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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.dsp
Subject: Re: DSP Chip in NeXT -- how can we use it?
Summary: Most of the time, you're not even aware that you are
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Date: 25 May 91 04:00:44 GMT
References: <1991May25.023910.8736@shaman.com>
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In article <1991May25.023910.8736@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com
	(Jiro Nakamura) writes:
>	The DSP chip on the NeXT is what makes the NeXT a NeXT, but how are
>people using it? I've been listening on the net for quite a while now, but
>I haven't heard many people commenting on it. Is it being underutilized?

Everytime you output an 8KHz mu-law sound, you're running it
through the DSP to resample it to 22KHz.  (Note that the system's
beep sounds are all 16-bit linear 22KHz soundfiles, which can be
fed directly to sound out.)

					-=EPS=-