Re: [steem] Atari Questionnaire ... excuse me , going offtopic
- From: "joao manatas" <j1979on@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: steem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:45:45 +0000
Thanks Edouard and Russ , i´ll keep searching for the best Steem
configuration
but thanks anyway :)
>From: "Steem Authors" <steem@xxxxxxx>
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>To: "Steem Discussion" <steem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [steem] Atari Questionnaire ... excuse me , going offtopic
>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:32:04 -0000
>
>Hi Joao,
>
> > now that you talk on such "perfect" emulation , i´ll take a one
> > more moment to share ... everytime i load up Steem , there´s
> > only one thing i allways wonder about , is its sound emulation
> > ... i´ve notest that there are 3 possible sound configurations
> > at the "Output Type" option , and if i´m not mistaken the
> > "Direct" one is the one that makes Steem sound best ...
> > the only machine where i can have Steem installed is a
> > Pentium200mhz , and my biggest preocupation all the time is not
> > to get the perfect sound emulation , since i really don´t know
> > exacly how an Atari sounds like , but to get its best sound
> > performance . I´ve tried various configurations , and i had
> > already Steem running perfectly on this P200 with some
> > configuration that was lost , because it looks to me that Steem
> > doesn´t "store" some of "user configurations" ...
> > if not its asking to much , could you Edouard or any SteemEr :)
> > help me on some i sould be attentious ?
>
>This is very confusing, basically it comes down to whether you want to hear
>what the ST was attempting to produce or what the average ST user would
>hear. The vast majority of STs were hooked up to TVs or had dodgy speakers,
>this meant that the output was muffled slightly, with the way the ST
>produces sound this can make quite a difference. As PC's almost always have
>good speakers "Direct" mode can cause some tunes to sound tinny and shrill.
>That is why we have "ST Speaker Emulation", that muffles the sound like bad
>speakers and can make some sounds much better.
>
>Of course if your PC speakers or your sound card aren't that good then you
>can get the muffling effect with "Direct" mode, so I'm afraid I can't tell
>which mode would be most accurate for you.
>
>Hope that helps,
>Russ
>
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