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From: hychejw@infonode.ingr.com (Jeff W. Hyche)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to beat a NeXT
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.142411.17216@infonode.ingr.com>
Date: 19 Feb 91 14:24:11 GMT
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jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:

>Add to this that NeXT has the DSP and 16-bit CD-quality stereo-audio,

>Oh, you can't have EVERYTHING for $3000. You just have to decide _what_
>you need most. (Amiga, for example doesn't really have sound on $3000
>range - only because of the insufficent quality for anything more than
>games.)
	
	Okay I have tried to stay out off all flame wars reguarding my
computer is better than yours.  Over the years I have found that all
compters have there place in the world.  But I have to point something
out here.  The Amiga does have 8 bit sound, that is true, and so does
the MacII.  So the NeXT has 16 bit audio, thats nice.  But what good is
it?  The people that I know who do real work in sound editing and
producing all use Mac II, Amiga and Atari STs, and you know why they do.
Simple, they edit the sound on the computer and send it trought a MIDI
port to a dedacated instrument.  No one in their right mind is gonna use
a computers built in sound chips, at least not a Pro.  Now does MIDI
ports exist for the NeXT, is sound manuplating software there?
	Most of the people I know use MacII and Amigas and non that I
know use the NeXT, hell most of them didn't know what it was or had even
heard of Stevie Jobs.  Reason simple because it doesn't have MIDI or the
software to support it.
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