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From: mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski)
Newsgroups: comp.music,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster C/MS Chips and more...
Message-ID: <10981@chorus.fr>
Date: 11 Jun 91 11:10:27 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.184723.25748@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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In article <1991Jun10.184723.25748@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, sgingras@violet.waterloo.edu (Sylvain Gingras) writes:

%% I wonder if the optional C/MS chips advertised in the catalog that
%% came with my soundblaster card are worth buying.

I prefer the FM sound of AdLib chips. C/MS have square wave sounds.

%% They provide an addition of 12 voices of stereo C/MS music, but I
%% wonder if they also provide separate and accessible D/A converters
%% for each channel.

There are no D/A converters in C/MS chips (alias Philips SAA1099) and
they don't need external ones.

%% I'm also thinking of starting a mailing list for people interested in
%% sharing their interest and knowledge about the SoundBlaster card
%% (especially programming it).  If you're interested in joining such a
%% group, please mail me a short message.

Such a list exists already and is managed by Steve Albrecht,
salbrech@dar-18.naitc.com.

Mail him a message.

-- 
Adam Mirowski,  mir@chorus.fr (FRANCE),  tel. +33 (1) 30-64-82-00 or 74
Chorus systemes, 6, av.Gustave Eiffel, 78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX