digital audio processing thonk 

fucked up how even modern sound cards have no more than 15 independent channels available and the only reason nigh-infinite polyphony is even a thing on modern computer systems is thanks to the fact everything's mixed down on the software side of things

digital audio processing thonk 

this particular thonk brought to you by me listening to a bunch of Amiga and SNES video game music and being forever impressed by how much potential people back then managed to squeeze out of a measly 4 and 8 tracks respectively of straight up samples varying only in volume and pitch

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