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Re: OctaMED
« on: February 03, 2013, 04:33:06 PM »
Why are you guys telling him to use OctaMED SS 1.03c on an Amiga 600 (68000cpu)?

I've always been told it's a hog on a machine of this low spec, and one would be better off getting OctaMED 4.0 for a 68000 machine.

They are virtually similar in functionality when working with 4 tracks.  SoundStudio gives you superior mixing, panning and 16-bit sample use, but if he's got an A600 then 16-bit is out of the question anyway.

By the way, OctaMED 4 is also public domain - having been released by the author and distributed on some Amiga magazine cover disks.

http://amr.rumpigs.net/cu_amiga_coverdisks/cu_1994_05_d080.zip
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Re: OctaMED
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2013, 05:01:55 PM »
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Balance control on the speakers themselves?


Swap the audio connections for Left/Right and see if the other speaker gets quieter.  If so, it's a problem on the Amiga side.  If not, it's a problem in the monitor (or external speakers).
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Re: OctaMED
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2013, 05:45:12 PM »
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Hi and thanks ,i have tried that ,and what i did find is that the bad side worked in both the outputs on the Amiga with no or very little loss of volume ,only when both were plugged in did one side go  down ,i cant say it struggles with any anything it has to do ,ive just installed extra memory and its very quick ,i wonder if theres enough power coming from the psu ,thanks again,Brian


Try another set of audio cables.  Sounds like there *might* be a short between the L and R sides.
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Re: OctaMED
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2013, 10:39:33 PM »
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...,what exactly do i need to imput some simple tunes ?because i sure would like to join the musical Amiga Band,lol best wishes Brian.:elvis:


The beauty of OctaMED is that you really need nothing other than the Amiga to make tunes.
If you had a parallel port sampler you could sample your own sounds, but there are lots of already sampled free sounds on Aminet and elsewhere - enough to last you a long time.

You only need the Amiga's keyboard to enter notes and sound playback is through the Paula.

If you want to get more advanced you can use a MIDI interface, controller (piano style) MIDI keyboard, and external MIDI sound modules.  But there's no real need for this.

Actually, I wish I had known the potential of Trackers back in the 1980s / 90s.  Instead (there being no online Amiga community to ask back then) I tried to figure it out all myself and I ended up spending a lot of money on the above mentioned MIDI equipment and Dr. T's KCS sequencer.  I didn't realise that trackers let one do everything right "out of the box" with just a bare Amiga.  I mean, I had seen a tracker back then, but it just looked like a jibberish sort of hex-editor to me.  Nowadays, you can find all sorts of help, scanned manuals, and tutorials online.

Not to say what I purchased for my Amiga went to waste, but I was always looking for the next bit of gear to get more sounds, etc. when I could have been writing songs the day after I brought my Amiga home if I'd understood more about trackers.
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