Although the hardware is limited to four separate sound channels, software such as OctaMED uses software mixing to allow eight or more virtual channels, and it was possible for software to mix two hardware channels to achieve a single 14-bit resolution channel by playing with the volumes of the channels in such a way that one of the source channels contributes the most significant bits and the other the least.

Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs – the highest level – playing in huge stadiums, six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100, 000.

Although the most common seven-string has a low B string, Roger McGuinn ( of The Byrds and Rickenbacker ) uses an octave G string paired with the regular G string as on a 12-string guitar, allowing him to incorporate chiming 12-string elements in standard six-string playing.

Although not released until 1996, in 1990 a documentary about children playing chess, Chess Kids, featuring Polgár was filmed.

Although the spoken introduction to the short piece of music is quite clear, the piano playing is largely inaudible due to heavy surface noise.

Although not universally accepted, many teachers drill students with the repetitive playing of certain patterns, such as scales, arpeggios, and rhythms.

Although it had a dart set, playing cards, and other recreational equipment in addition to books and music players, the window with its view of Earth became the most popular way to relax in orbit.

Although they failed to achieve further success in 1986, their repertoire expanded to include songs such as " Sugar Spun Sister ", taking on influences from bands such as The Jesus & Mary Chain and the indie-pop era Primal Scream (" Velocity Girl " being a major influence on " Made of Stone "), and they stopped playing the older songs.

Although " nurture " has historically been referred to as the care given to children by the parents, with the mother playing a role of particular importance, this term is now regarded by some as any environmental ( not genetic ) factor in the contemporary nature versus nurture debate.

Although it was one of his earliest recordings, the hallmarks of his playing were evident.

Although he suffered from gum disease, which started to diminish his playing abilities, Oliver remained a popular band leader through the decade.

Although a baker by profession, Pujol would entertain his customers by imitating musical instruments, and claim to be playing them behind the counter.

Although there had been exceptions like the outlandish Ford V8 specials created by the Romanians for the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally, rallies before World War II had tended to be for standard or near-standard production cars, a rule supported by manufacturers because it created a relatively even playing field.

Although Quinto watched some episodes of the show during breaks in filming, Nimoy was his main resource in playing Spock.

Although supplanted by artificial turf in some games, grasses are still an important covering of playing surfaces in many sports, including football ( soccer ), tennis, golf, cricket, softball and baseball.

Although the band described it as a serious take on the original, one they'd been playing live for years, original performer Gloria Gaynor considers it her least favorite version of the song due to its use of profanity.

Although Offenbach's ambition was to compose for the stage, he was at this point in his career unable to gain an entrée to Parisian theatre ; with Flotow's help, he built a reputation composing for and playing in the fashionable salons of Paris.

Although he is best known for playing many sinister characters on screen, Karloff was known in real life as a very kind gentleman who gave generously, especially to children's charities.

Although Quantz wrote many pieces of music, mainly for the flute ( including around 300 flute concertos and 200 + sonatas ), he is best known today as the author of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen ( 1752 ) ( titled On Playing the Flute in English ), a treatise on traverso flute playing.

Although Pete is often typecast as a villain, he has shown great versatility within the role, playing everything from a hardened criminal ( The Dognapper, The Lone Chipmunks ) to a legitimate authority figure ( Moving Day, Donald Gets Drafted, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip ), and from a menacing trouble maker ( Building a Building, Trombone Trouble ) to a victim of mischief himself ( Timber ).

Although John fought hard for the Christian cause in the campaign in Syria, his allies Prince Raymond of Antioch and Count Joscelin II of Edessa sat around playing dice instead of helping John to press the Siege of Shaizar.

Although the Hays Office received many letters of protest because of the film's subject matter, it was Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1944, playing to standing-room-only audiences in some theatres.

Although Richard was often perceived as a pre-Quiet Revolution hero excelling in an Anglophone world, he always insisted that he was an apolitical man playing hockey for the love of the sport.

Although the two rhythms share no parts in common, the band received death threats because some right wing Cuban exiles thought Palmieri's band was playing contemporary Cuban music.

Although controversial at its time, the 13 principles laid out by the 12th century Spanish Jewish philosopher Maimonides are now considered mostly normative.

Although mostly nocturnal, they are occasionally active during the day.

Although α and − α produce the same differential equation, it is conventional to define different Bessel functions for these two orders ( e. g., so that the Bessel functions are mostly smooth functions of α ).

Although his popularity continued mostly due to the TV show, his musical works in 1990s were not well received.

Although water is vital for life, the structure of this water in the cytosol is not well understood, mostly because methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance only give information on the average structure of water, and cannot measure local variations at the microscopic scale.

Although artists working with other media have expressed interest in the concept, such as Roy Ascott, " cyberspace " in digital art is mostly used as a synonym for immersive virtual reality and remains more discussed than enacted.

Although Cutter numbers are mostly used for coding the names of authors, the system can be used for titles, subjects, geographic areas, and more.

Although attempts to abolish slavery failed by narrow margins in the legislature, in practical terms, the state had mostly ended the practice.

Although scores of mostly mild seismic shocks were recorded in 1986, volcanic eruptions ceased thousands of years ago.

Although conservatism in politics was strong during the 1950s and Eisenhower generally shared these sentiments, his administration concerned itself mostly with foreign affairs ( an area that the career military president was more knowledgeable about ) and pursued a hands-off domestic policy.

Although the majority of WADs contain one or several custom levels mostly in the style of the original game, others implement new monsters and other resources, and heavily alter the gameplay ; several popular movies, television series, other video games and other brands from popular culture have been turned into Doom WADs by fans ( without authorization ), including Aliens, Star Wars, The X-Files, The Simpsons, South Park, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Red Faction, The Thing, Pokémon and Batman.

Although the commercial banking sector is largely profitable, mostly owing to income from foreign exchange transactions, the sector is burdened by a high proportion of non-performing loans.

Although Aristide accepted the plan, it was rejected by the opposition, which mostly consisted of Haitian businessmen and former members of the army ( who sought to reinstate the military following Aristide's disbandment of it ).

Although Honduran banana production is dominated by multinational giants, such is not the case with coffee, which is grown by about 55, 000 mostly small producers.

Although England was an ally of Spain, one of France's principal enemies, the war was mostly about Henry's desire for personal glory, regardless of the fact that his sister Mary was married to the French king Louis XII.

Although Lovecraft is known mostly for his works of weird fiction, the bulk of his writing consists of voluminous letters about a variety of topics, from weird fiction and art criticism to politics and history.

Although a substantial number of colonies had been designed or subject to provide economic profit ( mostly through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ), Fieldhouse suggests that in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in places such as Africa and Asia, this idea is not necessarily valid:

Although they eat mostly carrion, they will also ambush live prey with a stealthy approach.

Although edicts from King Louis XIV's court regularly came to the islands to suppress the Protestant " heretics ", these were mostly ignored by island authorities until Louis XIV's Edict of Revocation in 1685.

Although the residents of areas controlled by Mieszko spoke mostly one language, had similar beliefs and reached a similar level of economic and general development, they were socially connected primarily by tribal structures.

Although they are mostly either one or the other it is possible for there to be a blend of both.

Although the punk subculture is mostly anti-racist, it is vastly white ( at least in predominantly-white countries ).

Although rotary engines were mostly used in aircraft, a few cars and motorcycles were built with rotary engines.

Although such relays once were the backbone of automation in such industries as automobile assembly, the programmable logic controller ( PLC ) mostly displaced the machine tool relay from sequential control applications.

Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles.