Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!Chuck.Phillips From: Chuck.Phillips@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Chuck.Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amigas shipping with 16-bit audio? Message-ID: Date: 15 Jul 90 00:55:16 GMT References: <1990Jul14.173215.25433@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins Distribution: comp Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 24 In-reply-to: ja26612@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 14 Jul 90 17:32:15 GMT Jeff> I posted this before, but got no responses. Is it true that Commodore is Jeff> developing a new 16-bit DSP that will be used inside Amigas? Please, oh, please let it be so! A 16 bit DSP chip with at least a near CD sampling rate is essential for studio quality sound. I think the availability of supported 16 bit 44+MHz stereo+ sound would really bolster the Amiga's image as a quality multimedia/desktop-video machine. In fact, if it were possible to add lots of DSP chips with discrete outputs, say 8 or so on expansion cards, the Amiga could become the center of a (relatively) low cost all digital recording studio. (Just add multiple midi ports and a direct to DAT interface... ;^) I realize there are some technical problems to overcome (like _massive_ sustained data transfers), and it may be this could only be featured on the faster 030 models, but please consider it. AmigaOS seems to have a lot of potential for real time applications, and this might just be the application to prove it. Just another $0.02 from, -- Chuck Phillips MS440 NCR Microelectronics Chuck.Phillips%FtCollins.NCR.com Ft. Collins, CO. 80525 uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!bach!chuckp