PAULA MIDI SYNTH BOX Like SID BOX?

[magnetic]

Cool thread guys, I saw reference to Yamaha stuff so wanted to tell you guys I have one of these boxes "The Amiga Project XG"

Id also like to say that anyone here that is saying they can get the "amiga sound" through emulation on a pc is full of CRAP. They must be tone deaf. Sure you can "prove" it with technical theories and whatever else, but take it from me djng for over 20 years the Amiga Paula HAS A SUPER PHAT SOUND hook it up to a good mixer and speakers and feel the base. Perfect for electronic/hip hop. The low end bass is out of sight.

CU Amiga Magazine announces 'Project XG'

CU Amiga Magazine continues its proactive assault on bringing the best products and technology to the Amiga market, backing up its reputation as the World's Best Amiga Magazine.

Announcing Project XG, a DIY feature to build an 18-bit 48Khz external sound card based on the Yamaha DB50XG. It will cost under £130 pounds Sterling (GBP); a full parts list, suppliers and detailed instructions on construction will be provided. Even stylish artwork for the box is included!

Project XG will offer extremely high quality audio with real time DSP effects on any or all of the 32 instruments it can play at the same time. Project XG is a MIDI module with some 676 ultra high quality instruments and some 21 drum kits built in. The DSPs manage 11 types of Reverve, 11 types of Chorus and 42 types of Variation. The lack of being able to play custom samples is solved by mixing the Amiga's audio into that of the Yamaha's.

Whether full MIDI sequencing or straightforward playback of General MIDI and XG MIDI files is desired, Project X will cope better and sound better than any PC sound card in common use. To say the least.

Naturally the corresponding cover CD-ROM will be loaded to the brim with General MIDI and XG MIDI songs, MIDI sequencers and a wealth of other support software. It will also contain audio tracks to demonstrate the quality of the output compared to Amiga output. (A/B comparisons) CU Online will soon also host some MPEG Audio Layer III files.

CU Amiga Magazine hopes to aid the establishment of XG MIDI in Amiga software such as music applications, games and such forth. Initially with this economical DIY project and then following commercial efforts; Project XG is a campaign to bring this high quality audio standard to the Amiga. Project XG will put the Amiga back on the music map!

References: Yamaha's XG home page http://www.yamaha.co.uk
            Christian Bauer's GMPlay General MIDI and XG Player.

[magnetic]

Im gonna say it again and this applies to SID as well. YOU CANNOT GET THE SAME SOUND OF THESE OLD SKOOL CHIPS WITH EMULATION. PERIOD END OF STORY. There are many factors to this.

[magnetic]

freqmax
thats just my point you arent go to justify it in "technical terms" its the Sound. Unique for both SID, and Paula. This is why musicians still use these things..

[magnetic]

amiganut

I highly doubt that setup you describe is "better" than the original. The gritty dirty low end paula sound is the point not some bs pc hi res setup lmao Dont you understand the "low quality" amiga sound chips is what gives it the "sound" ?

i'm not talking about playing games, i'm talking about making music