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- From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
- Subject: Re: SoniqTracker .52 & ModZap .80
- Organization: M.B. Cormier INC., Orleans (Ont)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 06:25:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.062550.230@micor.ocunix.on.ca>
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- Dave Seah said:
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- >The Amiga has 4 "oscillators", or more accurately 4 digital to analog
- >converters. "Oscillator" is a term left over from analog synthesis
- >techniques that has held on in the Ensoniq terminology for some reason.
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- So, the Amiga has 4 DACs versus the Ensoniq's 32? I'd thought they had 4 stereo
- channels; that is, 4 DAC pairs. All the better if not...bahaha...B-)
-
- I suppose "oscillator" is applicable in that it's taking discrete
- digital data and producing an oscillating wave. DAC is better, though.
-
- >It's been a while since I've seen Electric Duet. If this is the Apple II
- >program that managed to play more than once "voice" from the 1-bit speaker,
- >yup, the analogy is appropriate. Games that managed to do this are Airheart
- >(still amazing) and I think the opening screen for Archon. And of course,
- >there's Music COnstruction Set.
-
- Yep, that's the one...the Bruce Lee title page also had it (produced with
- Electric Duet). Quite astounding at the time B-).
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- >number of DACs. Sound quality is also affected by low output rates
- >in some cases (like the Sparc with 8-bit 8K/sec mono output, or any
- >SoundBlaster equipped IBM-PC)
-
- What is the max output rate for the SB and SB Pro, anyway?
- And, as long as we're on-topic, I was recently asked about FM versus
- freeform DAC voices...I answered as best I could, but I could use a better
- concept of how FM voices are formed. I think this stems from a basic
- lack of understanding frequency modulation in general B-).
-
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- Marc Sira |
- toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca | "Your god drinks...P-P-Peach nectar!"
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