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RE: Cinematronics/Sega universal sound board...


From: The Grigsbeast ( )
Date: Fri Apr 24 1998 - 12:13:31 CDT


>> Why wouldn't one simulate all this stuff with a relatively cheap
>> microcontroller instead
>Effort vs. return. ;-) You could make a Micro do it, but some
>filter/noise/sweep sounds are much easier to record and playback than
>trying to re-synthesize them from scratch.

I wouldn't want to do anything with synthesis that was easier to sample,
either. It was just a suggestion to deal with the few sounds that don't
take well to samples.

> Doing things the easy/fast way and getting
>it done seems appealing to me since we hacker-types can take months just
>debating the merits of various solutions without getting much done.

And since I'm not actually going to do it myself, the point is somewhat moot.

// grigs


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