Paula Audio Emulation AudioUnit

[ChaosLord]

I was always under the impression that the nonlinearity depended on which volume level you were playing the sample.  I have no idea how that idea got into my head.

I always thought it was the 64 volume levels that were nonlinear, not the -128 to +127 sample bytes.

I donno... Just throwing ideas around

[ChaosLord]

the Amiga has an 8bit audio DAC

No, it has a 14 bit dac.

Thorham is correct.  The Amiga has at least a 14 bit DAC.  It might even have a 16-bit DAC where 2 of the bits are permanently unusable.

[ChaosLord]

Amiga has a 14-bit (or more) DAC.

You are confusing the sample size with the DAC size.  The samples are sadly, only 8-bits, but they happily get 6 bits of volume control added to them for a total of 14 bits that the DAC outputs.

If the DAC was only 8-bits then the volume control registers would have no effect and all Amiga mods would sound like crap.