Re: Here we go again...

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <26k7crINNoak@gap.caltech.edu> toddpw@ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
>
>'Revolutionary'? I take it you learned something from ShellPlay then. Self
>synchronizing free run players are not a difficult concept. Steve Gunn (the
>guy who wrote Ensoniq Peeker) had sample source for it at KansasFest.

Actually my player is quite a bit more advanced than ShellPlay's since I don't
constantly toggle a timer on and off; it's able the synch otherwise, which
saves some CPU overhead.

>What, you mean MZ doesn't just replicate the sample a few times and adjust
>the resolution and frequency to compensate? Assuming you still get reasonable
>values to put in the DOC registers and the sample itself is OK, there's no
>reason that wouldn't work.

It does that.  I also tried looping directly in the DOC with the old
SoundSmith hack (just swap-mode the sample so it keeps repeating) and that
also buzzed.  I'm guessing ShellPlay does some sort of additional processing.


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