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Hate to sound technical, but the "rave" blasting through the speakers was 8-bits wide. If only it were 16-bit!  :lol:
Bah, if it was 16-bit it wouldn't have had the neat crunchy sound it did. There's a reason people still swear by the old 12-bit samplers; sometimes you want that color to your sound.
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Re: Hall of Fame: Amiga 500, the computer that showed consoles how it's done
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2013, 06:20:46 PM »
A bunch of people, especially in sampler-heavy genres of music (it's not my thing, but I understand Wu-Tang Clan's 36 Chambers was made entirely with an Ensoniq EPS - though that was 13-bit, but still.) EPS, E-mu Emax, etc. Low sampling resolution gives any sound a certain grit and character that a lot of people just like. 16-bit is fine for high-fidelity audio reproduction, but in an instrument (as opposed to a playback mechanism) you don't usually want the highest possible precision and lack of tone coloration. Nobody complains because a violin doesn't produce a perfect sawtooth wave.
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Re: Hall of Fame: Amiga 500, the computer that showed consoles how it's done
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2013, 07:19:18 PM »
Well, I've known people to compare the EPS favorably to its own 16-bit upgrade, so there's that. Though yes, Ensoniq's filters were good stuff (they oughta be, considering the company was founded by Bob Yannes!)
Computers: Amiga 1200, DEC VAXStation 4000/60, DEC MicroPDP-11/73
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Re: Hall of Fame: Amiga 500, the computer that showed consoles how it's done
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2013, 02:33:03 AM »
The Mirage, I presume? Yeah, that's another popular one...
Computers: Amiga 1200, DEC VAXStation 4000/60, DEC MicroPDP-11/73
Synthesizers: Roland JX-10/MT-32/D-10, Oberheim Matrix-6, Yamaha DX7/FB-01, Korg MS-20 Mini, Ensoniq Mirage/SQ-80, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, Hohner String Performer

"\'Legacy code\' often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling." - Bjarne Stroustrup