It’s an old new project to bring back a sound sampler for the Amiga. Back in 1993, Francis Gradel from our team designed an Audio Master IV compatible sound sampler using an ADC0820 with a small LM324 preamp. Audio was awesome for an 8-bit 22KHz ish system. As time passed, Sound Blaster cards and other sound cards on PC replaced theses little boxes. Samples produced mostly been used in music trackers like MED or ProTracker, mostly in the MOD format. For music creators back then, theses were the most advanced piece of equipment available on the market. It inspired a whole generation of music makers; See theses interviews with Clavin Harris and Kayne West!

That being said, we are looking for a 2022 way to bring back these little boxes to the masses and maybe inspire another generation of music makers and bring back the fun of sound editing on Amiga.

Fast ADC chip are now integrated in nearly every MCUs. Their precision and speed are now many times what it was 30 years ago. So, why should we not take advantage of this? Our prototype is using an ATMEGA chip with 8x 10Bit ADC inputs. Using Arduino Serial Tracer, we tested it sucessfully with a simple iPhone audio output.

Adding a parallel port to the device and connecting it to an Amiga 2000 running AudioMaster IV, sound rendition is above all expectations!

Sampling and editing 22KHz real-time audio in stereo as fun as it was in 1991! Not as complete as Audacity but easy to save and add to MOD wavetables. At least, important sound effects are available.

We aren’t sure if this project will ever be in production but we would like your input on this, whether or not you would be interested in owning one. Approximate price would be 50$ cad and all integrated in a small DSUB-25 hood.

Happy new year!!!