| From: | Patrick Roberts |
| Date: | 23 Aug 2000 at 22:26:50 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Ami Sound System ? |
Maybe Amiga could make a deal with Creative like the did with Matrox and the
G400.
Robert Konrad wrote:
>
> >> What do u think ?
> >
> >You'll have to ask the audio team about their plans. All I know is
> >that
> >at the moment there's no satisfactory existing standard that meets
> >the
> >needs of most users, from those who just want to play MP3s to the
> >serious
> >musician going through the game addict and the beginner musician.
> >
> >Oh, there are Microsoft's Direct* standards, but for some reason I
> >don't
> >expect them to be excellent, although most of the work was done by
> >ex-Blue Ribbon people. ;))
>
> DirectSound3D isn't good enough, otherwise there wouldn't be A3D,
> ESS, QSound,...
> A3Dv3 is the best 3D sound system, but it looks like Aureal will be
> bought by Creative Labs.
> Creative Labs did ESS, so this could result in a killer api for 3D
> games. You should buy Creative Labs after they bought Aureal.
>
> DLS is important, as this seems to be very similar to Paula.
>
> You should push for sound chips like Aureal's Vortex3 could have
> been. mp3 and AC3 decoding and all of the A3Dv3 3D functions.
>
> --
> Regards
> Robert
>
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