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AD516/AD1012/Studio16 Frequently Asked Questions v1.12
This is the Studio 16 mailing list's Frequently Asked Questions and their answers. The purpose of the FAQ is to be a resource on answers and information. Its secondary purpose is also to prevent questions from being asked over and over again. Bear in mind that this FAQ is not an usermanual, nor a developer document. It's purpose is only to answer commonly/frequently asked questions. 0.2 - LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO (stolen from AmiTCP FAQ :-S ) THIS DOCUMENT IS COPYRIGHT KENNETH KENNY NILSEN AND FLOYD DIEBEL. PERMISSION IS GRANTED FOR THIS DOCUMENT TO BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED COMPLETE AND UNALTERED. IN ADDITION, ANY PORTION OF THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE DISTRIBUTED ON USENET, SO LONG AS THE CREDITS ARE INCLUDED IN ANY PORTION THAT INCLUDE MORE THAN TWO ANSWERS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS LICENSE, USENET IS ANY DATA STREAM OR FILE COLLECTION WHICH USES ALL DOCUMENTS POSTED TO ANY NEWSGROUP THIS ARTICLE IS POSTED TO. 0.3 - DISCLAIMER (also stolen..) IF YOU SCREW UP, IT'S YOUR FAULT AND NOT OURS. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY DAMAGE OCCURING TO YOU OR YOUR EQUIPMENT IS YOUR OWN FAULT. KENNETH "KENNY" NILSEN AND FLOYD DIEBEL DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR FROM USE OF THE INFORMATION WITHIN THIS FAQ. KENNETH "KENNY" NILSEN AND FLOYD DIEBEL ALSO DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY AS TO THE INFORMATION'S ACCURACY. WHILE MUCH EFFORT HAS GONE INTO PROVIDING ACCURATE DATA, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WHAT-SO-EVER. Thanks to the people on the Studio 16 mailinglist for questions and answers, and for letting the FAQ appropiate their posts. I would also like to thanks Pauli Perkka for hosting this FAQ and being the 'official' Studio16add.lha distributor. Taken from a Sunrize Industries promotional brochure:
Taken from a Sunrize Industries promotional brochure: Studio 16's modular controls easily integrate with each other and outside software packages....Cue List lets you coordinate and synchronize hundreds of sounds to either internal or external SMPTE time code by using your mouse to activate any editing function....Using Mixer, you can adjust the volume and pan of each channel in real time as you would with a "real" mixer....Built in SMPTE Time Code Monitor displays time code on your screen, and can be genlocked to make a window dub....Studio 16's meters display sound levels for each track on traditional VU and bar graph meters with peak hold....Waveform Editor lets you edit multiple waveforms simultaneously and cut and paste one digital sound into another. Sunrize Industries was the company that made the AD516/AD1012 cards and its software, Studio 16. Sunrize Industries no longer exist as they closed for business in March 1995. 2.1 - Is there any external software support for AD516/AD1012/Studio16? Yes, including the following:
Audio Thunder (Asimware, $89 USD)
Bars and Pipes Professional (Blue Ribbon, $FREE)
Sample Wrench (dissidents, $299 USD!)
AudioLab (Maurizio Ciccione, $125 USD)
Scala MM400
SoundFX (Shareware, $25 USD)
MasterISO (AsimWare, N/A) 2.2 - Can I use the AD516 with Newtek's Video Toaster? If you have the Toaster Handler software from Sunrize, you will be able to use 1-2 tracks of audio on the AD516 with Studio16, even while the amiga is locked doing the Toaster's transitions. Without the Toaster Handler, this is not possible. 2.3 - Can I use Studio16 with DPS Inc.'s Personal Animation Recorder? Yes. The PAR will sync to Studio16's internal SMPTE timecode easily and reliably, with no added software. 2.4 - Is there an AHI driver for the AD516/AD1012? Not at this time. There are at least two teams working on achieving this. One of the teams involves former Sunrize Industries employee Ben Fuller. The second team (us) is working from Sunrize docs and specs only. 2.5 - Can Studio 16 import/export CMX files? No. The Cuelist can export an ASCII list, but does not support CMX directly. We are working on getting this support. 2.6 - Where can I get details on Studio 16's fileformat ? You can get it from Pauli Porkka's Amiga soundcard page (www.iki.fi/~pporkka/) and from Aminet at (ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/misc/Studio16add.lha) 3.1 - What is the latest version of Studio 16 ? The latest version is 3.01A. The difference between 3.01 and 3.01A is the AD516-handler file. On the author's system, the newer handler seemed to clear up minor startup problems when using multiple AD516 cards. 3.2 - Does the AD516/AD1012 read and output SMPTE timecode? The AD516 and the AD1012 both read external SMPTE timecode, provided it is LTC format. Users of VITC need to use and external LTC converter. Studio 16 also outputs an 'internal' timecode, which can control and interface with things such as Bars and Pipes Professional and the DPS Personal Animation Recorder. Neither the AD516 nor the AD1012 can 'stripe' tape, or output an external SMPTE signal. An extra program available from Sunrize, called SMPTEOut, allows the Amiga's built-in audio to output SMPTE code, in LTC format, and this can be used to control external devices, or 'stripe tape'. No Sunrize hardware is required to run this software. Some notes from users: From: D_Reynolds ([email protected]) Yes, I have it [the SMPTEOut module]. I bought it with the AD516 a few years back and was never able to get good results with it. If I recorded time code on to a tape with it, it seems that my edit controller couldn't always "follow" it, as if the code was intermittent or there was a variation in record level or something. If I used timecode that was hardware generated, from my camera or my TC generator, I never had problems during editing. BTW, I use the Panasonic AG7750 S-VHS decks, a WVF-250 3CCD camera w/AG7450 dockable S-VHS deck and the controller is a TAO Editizer, (PC based) and has a built-in TC generator. [email protected] Sat Dec 6 16:23:32 1997 I have never had a problem with the SMPTEoutput being read by video hardware. However, I have always used the "sync to video" and striped tape with the genlock active. I imagine it possible that some problems would occur with SMTPE LTC timecode not synced to the video timing. 3.3 - Does Studio 16 support the use of graphics cards? Yes, although there are a few problems. [email protected] Sun Nov 30 15:42:22 1997: I've been using Studio16 and B&P together on a Picasso II/CyberGraphx 1600 x 1300 virtual screen (running under an 800 x 600 resolution mode-I think) for a few years now . The Studio16 s/w runs (surprisingly!) very well on a Picasso II screen (A2000). Can't say I've ever had any graphic-specific problems with it. The problems I've encountered are usually with B&P. Ex: The notes show up as lines. On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Bob Maple wrote: I have a Spectrum board running CyberGraphX and Studio16 is so-so on it. Sometimes playback will 'hiccup' when the cuelist scrolls, the editor is nearly un-usable because it's so slow to drag the mouse around, and if I flip screens while playing back, the output hiccups. [email protected] Sun Nov 30 15:43:03 1997: i use the studio16 through a retinaII with the retinaemu software in 1024x768 mode, and it works great. the only problem i've noticed is some random characters appearing in the top of the cuelist [this appears to bug in cuelist - the cuelist was never meant to operate in such a large screenmode]. other than that, perfect - screen switching and everything. of course, this card isn't nearly as supported as most others, i.e., it doesn't run with cybergrafx or picasso96 software. 3.4 - Can I use an external mixer with Studio 16? Yes. Sunrize recommended the JL Cooper Fadermaster specifically, but any MIDI capable mixer should work. 3.5 - Are there any known problems or limitations with Studio 16? There are a few, and the will affect some users more than others.
3.6 - Why can't I save some of the mixer settings? The mixer module or Studio 16 has a bug which simply 'forgets' to save the settings. This may have been a "safety" feature implemented by Sunrize, in the same way the Cuelist's ON/OFF button always defaults to OFF upon starting up. In any event, a patch will be made so that user's can choose. 3.7 - Does AFS (Ami-File-Safe) work with Studio 16? Yes, but discussion of AFS usage in any situation (including with Studio 16) illicits everything from highest praise to utter and complete contempt. Your mileage may vary. From: CMM ([email protected]) I have used AFS for over two year and have *never* had a problem with it. Regarding AFS file transfers being slower, this is simply not true. AFS is much, much faster than FFS with the same amount of buffers. Set up a partition with FFS and on with AFS, set the buffers for each to 500 and run some test. You will find that AFS is tremendously faster. [email protected] Mon Dec 8 11:10:58 1997 All AFS gives you mostly is a caching file system. Since your controller and drives are rather slow, you may see good improvement (but at the expense of CPU usage). AFS has some other minor limitations that make it less desirable (most important are the lack of good recovery file utilities in case of corruption - despite what the docs say the filesystem can be corrupted). You can use HDToolbox to set the block size (up to 32k blocks! Four times the size of what the Big Blocks program sets (8k blocks). Just make sure you use the FastFileSystem that comes with Studio16 (or newer). And as to making the drive disappear, I hope you know you have to reformat the drive for the change to take effect. From: Frederick Abrams <[email protected]> I stopped using AFS before under worse conditions whereby someone installed it on my system which he claimed would resolve bad block and checksum error troubles which were frequent. This only added to the salad of troubles as I later discovered that the problem was caused by damage to the hard drive. But there is no question from my limited experience, that AFS improves dramatically on the performance of Studio16. A - Appendix and Extra Information DSP stands for Digital Signal Processor. It is a little chip that is capable of handling different kinds of signals in realtime. A DSP can be programmed to do certain operation on signals. The ADSP2105 in the Sunrize audio cards is designed to operate on audio signals. A.2 - Is there a mailing list for Studio 16 ? Yes, there is. To join the list you simply send mailto:[email protected] with a body message that only contains this line: subscribe studio16 After you get confirmed your subscription you enter or reply to the address [email protected] The mailinglist is hosted by the people that made Thor (offline news and email reader, ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/comm/thor/). A.3 - Where can I find updated software ? You will find it on Aminet. It will be announced on the mailing list and in comp.sys.amiga.announce. You will find the main add-on archive which contains all updated tools on Aminet in ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/misc/Studio16add.lha and on Pauli Porkka's Amiga Audio Card page http://www.iki.fi/~pporkka/. The preferred site to get archives, FAQ, and resource info is http://www.youngmonkey.ca/hands/files/Sunrize/index.html. It also contains some other dev docs available nowhere else. A.4 - Is there a support page for Studio 16 ? Yes. The aforementioned web page which resides at http://www.youngmonkey.ca/hands/files/Sunrize/index.html is the current Studio 16 support page. A.5 - Where can I contact Sunrize Industries ? You can't. Sunrize no longer exists and the former employees are hard to get hold of - and if you do they don't reply on Studio 16 questions. Copyright �1997 by Floyd Diebel & Kenneth "Kenny" Nilsen Document source: Young Monkey |
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