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From: ranma@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 16-bit audio???
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Date: 26 Jul 90 01:15:49 GMT
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es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
|> mattij@tuura.UUCP (Matti Joutkoski) writes:
|> >I heard almost one year ago, that Commodore will do 16-bit audio-
|> >chipset to the Amiga.

|> 	I guess it's time to put on some fire-retardant clothing.
|> I think it is ridiculous that people look on Commodore with scorn
|> because they haven't released a 16 bit version of the paula....

|> ...... Perhaps the Amiga makes a nice
|> supplement to MIDI, but you must realize that the amount of
|> people who really need, or even really want, true 16bit audio are
|> nowhere near large enough to warrant Commodore move their
|> emphasis from all sorts of other things.

So, where does that leave me, a person who wants to do some music editing?!?

Well, that leaves me with either an Ampex reel-to-reel tape deck (complete
with a Schick razor blade and Scotch (R) Brand tape), or (god forbid I
say that name...!) A Macintoy...(err)...Macintrash...(uhhh)...Macintosh.

Do the letters "S.O.L." mean anything to anybody here...?


   Robert Gutierrez
   Office of Space Science and Applications,
   NASA Science Internet - Network Operations Center.
   Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.

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