize.

...Just a little fantasy to keep my mind off of things :)

-Scot Forbes

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