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- From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: FALCON
- Date: 25 Aug 1992 16:23:51 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <1992Aug25.143553.14540@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> an375@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Baker) writes:
- >
- >In a previous article, baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) says:
- >> Sure, but CD players are cheap and due to the amount of components
- >>manufactured for them, I am sure that their components are cheap enough to
- >>be incorporated on the Falcon. So beware - it may very well be the same
- >>D/A that Sony uses. Or Kawai. :)
- >>
- > Wouldn't cd player hardware have a fixed rate of 41khz (or is it 44)?
-
- (44KHz). Nah, (just about) the only useful component from a CD player
- would be the D/A and the oversampling/MASH hardware. None of that is sample
- rate dependant (other than spec. min/maxs).
-
- >> Besides, I get the feeling from reading the origonal post that he will
- >>be more upset by the fact that I am pretty sure the Falcon has only one set of
- >>stereo out (and in) jacks, with the 8 channels internally mixed for output onto
- >>the one output jack - not as he was saying 8 separate/independant external
- >>stereo outputs. As such, you are not going to be able to use it as a mixer.
- >>It does mean it can handle 8 separate channels of audio info, and let you mix
- >>them internally.
- > To me, it would seem more usefull to process one live instrument while
- >doing various fucked up loops in real time.
-
- Well, with only one input, that is all you are really gonna be able to
- (independently) control.
-
- [stuff deleted]
- >>>the primary function of the machine, as with a CD player), you'll only
- >>>really get about 12-14 bits worth of real-world resolution. This
- >>>is marvelous for most applications (like adding little sound effects
- >>>to your desktop), but not good enough for real studio work.
-
- > It seems like it would also be enough for live work. Aren't some
- >older samplers only 12 bits? And weren't the first cd players 14?
-
- Yes, and yes, but I believe the original poster goofed by putting
- "professional" in his post, and got jumped on. I guess "near professional"
- would be more accurate (and being subject to interpretation, he wouldn't be
- labled wrong out of hand). I am still a little fuzzy on his "real-world"
- resolution. I mean, since when is a studio a real world anyway (or a home
- studio for that matter). If he is talking about how well it deals with
- interference... well, unless you are in a nice, insulated studio, the mics will
- pick up noise, and of course cables can be very antenna like...I should
- think that noize generated by your A/D connector would be rather minimal
- (unless of course it is a really bad/cheap A/D that produces noize on
- the input line). However, since I am hardly a music studio tech., these
- are merely the ramblings of a frustrated EE student (almost grad).
-
- >>>(Also, when you get a Falcon, take a look at the audio out system. I
- >>>bet you it's not anywhere near as noise-free as the out of an AKAI
- >>>sampler.)
-
- >Noise is good! I just got an album called white noise and there was hardly
- >any :(.
-
- Well, gee, was there any yellow or blue noize? I'm sure a nice muave
- noise would be good to do homework by... :)
-
- >--
- >"I dont want to erad this sick s**t what the hell is wrong with people who
- >think theyre elves?" I'm not sure which way to interpret that.
- >" I can type and I will not be judged by tping skills"
- >"cross yourself. scream once more. move yourself across the floor."
-
-
- -Mike
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