stranne on 10 July 2008
| MikeB said: @ stranne If they had only put a MIDI interface in the Amiga the fight with Atari would have been over before it started. Too limited usage other than amongst a niche, the Amiga audio chip was better to begin with. You can play MP3s on the good old Paula chip in pretty good 14 bit quality at 56khz stereo sound. MIDI interfaces could be added externally/internally. Real professionals got an Amiga anyway as Amigas were far better expandable with professional audio upgrades. |
I know all about the tech side of it, I did have the Amiga tech bibles back in the day and played around with assembler stuff, auido and otherwise. I do agree that the ST was far behind technically, sound and otherwise.
But there is no getting around the fact that ST was the MIDI-machine in those days, and the standard MIDI interface had a lot to do with it.
