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• COVER S T O R Y you to store up to 18 samples in memory (if you've enough free ram). These can be played in any order by pressing the keys that you have assigned so that you may record a sequence and replay it later. The software is controlled by pointing and clicking with the mouse. If the icons on the buttons in the screen shot look familiar, they should_ The icons are exactly the same as those used in A.M.A.S as it's the same group of people behind the product. As with all sampling hardware, you must achieve the correct input level so that you so do not get any clipping at the peeks of the sample. Adjusting the signal input level can he done with the help of a LED style peek level meter. If the signal is high it beats to the red lights towards the top of the scale. The manual suggests that you use the oscilloscope to do this, which is quite reasonable is you happen to have a sine wave generator to produce exactly the same frequency all the time. Seeing as the kind of stuff people usually record are pulsing sounds, this can sometimes be a bit unreliable. Still it's there to be used. In addition a spectrum analyser also aids your perception of the incoming signal. Mastersound is capable of sampling from between 3,0kHz to 55.9kHz inclusive and has the widest sample range of all the products in this test. Samples in memory can be reversed so that they play backwards, but this is the only effect you can impose upon the sound. Files can be saved in IFF and IFF instrument formats in one three or five octaves so the sounds can be readily loaded into other popular music packages such as Aegis Sonix. Alternatively, the sample data can be stored in it's purest raw data form however information such as the sample frequency is not stored in raw file mode. The sounds recorded by Mastersound are of a high quality. Apart from being mono, which really doesn't make a great deal of difference with 8-bit samplers anyway, Mastersound is a really good package. It offers a comprehensive range of features which are unsurpassed at this price. It's ideally suited to someone who wants to dabble, and includes software to enable you to play samples independently of the main editor software. 74 AMIGA COMPUTING November 1990 Pro Sound Designer Gold, p is the sloppiest Rlooking unit out of the O lot. The hardware is unlabled S and styled in a repulsive o grey plastic case. u Apart from this, it is poorly designed and sits at n right-angles to the Amiga. d Because the ports on D the A500 are recessed. an e extender socket is a must s as you can't connect iit otherwise. Of course, such an extender g is supplied. Audio input is via n a 3.5mm stereo jack assembly. Another complaint I have about e the package is the manual. Although it's r well written, it's not too informative because of the cost cutting layout technique. The documentation covers too many versions of the product (Pro Sound's available for the ST as well) and though it's not difficult to sort out which bits are relevant to your version, it would be nice to have a manual for each computer rather than one trying to explain the ins and outs of both. Another point is that it keeps referring to Figure 2 to show which button does what instead of showing the symbol next to the section where it's function is described. Later in the manual this system is employed and it makes operation a lot simpler not having to keep turning back through the manual. You've probably already realised that, like all the other products in this article, Pro Sound uses the button operation technique using symbols for identity. In fact, I hate these symbols. Many look so similar with only a slight difference so it's all too easy to press the wrong button. However, this is true of all of the products in this round-up. Pro Sound Designer Gold is a stereo sampler however it cannot display both left and right channels simultaneously — but this is no great loss. The beauty of it is that because the Amiga has four channel sound, Pro Sound allows two stereo samples to play at the same time. If you're clever with the recording system, you can even have four mono samples playing together. PO 11411 it.indst .roSuund liwnionor 1 DxmiGrAbr. Witten by Se vin Ste ve os Geoptiloo by Le e Gibson A D igia •sphis Prod., 1 1 ., Available PAST nrnery 374176 hetes Ava ila ble C AP monorv z 359464 be t, SELECT SASIPLEN TYPE Prolaund ChAnmp . i t n . . i t . . Pro Sound will allow samples to be taken between lkHz and 28kHz inclusive. Samples at 28kHz sound OK but are not brilliant. Invariably samples taken from a stereo source sound better when recorded in stereo and mono sound better when recorded in mono. Samples are stored as standard DT files so that they can be loaded directly into standard software for further sound manipulation. If you prefer you can save the sample in raw format to save space. Basic functions allow you to cut and paste sample chunks with relative ease using the magnify function which give an expanded display of the sample so that cursor positioning is easier. It is possible to double the sample's length which usually increases the signal to noise ratio to provide a better sound. Similarly you can halve the sample using another function which has the opposite effect. MIDI capabilities are included in the Pro Sound Designer Gold package in the form of a separate program, Pro Midi. However the package does not include a MIDI interface and so more money will have to be spent in obtaining one. Non-MIDI folk can still use this software as you can trigger sounds by pressing assigned keys on the Amiga. The software includes a variety of sampled instrument sounds which you can sequence together using a MIDI synthesizer or the Amiga's keyboard. Naturally you can sample your own sounds and then use them instead of those supplied. Pro Sound Designer Gold is a versatile package. I don't think the sound quality is up to that of A.M.A.S but it is a bit cheaper and offers a wide range of features.
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