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- From: selick@csa.bu.edu (Steven Selick)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Falcon DSP -> standard modem & fax?
- Message-ID: <94611@bu.edu>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 17:04:29 GMT
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Originator: selick@csa
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- Just how programmable will the dsp chip in the new Falcon be? For
- instance, could one program it to emulate a standard modem? How fast
- would it be able to run? How about using the Falcon as a midi sampler?
- What polyphony would such a beast have? Perhaps a vocodor? It would seem
- that somebody who was a bit clever could even make the Falcon into a
- Yamaha DX-7, or even a more complicated machine, using MIDI as the key
- input. Could the dsp chip possibly be used for added processing power if
- you are using non-dsp programs? Any chance C-Lab's Notator will be
- taking advantage of the new falcon hardware in the near future? When
- they say "8 channel digital recording" Do they literally mean like an
- alesis adat machine? Will future programs be able to do digital cut and
- paste on one of those tracks independantly? How large a disk drive would
- one need for say 1 minute of 8 track recording? Would it be possible to
- do such recording directly to a tape backup drive? Can the Falcon start
- up an old car on a frosty morning? :)
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- Lots of questions here...feel free to answer just a few!
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- -Steve <selick@csa.bu.edu>
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