AMIGA-MUSIC
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Clarification (to my earlier comments): When you go 8 bits + 6 bits, you
lose INDEPENDENTLY-CONTROLLABLE volume. This is incontrovertable. Any
volume changes then need to be COMPUTED as part of the word-stream being
fed (either directly or via DMA) to the audio DAC's. Which means increased
per-sample overhead (like an extra multiply per channel per sample),
ne-c'est pas? So you can't A) share wavetables if they're going to be
played at different volumes, and B) change timbre and volume independently
in AS SIMPLE a way; that's all I was saying. You were right to pick this
nit! Fondly, –Chris The Nit Wit Nit Picker