Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!littlei!reed!percival!boblind
From: boblind@percival.UUCP (Bob Lindstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mimetics Junk?  (was Re: FutureSound availability?)
Keywords: samplers junk
Message-ID: <1274@percival.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 88 08:37:30 GMT
References: <213@dsacg2.UUCP> <1272@percival.UUCP> <5228@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: boblind@percival.UUCP (Bob Lindstrom)
Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR.
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In article <5228@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley) writes:
>In article <1272@percival.UUCP> boblind@percival.UUCP (Bob Lindstrom) writes:
>>The nicest thing I can say about the Mimetics digitizer is that it is
>>a piece of junk. End of Review.
>
>I think it would be better if you supported assertions like this with some
>reasons...then I wouldn't have to ask why you feel that way.  As a Mimetics
>owner, I'll try to make some guesses:
>
---Dan then proceeds to list some very thoughtful and well-expressed pros 
and cons on the features and liabilities of the Mimetics digitizer including
its integrated into the Mimetics software (pro), software shortcomings for
sample editing (con) and so forth. ----

The main reason, however, that I tersely called it "junk" - a bandwidth-saving
epithet that I still stand by - is that the sound quality of the samples tends
to be noisy and, therefore, unsuitable for use in commercial applications.
I think most folks doing sound effects or music for Amiga products are
using FutureSound or PerfectSound (there are also a couple with an early
MicroForge product too, I believe).

However, for those who are keeping score, EVERYTHING is Dan's excellent
rundown is true. He just took more time and thought and care to express it.


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