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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:03:41 +0200
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From: Exyll <exyll@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: 16 digital stereo channels
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At 23:08 15-6-98 , you wrote:
>My knowledge of it is very basic, as I am not a coder, so I could be
>wrong, but the 14-channel 44khz 16-bit limit is in effect for tracker
>programs too (like ScreamTracker, Impulse Tracker).  I think it's a
>hardware limitation, after 14 channels, the quality ramps off depending
>on how many channels above 14 there are.  These programs don't use the
>drivers, they write directly to the card, so it's not a software
>limitation as far as I know.  Either way, we're kind of veering
>off-topic.  ;)  It *would* be cool to allow multiple voices with
>hardware mixing on GUS/AWE/etc. cards...


It's about getting 16 stereo channels..  This can be done easily.. BUT not
at 44k1 Hz.. But 22k05Hz of something..

But this is not the case for Interwave based cards which don't have this
limitation.


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