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From: U28037@uicvm.uic.edu (Jason Kratz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: CHEAP 16-bit STEREO sound samplers
Message-ID: <91167.202718U28037@uicvm.uic.edu>
Date: 17 Jun 91 01:27:18 GMT
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In article <91166.165734DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>, DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu says:
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>In article <8674@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
>says:
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>>>I saw.... A PC external box that plugs into the parallel port. It claimed
>>>16-bit stereo sampling/playback ability, with "reproduction up to 20KHz." I
>>>assume this means a max sampling rate of 40Khz.
>>>...total cost was <get this> $199.
>
>
>>        In the electronic/computer music world, there are only a few 16-bit
>>digital sampling devices under $2000.  They are all over $1000, and prices
>
>Those have to be "professional" everything-but-the-kitchen-sink type
>devices. I mean, the converter chip costs $20, so there's no reason why
>a "minimal" device can't be cheap.
>Mybe it's time for the $50 PD hack 16-bit audio board. :-)
>
>-- Dan Babcock

That is what I'm talking about (pro
everything-but-the-kitchen-sink).  Why have a cheap piece of hardware
that isn't going to sound good?  I don't know about anyone else but I
want my music to sound really good (sonic quality wise) so I won't waste
my money on something cheap.  That's why I bought a reel-to-reel deck
instead of one of those cassette four tracks.  The Sunrize board is
supposed to be professional "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" (at least
I think so).  That's why they included digital I/O and SMPTE time code
ability.  It wasn't ment for  just playing back 16-bit samples.

Jason Kratz - U28037@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU