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From: silver@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU (Andy Silverman)
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Subject: PCM follow-up question-
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Date: 12 Feb 90 17:41:07 GMT
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Well, I have this Yamaha PTX-8 drum pad set, and they say that the sampling
involved is "12-bit companded PCM."  What exactly does this mean?  The sounds
that come out of the thing are so cheesy (even on an extra Waveform ROM
cartridge) that I never use them anymore, instead using to trigger a Roland
R-5 via MIDI.

Andy Silverman
silver@eniac.seas.upenn.edu