Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: PerfectSound3.0 vs AudioMaster II ? Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 90 17:38:21 GMT References: <1867@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> <46200036@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Mar07.201057.5272@csuchico.edu> Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX Lines: 65 In article <1990Mar07.201057.5272@csuchico.edu> gdunlap@cscihp.UUCP (Gregory L. Dunlap) writes: > > I greatly prefer the Audiomaster software over the software that comes >with PSound 3.0; A friend of mine bought the new PSound and the software is >buggier than a hornet's nest! It locked up the machine more times than we >could count. When we tried to sample at over ~32Khz it would only grab >TWO BYTES, then return to the editor; we've never been able to get it any >higher. I called SunRize Industries about this. They said that this problem is due to the hardware. They originally thought it would sample up to 40K, but it turned out that the maximum rate is 32541. Future releases of the software will only allow the slider to go that high. > I think the worst thing about the new PSound is the software-controlled >gain control. I hate having to wait for the software to autoset the gain, and >setting it with the arrow keys sucks because the only feedback you get from >the program is that slow graph of the waveform. If you go too high, it "wraps- >around" back to the bottom! Argh! I hardly ever have to adjust the gain. The "autoset" works fine for me. > I never cared much for the PSound software I got with my digitizer, but >at least it didn't crash all the time. Call them up and ask for Version 3.02 (It's free). I had problems with 3.0 crashing and/or hanging, but 3.2 seems very stable. >I LOVED the fact that it came with the >source code, allowing you to write your own programs to play with the digitizer. >You can't do that with the current version; no source, and it's a mystery to me >how you control the thing. I wish they had just upgraded the old software and >got rid of all the extra software control. Hopefully the new Audiomaster will >be out soon. > > Well, thanks for listening to my ranting. If ANYBODY knows how to read >samples off the new PSound could you please send me some EMail? Thanks. I asked them about this. They will give you tech info on accessing the digitizer, but you have to sign a boat-load of nondisclosure forms first! > Greg Dunlap, CSUChico > Now, after defending SunRize (a bit), it's time to bitch. The software is very flakey when running on a 65020! I asked them about this, and they said that they should have that problem fixed "in a few months". They didn't sound very commited to do this, if you ask me. If you have problems, questions, or complaints, give SunRize a call at: (409)-846-1311 -- "This ain't Rock 'N Roll, | These be my words, not my employer's! this is Genocide!" |Dave Lowrey - Amdahl Corp. - Houston, TX David Bowie - |In Texas: {moray,uhnix1}!starsoft!david "Daimond Dogs" |The World: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (amdahl!dwl10)