According to AI (not the best source) the Archimedes could playback eight 8bit audio channels, not eight 16bit channels. To get 16bit it had to combine multiple 8bit channels. Additionally, the mixing was done in software so there was an overhead that made 4 channels of 16bit 44.1khz difficult if not impossible.
The above is not validated by real research, but I didn't lead it, I asked it to explain multi channel audio on the arch to me.
The above is not validated by real research, but I didn't lead it, I asked it to explain multi channel audio on the arch to me.
