> > > Isn't 8-bit sound dead? I'd really like a 16-bit thingy with the ability > > Have you heard what can be done with 8-bit sound? It's perfectly good, and > to be perfectly honest, I've never heard any 16-bit sound that's any better > than good 8-biy stuff. Look at the expensive 16-bit PC soundcards - _all_ of > them have 8-bit soundblaster emulation (or whatever) and _very few_ (even > new) pieces of s/w actually use the top sound cards with 16-bit sound - > there's the odd purpose written module, but not very many.
Check out the difference between 8-bit sample from a PC sampled at 44.1 and an ordinary CD player...... :) > > > to sample up to 46KHz (DAT). You could perhaps combine two 8-bit > > channels to one 16 bit, but with only four of them, we're down to two > > channels. If this project is really as custom as it seems, I'd like a 12 > > channels 16-bit synth up to 46KHz and an inbuild CD-master-burner so that I > > can make my own CD's. :) > > Sounds good. Trouble is, that'll set you back about L3,000 on its own :-( Sony has released a quadruple spinn thingy at USD700. Should drop to 500 in a year or so. > Nige Frode -- * Frode Tennebo * It's better to live life in * * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * wealth and die poor, than live * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * life in poverty and die rich. * * snail: Parkv. 31, 6400 Molde, NORWAY * -Frode Tennebo*
