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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Is 29 Khz really the fastest audio playback rate?
Message-ID: <8805151814.AA08523@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 15 May 88 18:14:14 GMT
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>The Amiga Hardware Reference Manual says that 29 KHz is the maximum
>playback rate for audio samples.  Is this for sure true and are there
>any sorts of software-achievable hacks to exceed it?
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	From what I understand, 31Khz is possible, but the hardware was
really designed for 28.867Khz to 'save buffers'.  The hardware manual
states that the audio DMA cannot keep up with the rate at higher frequencies.

				-Matt