#HiFi Sample Playback
03-Feb-90 02:24:03
Sb: #28336-#HiFi Sample Playback
Fm: Jeff Lander 73177,1176
To: David Art 72017,1130
For the things that we are doing. (Sound effects triggering and
sweetening) The 8 bit sample is not a real problem. With compression the
quality is better than cart machines and there is no re-cue time…I can
have 30 samples totalling six minutes all instantly accessable and four can
be played at the same time. With three machines chained with midi control
that is the equal of ninety cart machines. That is hard to do with a
sampling keyboard.
The quality is fine for everything but some music can sound flat. I saw
that AudioMaster II can play back at 44K but the direct hardware is an
unacceptable solution. I guess we are doomed to the 22K rate until a DSP
card becomes avail.
As for the 130K loop, looping that is no problem, nor is tagging on
another 130K after that plays without missing a beat. But that takes
processor time. There seems to be no way around the custom chip limit of
130K.
Thanks for all the help, Jeff