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In a message of 29 Mar 96 Greg Mclaughlin wrote to All:


 GM>         Greetings.  Somewhere along the line, you have probably
 GM> reviewed the Aura 12 soundcard for CU Amiga (sorry, I missed it --
 GM> news-stand stopped carrying Amiga mags).  What did you think of it?  And
 GM> does it sample/mix in 16-bits or 12 bits? (there's a real fight brewing
 GM> among people over this).  Is the sound output better than Amiga 14-bit?
 GM> ---

It got the most in-depth test and review from one who knows about these things
ie. myself ;-) in the January 1995 issue. To summarise, we rated it at 78% with
the comment "Potentially massive if it gets support from established
sequencers". There does not seem to have been much effort by the developers to
get it supported by other software, and as such it's of limited use in a
typical Amiga music set-up, although it does have plenty of niche uses.

It samples in 12 bits but the software scales this up to 16 bits for
processing, and then back down to 12 bit for output. Sound quality is very good
although you can tell it's not 16 bit.

Try to get hold of the review from our back issues people (tel: 01858 468 888).

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