| From: | Rudi Chiarito |
| Date: | 25 Aug 2000 at 15:29:44 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Ami Sound System ? |
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:43:43PM +0100, Robert Konrad wrote:
> 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.
After Creative has already bought E-MU and Ensoniq (which was founded by
Rob Yannes, the creator of the SID and most of the C64 HW).
> DLS is important, as this seems to be very similar to Paula.
Isn't DLS "DownLoadable Sounds"? I.e. the format used to upload samples
to the soundcard? How can a format be similar to a chip (Paula)?
BTW, after some modifications DLS2 has been merged into MPEG4, with
the name of SASBF (Structured Audio Sample Bank Format). It's going to be
hard to ignore MPEG4. ;)
> You should push for sound chips like Aureal's Vortex3 could have
> been. mp3 and AC3 decoding and all of the A3Dv3 3D functions.
I don't know A3D, but I know the audio team is working to get sound done
the way it should be and the way most others don't do it - i.e. right.