CompuServe Messages

Tom, Saw your post in the DTVFORUM but decided not to waste the bandwidth <grin>! I don't know how prices compare on those other wannabe desktop platforms – I have serious Amiga tunnel vision! My Amigas have not disappointed me yet. Hope your feelings that the `bank-rupture' is almost over are right since I'd like to see A4000s come back down to a more hobbiest price level <grin>! I'm not sure I understand your question about previewing a sequence without rendering. If you don't render the transistions they can't be performed! I said that rather matter-of-factly, but I don't truely know because I've never tried it. I'll give that a try in the next couple of days and let you know, but I suspect it's a no-go. On the other hand, if you change all the transitions to non-rendered ones (straight abrupt cuts), it's not a problem <grin>. The audio is "CD" quality, meaning it can be recorded in 16-bit resolution at 44.1KHz. Actually, the Toccata board will record/playback audio at 16-bit at 48KHz for it's maximum audio response. This is major over kill for video in my opinion. The Toccata offers some interesting realtime compression modes for your audio that roughly crams 16-bit data into 8-bit. I've been playing with these modes and they are great for video use, however, I've discovered I can't edit these samples <bummer>! Maybe this will be fixed in a later software release <fingers-crossed>. The connectors for the Toccata board are handled primarily via 1/4" phono plugs and Y-style adaptors to RCA jacks. I didn't think much of this at first, but I don't know of a better way to handle 3 stereo line and 1 stereo microphone inputs and 1 stereo line output! Oh yea, if you want to use all these inputs, you give up a slot (only the slot cover is used, but the slot becomes useless anyways) unless you do some hardware modifications like I did (slots are too valuable <grin>). EdV