CompuServe Thread

ok, I agree – we disagree. <grin> When I say "a big step forward in sound technology", I'm saying big things. I'm a musician and an engineer – I've designed audio systems for arcade machines, and know what the guts are – exactly. I've designed real time video and audio processing systems, including real time filtering and demodulation of various kinds of data digitally. I realize what the implications of a fast signal processing chip are, and again, I laud the inclusion of it in any computer – even one as poor as the NeXt is. What I always assume, and often don't consider form the laymans point of view, is that typical modems, including fax of course, are audio devices – period – when it gets down to the data that goes out the line. SSTV and the original fax are also straight audio, although with much higher density information than fax or 9600 baud modems can carry; A siganl processor would chew it up in a hurry anyway. Of course there is audio analysis capability, effects generation, encryption, decryption, multiplexing, plenty more – buts it's still, at it's base, an audio processor, period. I like it – I just didn't go into detail enough for you, I guess. One thing I *will* say is that I would like to see such a thing in the Amiga 3000 – further, I'll say it to the right people (making note). After all – since that poor rotten apple guy has only had this one good idea, we certainly oughta pay attention to it. <wicked grin> And you're correct on another score; the strength of the NeXt in that area is that _every_ machine has the sucker. There's something we can't catch up to. On the other hand, he can't catch up to every machine having… * more than 30 (Thirty!) graphics modes; * 4 channel dma driven d/a sound * blitter driven line, pixel, and area handling; * Multiple User Interfaces * IBM, Mac, and Amiga compatability * Standard Video refresh rates * Inexpensive Genlocking * 4096 simultaneous colors * analog, digital joystick capability * light pen capability * Mouse capability –Ben–