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to: TIM BLAIR
from: DARRYL SLOAN
date: 1998-02-24 11:23:00
subject: Re: Digital recording

On 21 Feb 98 Tim Blair wrote to me:
 TB> It's been a while since I used an Amiga, but I think you may have
 TB> problems with HDR. IIRC Amigas audio I/O isn't to hot and unless you
 TB> have a good size hard drive your going to have problems.
Yeah, I've only got a 200MB HD. I was thinking more of sampling direct to Zip 
disk. However, I've now also heard that the Amiga can only sample 8-bit 
audio. Big problem. I need 16-bit for CD-quality.
 TB> Philips do a
 TB> stand alone CD recorder but this costs about £500 and, I think, uses
 TB> expensive "consumer" CDR blanks
This is the very model I'm thinking about.
 TB> You can get a damn good PC for less than a grand and there's loads of
 TB> cheap CDR drives, duplex soundcards and some great free music software
 TB> on the web. So in the long term this may be the best way to go. Good
 TB> luck.
Yeah, I'll probably make the transition to PC someday. Still need the Amiga 
for certain things.
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