OctaMed sound studio

[TheGoose]

well Octamed 4 has the synth built in and SS does not... also menu layouts are very diff from my readings of Octa 4 tutorials..

Wrong, it's a cool syth you can turn into a mini track, like onion skinning a square wave into a sine wave and back again, it's very cool.

[nicholas]

Ok, I'm moving on here.. everyone here has long decided what their going to use so no longer need going on about this.

I don't "use" either. lol

[Tension]

The notation editor that appeared in OctaMED was (IIRC) removed by the time SS came out since nobody used it and nobody missed it.

Nope...  still there  

[Tension]

Can you lock it to 4 channels only (no mixing?).

Affirmative.

[Karlos]

Can you lock it to 4 channels only (no mixing?).  I want the original non-mixed sound.

Sure, that's the default setting anyway (unless you change it).

[Karlos]

Nope...  still there  

Maybe it was v6 it disappeared in then :lol: I definitely remember it going at some point. In any case, I don't have the required font any more, so I can't use it regardless. Not that I ever did

[Karlos]

As an aside, if you like synthsounds and trackers, do give MusicLineEditor a go. It's not quite protracker style, but it can make some very nice sounds.

It basically uses very short waveforms (not quite chip tune, but close) which can be fed through various effects (phase, filter, etc) and is capable of some quite remarkable sounds on a basic 020+ class amiga.

It will also do 8 channels, but you need a faster CPU then.

[XDelusion]

So is the synth editor in 4 more fully featured than the one in OctaMED S.S.?

[spihunter]

I don't "use" either. lol

Are you just going on to get Karlos all fired up?.

[nicholas]

Are you just going on to get Karlos all fired up?.

lol

Nah, I just think that if I was forced to use one or the other of them, I'd choose v4 as it's looks prettier and is simpler.

[magnetic]

Can you guys tell me what CU or Amiga Format CD has versions of Octamed and sound samples and things please?

[TheGoose]

Thanks, that sounds worth a go. I wish we could do a series on how-to use Octamed SS, making videos, we would need contributors....

"Octamed around the world"...

As an aside, if you like synthsounds and trackers, do give MusicLineEditor a go. It's not quite protracker style, but it can make some very nice sounds.

It basically uses very short waveforms (not quite chip tune, but close) which can be fed through various effects (phase, filter, etc) and is capable of some quite remarkable sounds on a basic 020+ class amiga.

It will also do 8 channels, but you need a faster CPU then.

[spihunter]

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[nicholas]

I thought about doing this before. You could just use the composite out straight to a video camera. Picture wouldn't be the greatest but it would work. Then add voice over and text.

WinUAE might be a solution.

[TheGoose]

I think both those will work for demo purposes, UAE sound may skip but doesn't matter for tutorial video...

Also, I'm using a USB video capture with composite and s-video, has the audio captured as well. You just keep a very simple layout in OSS...

I know I would benefit from seeing how other do what they do... Making them would be fun!

[Iggy]

lol

Nah, I just think that if I was forced to use one or the other of them, I'd choose v4 as it's looks prettier and is simpler.

Nicholas, did you ever try to get this running under MorphOS? I understand it possible (and that it can run under AOS4), but I have found this necessary software patches.