Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!uafhp!uafcseg!bbs00010 From: bbs00010@uafcseg.uucp (Don Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sound Digitizers Summary: 16 bit stereo sampling to hard disk for the Amiga Keywords: PerfectSound, 8-bit, 16-bit Message-ID: <5651@uafhp.uark.edu> Date: 6 Dec 90 03:42:24 GMT References: <8286@lynx.UUCP> <5642@uafhp.uark.edu> Sender: netnews@uafhp.uark.edu Distribution: na Organization: College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lines: 24 I hate to be a killjoy for those who might think that a 16 bit sampler might be an inexpensive add-on to their system, but the target price for our sample-to-disk system is $1200 to $1500. The reason it is so expensive is at least in part because of the DSP chip onboard which does a lot of the work of the sampling process and is capable of MUCH more. It is intended for people who want professional sound quality recordings, much like a DAT. It has very high quality inputs and outputs (16 bit stereo 64x oversampling inputs, 8x oversampling 18 bit outputs). At a 48k sampling rate, this system currently eats 96K of hard disk space per SECOND. As you can see, this is not a system for the memory squeamish. On the other hand, we will all now have the same hardware technology available in the NeXT and in third party boards for both the Macs and PC's, and even now for Atari's. We have been looking at some options that will allow for $300-400 stereo playback only modules (still 16 bit) to allow for more flexibility. The hard disk space requirements will remain the same. Don Kennedy Vision Quest Systems mail will be forwarded from kcampbel@uafhp.uark.edu