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From: Tomasz Nidecki tonid@elektron.pl
Subject: Re: Delfina
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 97 01:23:00

Yoadie yo ho !!!

Based on a message from NaNo to ,

 N> Finland.. erhmm... anyway, I read that he is going to quit Soundstudio
 N> on the amiga and go to the pc scene instead. I hope this doesn't mean it
 N> will never be any more updates on the Amiga version.

This might very well mean so.

 N> Well, I have already ordered the Zorro-II upgrade and the delfina card
 N> from Sezam software.. my local Amiga dealer.. I just need a cheap option

I thought nobody deals the Delfina, that you can only get it directly. 
I guess I was wrong...

 N> for studio quality hd recoring right now, so if it will do the job, then
 N> I'll deal with Zorro III and the upcoming delfina card later.

Whatever you wish...

 N> Well, this only means I'll have to save up some money and get moi self an
 N> A-3000. I know somebody that has  one, but I'm not sure about how much
 N> money he'll charge for it. He also told me that they couldn't use other
 N> hd's than SCSI.. and that they weren't cheap. Is the slimline an SCSI

If you want to do HD recording FORGET about IDE. IDE drives are now quite 
fast, but the interface is not DMA driven (meaning that all disk 
operations require processor load!). For HD recording you need a fast 
SCSI disk. SCSI is now no longer that much more expensive, about 20 to 50 % 
more expensive than IDE.

 N> hd, or an IDE hd?

Slimline is not the type of interface but the height of the disk.

 N> Hmm.. sounds easier with an effect prosessor. You just push thoose
 N> buttons, turn thoose knobs and off you go. I just spent the last couple

That's what DelFX does for you.

 >> currently used for processing audio streams. An mpeg audio player using
 >> the DSP is currently being written.

 N> Does that mean i could watch CD-I movies on my cd-rom?

I said audio player. A video player might be written using this DSP, but 
I believe 20 MIPS is not enough for real-time video (am I right, everyone?).

 N> The sticker on the Aura package states that it is an 16 bit sampler. The
 N> software also tells me I'm playing 16 bit sound, but the manual seems to
 N> be written for the 12 bit versjon. Doesn't the aura sampler come in
 N> three versions.. 8, 12 and 16? or does the package say it's an 16 bit
 N> sampler, but still it's only a 12 bit sampler?

Aura comes in 2 versions - 8 and 12 bit. Clarity is the 16-bit version I believe...

 N> Anyway, I read an article in.. I think it was Amiga Format, or CU-amiga.
 N> It explained that you could change the amiga sound filters with some

No idea about that filter stuff, sorry...

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