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Oldskool Amiga audio apps
« on: February 23, 2011, 11:23:36 PM »
Hi,

I'm setting up a little home studio and one thing I want to add is some retro goodness.

I'm planning to add an Amiga into the mix (sorry) for a couple of sound types:

1) Hardware bit crusher
Get an Amiga sampler and put it into monitor mode, it'll play whatever comes in through the audio outs.  It'll be "bit crushed" down to 8 bits and a lower sampling frequency in the process.  Some sampling software does real time FX so it can make it even messier.

2) A grungy sampler
Use Paula in 8 mode to play back 4 channels of audio samples.  Lower the sampling frequency for extra grunge.


It's the second one I'm asking about.  Modern Amiga audio software uses mixing to give you more than 4 channels.  What I want is the old style 4 channels with no mixing.  It will also need MIDI to trigger samples.

Does any newer(ish) software still do this or do I need to go digging for something old.
 

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Re: Oldskool Amiga audio apps
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 09:14:31 PM »
Cool, I have everything I need already!


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Why "sorry"???
I was apologising for the pun.


Interestingly I've been looking at samplers on eBay and it's the older 12/14 bit ones which go for higher prices.  The Amiga can't do as many channels but will be much better for "grit".

People have made synths out of C64 SID chips.  It's a wonder someone hasn't done something similar with the Amiga.