On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 02:48 PM, R. Hannes Niedner wrote: > I have not heard someone complaining about the missing digital audio > in/output? Did Apple had a courtesy contract with Griffin and others > or is > this no issue (can this be done via firewire ore USB without additional > device these days)?
there's no built in digital audio i/o, but that's probably because there are a great many different products that offer this, most of which are FireWire. in the end........ analog is really the only way to do audio. the next best way is MIDI (and I don't mean those cheesy MIDI files you download on the internet) -- that's the closest to digital that gives decent results. very few people are actually DOING digital i/o, and many in the industry have severe reservations about going digital -- the same problem that you see in the film industry. analog sound has a distinctive sound that people find familiar, reassuring. in the film industry, people are just darn used to film. so what if digital video is cleaner, allows the filmers to do more Cool Stuff(tm)? If it doesn't look like film, some people just don't want to see it. The same is largely true in audio... you even have some people who swear up and down that the equipment used in the 60's and 70's is the best audio equipment ever made, and be damned with computers. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
