music production on amiga....

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countzero wrote:
really ? what are those softsynths ?

Don't forget the "SynthSound" setting in OctaMED... if you modified the settings in real time, it makes some pretty cool sounds.

OctaMED Sound Studio is the best music production software for the Amiga... but mostly if you have a Sampler.

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spihunter wrote:
@NoFastMem,

The PC version of Octamed running 8bit samples does not have the same sound as running 8bit through Paula on a real Amiga.

call me crazy but I think the paula chip has a much warmer/richer sound compared to PC sound cards when playing 8 bit stuff. It seems even better if you use a sampler like megalosound. :-D

I like the megalosound too and use it a great deal, but I find you often get better (more controllable) results to sample on a modern high quality machine and then downsample to 8bit (using the best dithering algorithm your DAW software allows) and then use the lovely paula chips for playback via OctaMED.

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spihunter wrote:
@bloodline,

I like the megalosound too and use it a great deal, but I find you often get better (more controllable) results to sample on a modern high quality machine and then downsample to 8bit (using the best dithering algorithm your DAW software allows) and then use the lovely paula chips for playback via OctaMED.

I have a 24 bit sampler, I might have to give that method a go. I do like the sort of "uncontrollable" factor of using a real 8 bit sampler though :lol: . I like the way it adds to the creative process!

Unfortunately, when working in a professional environment, I need to make sure that results are reproducible and that I can achieve the desired effect within a given time frame.

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Wilse wrote:

spihunter wrote:
Using a tracker like Octamed with 8 bit samples makes a great hip hop sound. I wouldnt use it alone for a whole album though.

I like to use my A1200 running octamed, midi synced with my Mac running Logic. The two together make an awesome range of sound.

How exactly does that work?
I'm a recent convert to Logic Express but still dabble in OSS.

Welcome to the world of Logic! Just get OctaMED to receive Start/Stop and timing from Logic.

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"dithering algorithm your DAW software allows"

What do you mean by that? Can you explain what you do so I can imagine what you are talking about and duplicate it?

What software do you use on your PC/Mac?

I use Logic Pro on a Mac, with a 24bit 96khz audio interface. With this setup I can sample all my audio sources (which more often than not, will be something noisy I've found ) at a very high quality. I will then bounce the 24bit 96khz audio down to 8bit 16khz, through a few different noise shaping filters an then pick the one that sounds best.

Put your samples on a 720k formated disk and load them
into OctaMED! Bam! Lovely HQ samples on your Amiga... Which you can then sequence and record back into the Mac at super high quality... It does gives the audio a very distinctive sound!

Over the past few years though, I have found that the same effect can be achieved by using a "BitCrusher" and an EQ directly in Logic... This saves having to use the Amiga.

The one thing that I do still need is to write an audio effect that adds the Amiga's nonlinear DAC colour to the audio, I have all the data I need... I just need to sit down and write the AudioUnit effect for Logic

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No mac, just a PC with a Sound Blaster Pro

As for software I've been using GoldWave Studio

Ok, I've never used that one... But it should have a 16bit->8bit converter there somewhere