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From: janti@athena.arc.nasa.gov (Joel Antipuesto - GDP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: NEED INFO: 16-bit sampling
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.200622.18428@riacs.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 20:06:22 GMT
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Reply-To: janti@athena.arc.nasa.gov (Joel Antipuesto - GDP)
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I'm in the market for a computer, and the Amiga is one of my
choices (particularly the 3000).  The Macintosh (maybe IIsi)
is the other.  I need the computer for school related work
(word processing, remote login to UNIX mainframe), but I'd
like to use it for music later when I have the funds to expand
on the system.

Here's the question - what's available for the Amiga that will
enable it to do 16-bit sampling?  My understanding is to get
CD quality sound, 16-bit is the way to go.  At the moment, I'm
in no terrible need of it, but I'd like to have the option
later on (perhaps when I've been 'discovered' :-) ).  

What I'm most interested in is sampling (and related tasks to
tweaking the sounds) and sound synthesis in general.  Also, I
need good editing features in general so that I can transcribe
pieces and slice them up at will.

Specific names and approximate prices would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!  (Oh, and if you have any comments in general about why I
would want an Amiga over a Mac, please fill me in!)

Send all responses to:

	janti@athena.arc.nasa.gov

-Joel