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- From: markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (MARC PAULIN)
- Subject: Re: Sbos!=SBPRO
- Message-ID: <markus.339.724528649@clement.info.umoncton.ca>
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- Organization: Universite de Moncton
- References: <BzB5EA.Bo@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> <1992Dec15.212342.1919@cs.hope.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:57:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.212342.1919@cs.hope.edu> turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Screwtape) writes:
- >From: turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Screwtape)
- >Subject: Re: Sbos!=SBPRO
- >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:23:42 GMT
-
- >>>Definitely the GUS has 32 independently pannable voices but just
- >>>because they are independently pannable doesn't make them stereo, at
- >>>least IMO.
- >>>
- >>
- >> If the GUS has 32 independently pannable voices , which now seems to be
- >> the case, then we can place 32 voices anywhere between right and left.
- >> I think that qualifies for 32 voice stereo.
- >>
- >> Phat.
-
- >I hate to disagree but we must define stereo here. Stereophonic sound
- >is the "use of two or more channels to carry and reproduce the sounds
- >from the directions in which they were recorded." (Websters) *SO* 1
- >stereo channel is actually 2 channels reproduced simultaneously.
- >*THEREFORE* The GUS is only capable of 11 stereo voices. As fas as
- >what SBOS does, I won't touch that, I haven't listened hard enough. But
- >if gravis says that it supports SBpro stereo, I'd believe it. I'm
- >not flaming (at all!!) but this is a dictionary (and functional)
- >definiton of stereo.
-
-
- Why 11 stereo voices?? GUS has 32 mono. *THEREFORE* it should be
- 16 stereo voices. And that's exactly what I've been saying in dozens of
- messages.
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