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Re: SID and Paula
« on: March 18, 2012, 03:21:23 AM »
Nope, there's no SID-like hardware in the Amiga, unless you count the filters (which aren't even programmable...) It's just musicians mimicking the sound.
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Re: SID and Paula
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2012, 09:30:34 PM »
Quote from: ral-clan;684309
Yeah, I'm saying the same thing you're saying.  Since the Paula is basically a A/D and D/A converter chip it can replicate anything really...
Yeah...but though that's technically true, it's not always as practical. If you want to do the kind of free-form filter-play you can achieve on a SID, it's much simpler to generate it than to sample and replay every single timbre you want. And I don't think any decent SID emulators will manage to run on an unexpanded A500...
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