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- From: ee90crr@monge.brunel.ac.uk.ac.uk (Christopher R Ringrose)
- Newsgroups: alt.rave
- Subject: Re: AMIGA TECHNO
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 11:21:25 GMT
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- In article 1160@aston.ac.uk, hartnupj@cs.aston.ac.uk (John Hartnup) writes:
- > Ok let's face it MIDI is great. An Amiga restricts you to 8 note polyphony, 8 voice
- > multitimbrality. Not really to hot. You're also restricted to samples only.
- > MIDI can control a number of different sound sources : drum m/c, analogue synth,
- > sampler (which could be an Amiga!). MIDI sequencers generally have much higher
- > resolution than a Tracker player, and support all kinds of weird and wonderful effects.
- > MIDI supports effects processors : not much use with the single audio out of the Amiga
- > (as you will always want to effect one instrument and not another).
- > All in all, yes, you CAN get good results using just an Amiga, but it will always be
- > second best. MIDI is much easier (particularly if you can afford Cubase) but sadly
- > more expensive.
- >
- >
- > ________________________________________________________________
- > |And if you're so very entertaining, | JOhn. |
- > |Why are you on your own tonight ? | hartnupj@uk.ac.aston.cs |
- > |____________________________________|_________________________|
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- I heartily agree...
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- Ever tried doing a decent acid trak on OctaMed on an Amiga - you cant!
- (not enough variation with samples)
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- Use a Datel Midi box - three outs is enough for most rigs
- -be warned users of one out midi boxes end up having to buy
- through boxes as well
- SOG....
-