karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) (01/08/89)
I have heard that the Next's built-in audio sampler only samples at eight bits of resolution. Can anyone verfiy this? Eight bits is fine for voice mail, but it has long been unacceptable for pro and semipro audio. -- -- uunet!sugar!karl | "We've been following your progress with considerable -- karl@sugar.uu.net | interest, not to say contempt." -- Zaphod Beeblebrox IV -- Usenet BBS (713) 438-5018
flynn@pixel.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J. Flynn) (01/09/89)
In article <3244@sugar.uu.net> karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >I have heard that the Next's built-in audio sampler only samples at eight bits >of resolution. Can anyone verfiy this? Eight bits is fine for voice mail, >but it has long been unacceptable for pro and semipro audio. We recently heard (at a campus-wide demo)that a third-party hardware vendor has come out with an external A/D box, for $800 (!!). Sorry, I didn't get any other information (like the interface, sampling rates, resolution). Maybe somebody else has heard something. Cheers, Pat -- Patrick Flynn, Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University flynn@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu uunet!frith!flynn FLYNN@MSUEGR.BITNET
desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers) (01/10/89)
In article <1468@cps3xx.UUCP> flynn@pixel.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J. Flynn) writes: >In article <3244@sugar.uu.net> karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >>I have heard that the Next's built-in audio sampler only samples at eight bits >>of resolution. Can anyone verfiy this? Eight bits is fine for voice mail, >>but it has long been unacceptable for pro and semipro audio. > Of course. 16-bit A-D is expensive, and very hard to do inside an incredibly noisy box like the Next or any other computer. >We recently heard (at a campus-wide demo)that a third-party hardware >vendor has come out with an external A/D box, for $800 (!!). Sorry, I >didn't get any other information (like the interface, sampling rates, >resolution). Maybe somebody else has heard something. > Seems like a fair price to me. You'll spend more on the microphones than that. Of course, once you get serious and upgrade a room to match the noise characteristics of your mikes and sampling box, you're talking about an order of magnitude more money. Peter Desnoyers