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Eric Agnew wrote in <4kgnmh$21b4@news.doit.wisc.edu> on 10-Apr-96 16:30:09 :
>Are there any obvious differences between the Clarity 16 and the
>Toccata 16-bit sound boards, aside from the $240 price difference?
>I would assume the Toccata costs that much more for a reason, and
>was wondering what sort of features I could expect on either...


Yep, there's a difference alright, the Clarity is crap, and the Toccata is
reasonable.

Seriously though, the Clarity 16 is a Parallel port based sampler thats works
with all Amigas but best with faster ones, its quality is supposed to be poor
and crackly, even the Aura 12 cartridge sounds better at 12-bit resolution.
The Toccata on the other hand is a Zorro 2/3 based board which was designed
for Hard disk recording/mixing/editing and is therefore not really suited to
playing multichannel music (Octamed 6 and later versions allow a sample to be
played through it).

The Clarity 16 is now discontinued so there will never be any software support
other than the bundled sequencer, get a Toccata if you want a Hard-disk
editing system for CD Audio mastering etc.. if you want multichannel sampling
and playback get a Midi Rackmount sampler eg. Akai S1000 (not a PC+Soundcard
as some people will have you believe is suitable).