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. Lines: 30 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. -- | Troutdale Shrine of Computing ** Bob Lindstrom, perpetrator | | "What doesn't kill me" ** UUCP:percival!boblind | | "makes me fat." ** PLink: Bob L. Q-Link:Lindstrom| | - Friedrich Neetcha ** CIS: 72030,224 |