Passing Signal Through Paula's DACs - How Easy?

[psound]

I don't own an Amiga yet but I find the sound is quite special from listening to one.

 Since I'm not overly keen on sequencing with trackers, how easy is it to use the Amiga as an audio effects box of sorts? Merely passing audio through it's converters and recording the output in real-time.

I think I've read that it's possible to monitor the output when sampling.

Which program do you sample sounds with on an Amiga?

[ChaosLord]

When u pass audio thru any DAC, by definition, the sound is output as analog.  So you just hook up any soundsampler of your choice to the Amiga's Analog RCA connectors to capture the output.  Like for example connect your PC or MAC or standalone sampler to the Amiga audio jacks.

You can sample only the left jack, only the right jack or both for stereo.

[bloodline]

I don't own an Amiga yet but I find the sound is quite special from listening to one.

 Since I'm not overly keen on sequencing with trackers, how easy is it to use the Amiga as an audio effects box of sorts? Merely passing audio through it's converters and recording the output in real-time.

I think I've read that it's possible to monitor the output when sampling.

Which program do you sample sounds with on an Amiga?

You'll need a sampler... The old Megalosound units were pretty good and the software allows for real time sampling so should suit your needs

[TheGoose]

You'll need a sampler... The old Megalosound units were pretty good and the software allows for real time sampling so should suit your needs

+1 Megalosound sampler and software did a really good job of doing the real time effects, had all the basics. Easy to use too.

[psound]

Thanks for the info. Will check out the megalosound sampler.

Other samplers that seem to come up a lot are the technosound turbo and the Stereo Master.

It seems as though some of these samplers have accompanying software which is also a factor.

[bloodline]

Thanks for the info. Will check out the megalosound sampler.

Other samplers that seem to come up a lot are the technosound turbo and the Stereo Master.

It seems as though some of these samplers have accompanying software which is also a factor.

All pretty good samplers!

I only have much experience with the Megalosound though:

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1122

[paul1981]

I don't own an Amiga yet but I find the sound is quite special from listening to one.

 Since I'm not overly keen on sequencing with trackers, how easy is it to use the Amiga as an audio effects box of sorts? Merely passing audio through it's converters and recording the output in real-time.

I think I've read that it's possible to monitor the output when sampling.

Which program do you sample sounds with on an Amiga?

I own a megalosound, and the software that comes with it is top class - far superior to the technosound software.  You can record audio for hours (hard drive space permitting) as it can sample direct to hard disk.
I bought a technosound turbo sampler from ebay a few years ago and I'm not sure whether my unit was faulty but it didn't sound very good at all.

I also remember playing around with something called TREG or T.R.E.G. (the real time effects generator V1 or V2?) which came on a CU Amiga coverdisk one year which was brilliant - had a lot of fun with that and the megalo!