[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- Subject: Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- From: eddy@cs.ucdavis.edu (arekusu)
- Date: 1996/11/06
- Followup-to: comp.sys.be,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.apple2
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.be, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: IIgs
- References: <55og04$j12@uni.library.ucla.edu> <AEA51B6B-1A5720@198.68.42.202> <55p0kc$27tg@r02n01.cac.psu.edu>
Eric Bennett (ericb@pobox.com) wrote:
: > >But it dosn't do this by synthesis. It basically has a bank of
: > >samples and plays them in accordance with MIDI data. This is more
: > AFAIK, you are incorrect. The QTMA is using a 16-bit synthesizer supplied
:
: I'd love to know how Apple could have crammed that many 16-bit
: instrument samples into a 455k file (that's how big the musical
In QT 7.5 all samples except the drum kit are 8 bit. The sample format is
similar to that of a Synthlab wavebank; a normal sample for the instrument
followed by several very small (32-512 bytes) waves used for the looping.
In comparison to a PC wavetable card, the QT instrument set is severely
lacking, due to a single sample being used for multiple MIDI instruments.
Reverb, chorus etc could all be done if software- provided Apple bothered.