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From: Floyd Diebel fdiebel@boulez.emrl.com
Subject: Re: AD516 quality - bullshit
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 97 03:31:00
On 19 Apr 1997 17:56:03, Tomasz Nidecki tonid@elektron.pl wrote:
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>It so happens that due to the fact that both AD516 and most other cards on
>the market have the same Codec, their quality of sound, signal to noise
i tend to think that strict comparisons between products do not always
apply, even when the contain the same basic processors (would you rather
have a mac plus or an a2000? both have 68000). if they did always hold
true, i probably wouldn't be doing all my work on a dead platform
(the amiga).
ultimately, a soundcard, tape machine, whatever, is more than the sum of
its parts. and whether or not its the best card available, i think few
professional audio engineers/sound manipulators/etc. would deny that the
ad516/studio16 combo is very fast and efficient.
the soundstage looks very interesting, but i must say i was bit put off by
the automated mail i received after requesting more specific information.
>AudioLab16 is a professional piece of software now available for many
>other platforms...
another worry for me is the software included with the newest batch of
amiga soundcards. it seems audiolab can do the trick for most of them,
and audiolab seems to be a fantastic program for some things (i will be
registered owner in about a week), but i would not want to using only it
for mixing and sequencing, or even raw editing of samples - studio16 is
much faster at this (from what i can tell from the demo version).
audiolab's strengths seem to be in its processing/effects and format
conversion power.
i look forward to seeing the amiga (or PC, or whatever) hard disc
recording system that will impress me as much as the sunrize has, and
continues to do so.
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