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From: Kenny kenny@bgnett.nospam
Subject: Re: AD516 quality - bullshit
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 97 21:12:00
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Tomasz Nidecki wrote:
>Yoadie yo ho !!!
>Based on a message from Kenny to ,
> K> In the professional business this doesn't matter that much. The AD516
> K> delivers superb sound even if it's old. Just look at the Betacam SP pro.
>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
>ration, etc. are pretty much the same as the AD516's...
Yup, I didn't mean that it was necessarly better than new cards, but it is
still good enough :)
> K> video systems. It's old as in old, but it's still used since it's superb
> K> (just to compare -- and they are actually comparable on each its
> K> fields).
>Agreed. However, there is no equal, but newer, thing to the Betacam video and
Sure, such as DVD, but this will use some years to grow into the market if
that succeed at all. Digital Betacam is way better, but the old Betacam is
good enough :)
>cheaper to use... There are cards for the Amiga with AD516 capabilities and
>much lower pricing.
And that is an advancement I think.
> K> We have new DAW packages yes, but just because they are new doesn't
> K> necessarly mean they are better.
>But it does not mean that they are worse.
Not at all, but I haven't seen anything that matches the Studio 16 editor
yet, but I haven't seen all so I very well be wrong.
> K> You don't need AGA to do sound editing :) Hope you understood my point:
>I don't think you understood my comparison at all...
I did. Let me rephrase: Cause AGA is better than ECS it doesn't necessarly
mean you will need AGA in everything you do on the computer just because
it's better. If I make a picture in 16 colors it will not just as good on
the ECS machine. If I use a soundcard that is old, but give me suberb 16 bit
48 Khz sound I don't need a SGI to do the job. Just a viewpoint.
> K> competitor in the new Delphina Pro card though, but it depends on how
> K> good a DAW will be for this card (if any).
>AudioLab16 is a professional piece of software now available for many other
>platforms...
Do you know if there is a demo of this program somewhere ?
>One thing that makes me wonder - many people praise AD516 here, and they say
>it's much better than the new stuff... But I bet they never even tried the
I didn't say it was much better though it is compared to most of the cards.
The reason why many praise it is made for professional usage in an
environment that suit professionals. Other programs are cool, but they
doesn't always do the job. Studio 16 does and the sound is (again) superb.
The Delphina may have better sound, but it doesn't help for a pro. if it
doesn't have the software to let a pro work like a pro (I don't say it
doesn't. I have never seen the software for it, I just made it as an
example).
>Very soon I will have full access to an AD516 and I will very carefully test
>it against the Delfina board.
Great, let us get an objective opinion on it :)
Regards,
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