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by johndunn
Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:59 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Intel's P45 w/ 8GB DDR2 800 & 64bit
Replies: 13
Views: 2009

I upgraded to a DFI MB in order to accommodate a 3rd Scope card. I got the UT version because I use WC and it hangs the chip cooler radiator outside the computer in front of the MB fan. Works great, everything stays cool. Great OC ability. My first DFI but it's made me a believer. I got the DDR2 mod...
by johndunn
Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:12 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: 4GB RAM, Win XP
Replies: 34
Views: 5367

GREAT post valis. Thanks for taking the time. As a software developer, I regularly test under XP32, XP64, Vista32 and Vista64. I agree that XP64 is the best of the bunch, but only if you have drivers for it already; don't expect new ones to come out. Scope 4.5 and below does not work with XP64, and ...
by johndunn
Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:35 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: John Cooper, can you please ban Braincell?
Replies: 41
Views: 3660

I don't agree with banning forum members unless they're repeatededly & deliberately making a pest of themselves by being abusive & offensive to other forum members. Every one of us should be capable of knowing when we're crossing lines that shouldn't be crossed simply by using whatever comm...
by johndunn
Thu May 22, 2008 2:33 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Celmo's Bluwave + Pro Vintage Delay
Replies: 8
Views: 2640

I use SoundForge v9, and set to 256. For wmv, 192, which works out to about the same audio quality. Very, very close to a 16-bit CD.
by johndunn
Thu May 22, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Start Up Project Optimisation
Replies: 6
Views: 2932

This works for me too. I found out, not the hard way, more like the dumb way. I told it to save by mistake after having to optimize the load a couple times. I was upset because it was a new patch, not yet backed up, and I thought I ruined it. But after that it loaded without problems. So now I save ...
by johndunn
Wed May 21, 2008 1:54 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Celmo's Bluwave + Pro Vintage Delay
Replies: 8
Views: 2640

Nice sounds. I tried the Blue Wave demo and liked it a lot, but I could not get the MIDI program change to work. I emailed Celmo a couple times, never heard back. It does sound very sweet though. I've recently been experimenting with mixing down from VDAT to wav to MP3. Send me your tracks, or tell ...
by johndunn
Tue May 20, 2008 6:00 am
Forum: Purchasing and Trading
Topic: Good deal (maybe) on ebay 6 dsp project card
Replies: 1
Views: 676

Good deal (maybe) on ebay 6 dsp project card

This isn't me and I don't know anything about it, but it looks like a pretty good deal if you only need 6 more dsps. I need a full 14, so I'm passing it up, but it does look tempting. 6 dsp project card for $50. If it is to be believed, that is. http://cgi.ebay.com/Creamware-Scope-Project-Card-Great...
by johndunn
Fri May 16, 2008 8:58 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: MIDI I/O on Pulsar I Too Slow
Replies: 26
Views: 3833

FWIW, I have one of the really old Pulsar 1 cards, and I used it for years with SoftStep and ArtWonk, two algorithmic MIDI pumpers that can produce MIDI much faster and denser than human hands or feet or whatever. I never had a problem with MIDI on that card, nor do I have a problem with the big Sco...
by johndunn
Fri May 16, 2008 8:48 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: How to extract patch names from preset files?
Replies: 45
Views: 7003

Well, OK, it's been a month since I sent two emails to SonicCore about this, one on April 11, and one on April 16. Both of which were ignored. Simply ignored. These were sent to support@soniccore.de - I know this is a working email address because an enquiry about buying something from them was answ...
by johndunn
Thu May 15, 2008 4:41 am
Forum: Purchasing and Trading
Topic: SOLD--------------------------Sore Dick Deals On Scope Pro's
Replies: 6
Views: 1550

I'll take either one, don't need the plug ins but will pay for them if that is how you need to do it. PM me for a quick sale. Fort Worth, Texas.

Edit: Make that any of them, but I prefer the std i/o one.
by johndunn
Thu May 15, 2008 4:36 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Recording with VDAT at 32KHz
Replies: 10
Views: 3037

garyb wrote:sounds like you just need another card.....

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Indeed. And soon they probably will become available on the cheap as people upgrade to Xcite. But most of the motherboards today have only 2 PCI slots, and in a year or so even those will be going away.
by johndunn
Wed May 14, 2008 5:48 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Recording with VDAT at 32KHz
Replies: 10
Views: 3037

are you sure you don't mean 32bit? 32khz is kinda silly when the cd is going to be at 44.1khz...... No, I meant 32KHz. It's not so silly when your monster .pro file won't load because it can't fit all those synths into the DSPs available. So, as I said in the OP, it's a reasonable tradeoff if one i...
by johndunn
Wed May 14, 2008 5:46 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Recording with VDAT at 32KHz
Replies: 10
Views: 3037

Re: Recording with VDAT at 32KHz

Since it's upsampling, there is no aliasing artifacts to worry about. but interpolation.... :wink: thanx for the tip Fede Right. No free lunch, perfection is not attainable and all that. But as I said I used the high setting in Sound Forge, and I can't hear the difference. Actually, it turns out th...
by johndunn
Wed May 14, 2008 9:15 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Recording with VDAT at 32KHz
Replies: 10
Views: 3037

Recording with VDAT at 32KHz

This may be old news, but I could find no info on it. Although perhaps not the best for working with live sound, the 32KHz sample rate is fine if you are just doing synth music. You get a lot more synths, with little or no loss of sound quality - in fact an argument could be made that anything comin...
by johndunn
Wed May 14, 2008 9:11 am
Forum: Music
Topic: A little genetic music
Replies: 9
Views: 1811

Hi John, Well myself I am partial as I use mainly my own FM oscillators in my own devices. However, The Modular offers ways to make various FMs. Also, there are some freeware that had good reviews in the past (FeeMee, a very old device) but may be there are more recent ones that are as good or bett...
by johndunn
Tue May 13, 2008 7:46 am
Forum: Music
Topic: A little genetic music
Replies: 9
Views: 1811

Thanks, Mehdi, for the tip on DC offset on Poison. I didn't know that, obviously. I put a little Poison in the mix because I'm sort of partial to that old DX7 FM sound. I was a summer student at the Stanford AI lab when John Chowning was trying to get people interested in FM, using the Stanford Samp...
by johndunn
Sun May 11, 2008 3:16 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: A little genetic music
Replies: 9
Views: 1811

Thanks for the feedback Paul. 1. make it slower... It was done at a set tempo of 125 bpm because of the interaction with the Jamy's ArtWonk video performance. He had asked and I had agreed to keep the ArtWonk clock rate at a steady 20 milliseconds, which works out to 125 bpm, definitely Allegro . It...
by johndunn
Sat May 10, 2008 12:50 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: A little genetic music
Replies: 9
Views: 1811

A little genetic music

This is based on the genetic data from spideron, the major protein of spider dragline silk. While I've been experimenting with genetic algorithmic music for some time, in the past I've used a bank of Emu Proteus-type samplers - this is my first attempt to use Scope exclusively as the sound source. T...
by johndunn
Sun May 04, 2008 11:21 am
Forum: Music
Topic: My soundtracks
Replies: 8
Views: 2082

Normally I wouldn't comment on anyone else's music, at least not publicly. But you specifically asked for input, and judging from your web site you really care about your music and have invested a lot of your time and energy and money in it. You may not like what I have to say. Worse, what I say may...
by johndunn
Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:04 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Beta test for ArtWonk/MusicWonk v3.0
Replies: 30
Views: 7920

I will Read The Furnished Materials And you have just lost a potential customer. RTFM is just a bit of internerd slang and shouldn't be taken as an insult really. I'm definitely interested in fractal music so will be having a look. BTW Johndunn I thought SC replied to John Copper that any if you re...