| From: | Freq E-Zine |
| Date: | 7 Jul 2001 at 09:47:27 |
| Subject: | Re: Quality of Paula (was: Napster gone?) |
> From: Don Cox <doncox@enterprise.net>
> Subject: Re: Napster gone?
>
> On 05-Jul-01, Alan Buxey wrote:
>
AB> > it all depends on how you've got your Amiga setup with Audio....the
AB> > low-frequencies of the Paula chip still pull out some wicked sub.
AB> > granted, the high-frequencies that are found in hi-fidelity classical
AB> > music aint so good...but they're killed by MP3 anyway ;-)
>
DC> Yes, good punchy bass is Paula's strong point.
This is probably why a lot of early Techno/Hardcore experimentalists used
Amigas - the sounds were nice and crunchy, and not just used because they
were all that were available (which might have been the case too) but as a
desirable part of the sound. Lots of the Digital Hardcore people have
mentioned using Amigas in the early days IIRC, and this little bit of info
about Duplo Remote? (Fat-Cat records) was sent to me the other day:
"DUPLO REMOTE?
Born in 1977, Myles Haughton was brought up on a diet of ZX Spectrum games,
and started writing music in 1990, latching on to the sounds of Hardcore
(Altern-8, etc.), and experimenting with a home keyboard and an Amiga.
Later, with the inevitable influence of Richard James and a lack of patience
with the stasis of ambient his music started to get faster and noisier."
Another mention, this time in the sleeve notes to the /No More Rock N Roll/
compilation of digital punk breakbeat noise for The Fighting Cocks:
"A healthy disrespect for the music industry shows through in their onstage
attitude and production tools of choice: Amiga, mixer, turntables."
While it's a pity this band aren't the best at mashing up samples into
something overwhelmingly interesting, it's more informative the way that use
of an Amiga as a sound source/tool is seen as something rebellious or even
disrespectfully cool. As has been mentioned years ago in an article in (I
think) Amiga Format, a bit like Super-8 guerrilla film-making, using an
Amiga (for music or whatever else) has elements of pushing the limitations of
the equipment to make something unique and worthwhile in itself.
Having said that, I'd still like to have a Prelude 1200 soundcard which doesn't clash with the Goldsurfer on my ZIV X-Surf port.... or a Repulse, or a Delfina
Flipper, if only for the 16-bit sampling.
Cheers
Richard
(Oh and hello everyone, I hadn't posted on here before having popped over
from the quietened-dwon AFB list)
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