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- From: hal@budapest.math.macalstr.edu (Harold Byron Bouma)
- Subject: Re: Can //gs play 4 channels of digitized sound?
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <aT2aTB2w165w@cyberden.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:35:55 GMT
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- gasman@cyberden.uucp writes
- > It was typed that the GS can give 4 channel digitized sound and with a
- > soundmeister 8 channels(or at least it was implied). This is false. The
- > GS can give up to 15 channels of digitized sound. Some proof is
- > soundsmith, noisetracker, and if you REALLY want some proof, listen to
- > the #2 Vamps demo. As for the GS reference that talks about sound, I
- > believe my Apple IIgs reference book covers that RATHER nicely. If ya
- > want it, 10 bucks and its yours. You pay to ship it.
- > Later,
- > Gasman
-
- Channels <> Voices REPEAT Channels <> Voices!
-
- The number of voices on the GS is 15, so you can play 4,8,12 or 15
- different digitized sounds at a time without any problem (as long as they all
- fit into the 64K sound bank.) These voices can then be outputed to 8 different
- channels (The Ensonic has support for 15, but Apple only gave it a 3 pins.) FM
- has two channels for example, and Pro-Logic Surroud sound simulates 3 more on
- top of that for 5, but the GS can give us 8! But no cards have supported this
- because of the large # of RCA cables that would be needed for this, and what
- device are you going to connect it to that supports 8 channels??
-
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- | Hal Bouma | Send mail to: HBouma@Macalstr.edu |
- | Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. | and HBouma@Macalstr.Bitnet |
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