PAULA MIDI SYNTH BOX Like SID BOX?

[Karlos]

I know Karlos uses an A1200 controlled by MIDI for sample playback if that counts.  Basically an AKAI sampler clone.

Yeah. It's a MIDI triggered sampler I found years ago on AmiNET called "MidiIn". On a reasonably accelerated system it is capable of some serious polyphony too.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3232

[nicholas]

Nah, that's software synthesis, made all the more impressive by being able to run well on a basic A1200. IIRC it uses looped wave segments (always powers of 2) as a starting point, much like a chip tune does, though samples are also supported. Instruments are defined using sets of these waveforms that are blended in a variety of real-time controllable ways. On top of that there are software effects such as phasing, low pass resonant filters and so forth. It even has an OctaMED-style 8 channel mode, but you need a bit more horsepower than a stock A1200 can provide to get the best out of it.

Interesting indeed. VST 10yrs before Steinberg.

[Karlos]

Interesting indeed. VST 10yrs before Steinberg.

Not sure I'd go that far but it definitely has a sound all of it's own. Not a million miles from the SID, really.

[skolman]

Well, I'm not using AHI (don't have it installed), and play CD audio back with Hippo player. The only non-standard thing here is the playback rate of 44Khz (using a 31Khz screen mode). It's still Paula playing a few samples with DMA however (and Paula can go much faster than DMA), so I'm still not convinced

Are you sure you native 14-bit calibrated on Paula plays sound with DMA?

BTW. I use the native 14-bit Paula use SongPlayer 1.53 click here