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Apparently-To: john.smith@gravis.com
GUS Musician's Digest Wed, 26 Jan 94 3:13 Volume 4: Issue 26
Today's Topics:
poor 8bit sampling on the GUS?
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 11:39:29 -0600 (CST)
From: vic@cd.com (Vic Serbe x237)
Subject: poor 8bit sampling on the GUS?
I just got MCS Stereo for my 486 machine and am sorely disappointed in the
sample quality I'm getting with my GUS. I try sampling at 44K, and it
sounds no better than about 10-15K 8bit samples to me. Sample playback is
fine, but sample aquisition seems to kinda' suck.
The only reason I say this, is I have a $90 hardware/software package on
my Amiga (GVP DSS8+) that does 8bit sampling at up to 42K in stereo (56K
in mono), and it sounds VERY good for what I want to use it for. Nice and
clear. So... I know 8bit samples can sound very good, although not nearly
as good as 16bit. However, I just can't seem to get decent results from
the GUS.
Oh, by the way, I've got an internal CDROM/controller combo whose line
out is plugged directly into the line in on the GUS. When I just play
CDs "through the GUS", everything sounds wonderful. I'm using the line
out on the GUS to feed a mixer/amp/studio ref monitor setup. The CD is
also what I'm sampling from.
MIDI output sounds find, WAV playback sounds fine, sample editing is fine,
I just can't MAKE a decent sample.
AGAIN... I know I'm only dealing with 8bits, but I also know for a fact
8bits can sound A LOT better... especially at 44K samp/sec!
--
_._ Vic Serbe (vic@cd.com), Applications Engineer
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