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- From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
- Subject: Re: More about the Falcon
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.003356.13800@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: sampling rate DSP digital audio
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- References: <1992Dec21.011708.7093@convex.com> <1992Dec22.001042.139@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Dec23.113845.24559@eng.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:33:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.113845.24559@eng.cam.ac.uk> cmh@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.M. Hicks) writes:
- >hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) writes:
- >>I think the Falcon would work very well in this role; haven't used anything
- >>like an Alesis so I can't compare.
- >
- >The Alesis ADAT has 8 DAC and 8 ADC channels, so you can record and play back
- >all 8 tracks simultaneously, but independently. You can also lock a number
- >of machines together for up to 64-track recording, at an unchallenged price.
- >Whether this is possible with multiple falcons I don't know, and I dare say
- >I won't know until Atari get their act together and sell me one :-)
-
- Good question. The DSP DMA is full duplex, it can record and playback
- simultaneously at up to 1MB/sec in each direction. (I.e., 8 channels, 16 bits,
- 50 khz.) Since you can provide an external clock, and there are a variety of
- general purpose I/O bits on the DSP port, I'd say it's pretty easy to slave
- a couple Falcons together. However, it's certainly not something that's
- explicitly provided for.
- >
- >>--
- >> -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- >
- >>All true wisdom is conveyed in
- >>two-line witticisms.
-
- Hey man, what's with this signature doctoring, eh???
- --
- -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
-
- There's a narrow border between genius and insanity, but I'm a dual citizen.
-