40 Years of Paula – the Amiga Sound Chip
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The article celebrates the 40th anniversary of Paula, the Amiga sound chip, highlighting its significance in audio technology, while the HN discussion remains subdued but appreciative.
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Decades since, way too many talented people obsessed over whether F-3 is 22168 Hz, 20864 Hz or something else. [3][4][5]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_tracker
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20110726144753/http://helllabs.o...
[3] https://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=8628
[4] https://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=12158&page=1
[5] https://resources.openmpt.org/documents/PTGenerator.c