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- From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
- Subject: Re: FALCON
- Sender: network-news@cs.ruu.nl
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.150752.19645@cs.ruu.nl>
- In-Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca ( John Henders )
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:07:52 GMT
- Reply-To: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
- References: <1992Aug24.073643.14690@rose.com> <27119@life.ai.mit.edu> <H.lV7x_TlNb62@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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- >>>>> jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca ( John Henders ) (JH) writes:
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- JH> Didn't one article mention a direct out from the DSP chip as one
- JH> of the ports on the back of the Falcon? If this is the case, direct
- JH> to disk recording would definately possible using outboard d/a's.
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- Yes, it has a DSP bus on the back, you can use this to connect AD/DA's or
- AES/SBU or S/PDIF etc.
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- >>>>> an375@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Baker) (JB) writes:
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- JB> Wouldn't cd player hardware have a fixed rate of 41khz (or is it 44)?
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- It is 44.1KHz
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- >>>>> dmb@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett) (DB) writes:
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- DB> This was simply inherited from the STe's DMA sound system. The
- DB> nonstandard sampling rates really suck rocks, if you ask me. 6.25,
- DB> 12.6, 25, and 50 just don't cut it. I hope the Falcon can do any
- DB> sample rate, otherwise it's totally useless for professional digital
- DB> audio work.
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- There is also a pin for an external clock so you can get nonstandard
- sampling rates (e.g. 44.1KHz for CD)
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-
- DB> The point is that the sound quality you'll get out of a Falcon hardly
- DB> compares to what you'd get out of high-end (or even low-end) samplers.
- DB> Given that, I *hardly* think you'd want to use the Falcon for serious
- DB> direct to disk (multitracked or otherwise) digital recording. Not to
- DB> mention the fact that you'll need to buy a pretty big hard disk to go
- DB> along with your Falcon if you want to do direct-to-disk recording. That
- DB> adds a couple thousand right there (for a 1 gig drive, for example).
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- DB> The original claim I responded to was (essentially) "the Falcon will
- DB> revolutionize the music business because it will allow anyone to do
- DB> professional direct-to-disk recording for very little money." The
- DB> Falcon may be a nice machine, but it's not *that* nice.
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- Did you test the Falcon? Or is it just your expectation?
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