Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ccicpg!leo!harald
From: harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga public impressions
Summary: Sound Oasis, Dynamic Studio
Keywords: new machine old user
Message-ID: <3411@leo.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 88 12:20:16 GMT
References: <12626@eecae.UUCP> <9757@swan.ulowell.edu>
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Organization: CCI CPD (VLSI Development), Irvine CA
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In article <9757@swan.ulowell.edu>, page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
> There's a product (software) that turns your Amiga into a Mirage
> player.  Just stick your Mirage disk into the Amiga and you can play
> them.  You can do a *little* editing, but that's not what the package
> is about.  It can also save the samples in IFF format.

	I have played with Sound Oasis a bit. This product is pretty hot
as far as getting fantastic sounds out of the Amiga. The package claims
2500 or so sounds available, well I believe it! I drove a music store
salesperson nuts copying everything in sight. (PD samples that is)

	Sound Oasis reads Ensoniq disks, but can be saved in "Oasis" format.
The advantage is you never have to read/decode the Mirage disks again.
Initial reads can take up to 4 minutes. The format is somewhat bizarre
and alien, so that's not very suprising.

	I have hooked this up to a terribly cheap Casio (MT-600, $129.00 at
Circuit City) and use the Casio's keyboard to trigger MIDI events in
Sound Oasis. Instant Ensoniq Mirage - $1000 bucks!

	I am still waiting for my upgrade from Dynamic Drums to Dynamic Studio.
Why? The new version of Dynamic Studio has Sound Oasis built in.

	So now you have a dirt cheap MIDI drum machine (ala Amiga), Ensoniq
Mirage, and MIDI sequencer. What more could a person ask for!

	Anyway, all is not roses. Sound Oasis gave me a lot of trouble, but
being new, and me and my stupid 68010 A2000 probably don't help either.

	I've also been waiting a HELLUVA long time for this upgrade (since
June, SHEEZ). Im still waiting. They say any day now.

> 
> ..Bob
> -- 
> Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@swan.ulowell.edu  ulowell!page
> Have five nice days.


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