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From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: sonix
Keywords: sonix
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.113534.23606@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 91 11:35:34 GMT
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Sonix is a great program-- given the SMUS format.  One interesting debate that
was just on c.s.a was that we need a new SMUS format, one that has the 
capabilities of NoiseTracker.  I've been using NoiseTracker for some time now
(no flames about copyrights, we've discussed this) and I'll be damned if this 
isn't some of the most impressive native (i.e. non-MIDI) music software I've
seen on any computer.  Now, I ain't no expert, but I know what I like, and when
I hear my Amy belting out 10-15 *different* instrument-notes per second per 
voice in stereo, well, I can see why I bought it-- there's even enough CPU 
left to do blitter tricks, and with IntuiTracker, multitask.  Granted, the
interface is cryptic.  But that can be fixed with some serious programmers
doing some serious work on it.

I say, standardize it!

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