Subject: interesting points
perhaps i was too vague and sarcastic in my first response... my only point really is that everyone has an opinion, but what YOU stated as fact was only an opinion. i have had none of the problems you have with your system and my computer is a relative dinosaur compared to what i know some of my users are running their Pulsars on. PII 350... (must upgrade soon...!) and runs like a charm!
maybe YOU should look up the history of synths like the TB-303... some interesting stuff! start here...
http://www.tb-303.org/info/history.asp
the only reason i brought up the TB-303 was as a reference to the 'opinion' thing again... it is obviously a different animal from the Pulsar. it's all relative and perspective and context... and your 'facts' are out of context mr. hotmail account (why should we listen to anything that you say when you hide behind a hotmail account?)
go back to jingle-land
sick of all the bullshit!
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Subject: Re: sick of all the bullshit!
>the problem (at least a big part of it) is that pulsar
>isn't by any means an open platform. Creamware pretend it
>is but it's only friends of them whom have access to any
>sort of devkit.
Same with any platform. Write a simple Windows app and you'll need visual basic. Why would any commercial company give something that difficult to construct away for free?
Grrr.. stupid.
>the problem (at least a big part of it) is that pulsar
>isn't by any means an open platform. Creamware pretend it
>is but it's only friends of them whom have access to any
>sort of devkit.
Same with any platform. Write a simple Windows app and you'll need visual basic. Why would any commercial company give something that difficult to construct away for free?
Grrr.. stupid.
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Subject: Man, you're full of it
Wow, I haven't come across a message like this for some time. You must really use crappy monitors if you can't hear the beautiful warmth of the Modular 2 or the pristine clarity of the UKnow 007. With a bit of eq and the right ambience using the world-class Timeworks 4080L reverb, I got a bass sound out of the fat and nasty MiniScope MKII that rivals Tangerine Dream -- it's amazing you apparently can't duplicate it.
You must really have an ancient hunk of garbage sitting on that desk there if your Pulsar environment isn't smooth as silk, like mine. At the very least, you must put in some more RAM -- I manage to run Pulsar, Cakewalk, GigaStudio, SimSynth and a few other things in 256MB very well, thank you.
If the Choruses and Delays are lame for you, perhaps you need to look at Creamware's detailed manuals and find out how they work.
Mixing a phasing nightmare? Are you sure your crappy monitors aren't out of phase with each other?
Man, it sounds like you need to reinstall your failing Windows installation. MIDI's rock solid for me.
Limited DSP resources? Try running several soft-synths as well as a multitude of sophisticated effects at once in real-time on that ancient hunk of garbage sitting on that desk there, and let me know how it works. Sounds like you need a nice little SRB to brighten your day.
BTW, I think you had more errors in that list of yours than in the Pulsar software itself. Maybe you should go work for Creamware as "error message writer" -- you have a real talent for it.
Go use your RME hammerfall cards, I hope you have a nice time wrangling with crashing soft-synths and sputtering native effects. Sounds like a lot of fun, I can't wait to hear how it works out.
Meanwhile, I'll be creating some music here with my Pulsar setup. That's my idea of a good time.
Regards,
Jared
Wow, I haven't come across a message like this for some time. You must really use crappy monitors if you can't hear the beautiful warmth of the Modular 2 or the pristine clarity of the UKnow 007. With a bit of eq and the right ambience using the world-class Timeworks 4080L reverb, I got a bass sound out of the fat and nasty MiniScope MKII that rivals Tangerine Dream -- it's amazing you apparently can't duplicate it.
You must really have an ancient hunk of garbage sitting on that desk there if your Pulsar environment isn't smooth as silk, like mine. At the very least, you must put in some more RAM -- I manage to run Pulsar, Cakewalk, GigaStudio, SimSynth and a few other things in 256MB very well, thank you.
If the Choruses and Delays are lame for you, perhaps you need to look at Creamware's detailed manuals and find out how they work.
Mixing a phasing nightmare? Are you sure your crappy monitors aren't out of phase with each other?
Man, it sounds like you need to reinstall your failing Windows installation. MIDI's rock solid for me.
Limited DSP resources? Try running several soft-synths as well as a multitude of sophisticated effects at once in real-time on that ancient hunk of garbage sitting on that desk there, and let me know how it works. Sounds like you need a nice little SRB to brighten your day.
BTW, I think you had more errors in that list of yours than in the Pulsar software itself. Maybe you should go work for Creamware as "error message writer" -- you have a real talent for it.
Go use your RME hammerfall cards, I hope you have a nice time wrangling with crashing soft-synths and sputtering native effects. Sounds like a lot of fun, I can't wait to hear how it works out.
Meanwhile, I'll be creating some music here with my Pulsar setup. That's my idea of a good time.
Regards,
Jared
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Subject: No...not full. SICK!
Man...I hardly know why I'm even bothering to respond to someone who clearly knows NOTHING about the actual facts. But...ignorance is clearly enough to make me mad as I am baby!
Firstly. Yeah sure. With some EQ, some FX etc. etc...I'm not saying you can't pull a half decent sound outta a couple of the synths occasionally. Jesus...if you couldn't, we'd all be really, really mad, right? But that's just it. They're few & far between, hog way too much DSP, and take too much friggin' around to achieve an okay sound. I've sat there time & again on just about every one of the CW synths. Only to inevitably end up going...'sigh' and reaching for the Virus, or the SNII. And whadda I get? Phat fuckin' sound baby! Straight away! Right outta the goddamn box, with FX & plenty of voices to boot! But I gotta congratulate you though. A whole one big bass sound huh? Ooooh. Goody for you. You should be real proud. It's quite a feat you know?
My ancient hunk of garbage?
A PIII-933/512Mb/90Gigs-RAID/UWSCSII/2xPulsar1+1xPulsar2. I'm not justplayin' games on the beeetch dickwad. But when I do...rest assured. It's silky ass smooth
Yeah the chorus is 'okay'. Nuthin flash though., And the delay? There are a million DX delays out there that offer much longer delay times, & sync to tempo & have a much nicer, more intuitive GUI. Thta's all I'm sayin'. After all, it is only a friggin' delay. They're not rocket science...so it shouldn't be too hard to set up your users with a tasty one. And as far as your little jab about me needing to 'read my manuals'. FUCK YOU buddy. I know my gear back to front & goddamn sideways. It's because of that that I've come to my conclusions. If anything...your comment about the phase clearly shows you either don't use your gear in an anywhere near professional manner &/or simply can't pick up on a sound being out of phase...so you don't care. I dunno whether the problems been fixed in the latest Pulsar drivers. But go check it out. Press the big fat 'mono' button on the BM2 while you gotta whole buncha different STEREO things comin' in on 16 channels into the mixer. See what happens. Funny thing is...you can usually fix it by sweeping the left & right channels the opposite way around. Now THAT'S professional, aint it?
Rock solid MIDI? Man...you obviously haven't been hangin' out with CW too long. Anybody that's been in it for the long haul will tell you all about the neverending MIDI timing problems apparent in the synths, sample players etc.
ONe thing's for sure though. You didn't go do my little 'gating test' did you. Know how I know? Coz it doesn't work. Not for you, or anyone.
I need an SRB? Pleeeease. Refer to gear list above loser. I know I need a Scope SRB on top of what I've got to do what I want to be able to do...& that therein...is friggin' ridiculous.
Every one of those messages is a realworld symptom of having a CW card in your PC. Ask ANYONE whose got one (& uses it a little bit)
Sputtering DXFX & crashing soft-syths?
Hang on...It's all become very clear to me now. You don't have a FUCKING CLUE what you're talking about. I'm trying to relay real experiences from having used my CW products day in, day out, since the 1st day they became available (that's right. I once was a CW loyal fan. I even had a tripledat before that) I'm stating ACTUAL FACT from ACTUALLY using the stuff. And you're making blanket statements about directX plugins & softsynths (as if to get me back?) Man....LAME! Especially since I'm willing to bet anything, that if you do sit there making music like you say, you must have your fair share of those very same synths & plugins that you'r having a go at. *And you love them too, don't you? May they never work for you again...as karmic punishment. SO that you're FORCED to use CW plugins the rest of your days!)
Oh & BTW. I dunno why you keep bringing up my crappy monitors...but just so you know. Mackie HR824s. And we all know they suck, right?
angry rme_man
Man...I hardly know why I'm even bothering to respond to someone who clearly knows NOTHING about the actual facts. But...ignorance is clearly enough to make me mad as I am baby!
Firstly. Yeah sure. With some EQ, some FX etc. etc...I'm not saying you can't pull a half decent sound outta a couple of the synths occasionally. Jesus...if you couldn't, we'd all be really, really mad, right? But that's just it. They're few & far between, hog way too much DSP, and take too much friggin' around to achieve an okay sound. I've sat there time & again on just about every one of the CW synths. Only to inevitably end up going...'sigh' and reaching for the Virus, or the SNII. And whadda I get? Phat fuckin' sound baby! Straight away! Right outta the goddamn box, with FX & plenty of voices to boot! But I gotta congratulate you though. A whole one big bass sound huh? Ooooh. Goody for you. You should be real proud. It's quite a feat you know?
My ancient hunk of garbage?
A PIII-933/512Mb/90Gigs-RAID/UWSCSII/2xPulsar1+1xPulsar2. I'm not justplayin' games on the beeetch dickwad. But when I do...rest assured. It's silky ass smooth
Yeah the chorus is 'okay'. Nuthin flash though., And the delay? There are a million DX delays out there that offer much longer delay times, & sync to tempo & have a much nicer, more intuitive GUI. Thta's all I'm sayin'. After all, it is only a friggin' delay. They're not rocket science...so it shouldn't be too hard to set up your users with a tasty one. And as far as your little jab about me needing to 'read my manuals'. FUCK YOU buddy. I know my gear back to front & goddamn sideways. It's because of that that I've come to my conclusions. If anything...your comment about the phase clearly shows you either don't use your gear in an anywhere near professional manner &/or simply can't pick up on a sound being out of phase...so you don't care. I dunno whether the problems been fixed in the latest Pulsar drivers. But go check it out. Press the big fat 'mono' button on the BM2 while you gotta whole buncha different STEREO things comin' in on 16 channels into the mixer. See what happens. Funny thing is...you can usually fix it by sweeping the left & right channels the opposite way around. Now THAT'S professional, aint it?
Rock solid MIDI? Man...you obviously haven't been hangin' out with CW too long. Anybody that's been in it for the long haul will tell you all about the neverending MIDI timing problems apparent in the synths, sample players etc.
ONe thing's for sure though. You didn't go do my little 'gating test' did you. Know how I know? Coz it doesn't work. Not for you, or anyone.
I need an SRB? Pleeeease. Refer to gear list above loser. I know I need a Scope SRB on top of what I've got to do what I want to be able to do...& that therein...is friggin' ridiculous.
Every one of those messages is a realworld symptom of having a CW card in your PC. Ask ANYONE whose got one (& uses it a little bit)
Sputtering DXFX & crashing soft-syths?
Hang on...It's all become very clear to me now. You don't have a FUCKING CLUE what you're talking about. I'm trying to relay real experiences from having used my CW products day in, day out, since the 1st day they became available (that's right. I once was a CW loyal fan. I even had a tripledat before that) I'm stating ACTUAL FACT from ACTUALLY using the stuff. And you're making blanket statements about directX plugins & softsynths (as if to get me back?) Man....LAME! Especially since I'm willing to bet anything, that if you do sit there making music like you say, you must have your fair share of those very same synths & plugins that you'r having a go at. *And you love them too, don't you? May they never work for you again...as karmic punishment. SO that you're FORCED to use CW plugins the rest of your days!)
Oh & BTW. I dunno why you keep bringing up my crappy monitors...but just so you know. Mackie HR824s. And we all know they suck, right?
angry rme_man
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Subject: You're not God, Bubba!
Hey, Bud, did it ever occur to you that there are other people in the world that know as much or more than you do? I'm no studio idiot -- I've been using Pulsar for a year with several different computer setups. I have Mackie HR824s. I have a number of external synths. I'm a professional recording musician in an acoustic band when I'm not working on electronic music. I don't need to tell YOU my credentials, but I SURE AS HELL know what I'm talking about. Don't you DARE tell me *I'M* the one who's ignorant here. After all, *I'M* the one who has Pulsar working beautifully on my system, not you! BTW, I don't use BigMixer most of the time. I prefer to create my own mixing environment with DynaMixers and other things. I'm aware of a few phase problems in *certain* channels of the BigMixer, but they're easily overcome with a few *minor* workarounds. As for Pulsar synths, I've heard sound clips of the Virus, Supernova, Q, and other synths on the Web, and they don't impress me any more than John Bowen's Orion synths for the Pulsar which are about 1/10th the price of a hardware synth. And CW synths really aren't so bad. You do know how to work a good patch, don't you? I mean, it's so easy to select a preset on some hardware synth and claim it sounds so much better. Especially when it's using multi FX built in.
And, speaking of effects, have you even tried Orbitone's PSY-FI package? Or Creamware's free MegaChorus? Heck, *I* can get good sounds out of the stock Creamware chorus -- much better than any of my other hardware synths's FX. If you have such a problem with their chorus, use a DirectX or VST plug-in like you'd have to anyway! As for the delays, you do know there are tempo delays all over, inside, and around Pulsar and modular synths and other places too? Have you even TRIED them???
I don't even know why I'm writing this -- I guess I just want to make sure prospective Pulsar buyers know that PULSAR WORKS GREAT FOR MANY PEOPLE! There are people out there making ALBUMS, there are MP3.com radio stations for music made with Pulsar for crying out loud. People post almost daily to the music page here at PlanetZ. If Pulsar REALLY worked as crappily as you claim, no one would be able to do anything good on it at all! Obviously, that's not the case.
That's all I have to say. Please go and leave us to our own devices. Just go. Please.
Regards,
Jared
Hey, Bud, did it ever occur to you that there are other people in the world that know as much or more than you do? I'm no studio idiot -- I've been using Pulsar for a year with several different computer setups. I have Mackie HR824s. I have a number of external synths. I'm a professional recording musician in an acoustic band when I'm not working on electronic music. I don't need to tell YOU my credentials, but I SURE AS HELL know what I'm talking about. Don't you DARE tell me *I'M* the one who's ignorant here. After all, *I'M* the one who has Pulsar working beautifully on my system, not you! BTW, I don't use BigMixer most of the time. I prefer to create my own mixing environment with DynaMixers and other things. I'm aware of a few phase problems in *certain* channels of the BigMixer, but they're easily overcome with a few *minor* workarounds. As for Pulsar synths, I've heard sound clips of the Virus, Supernova, Q, and other synths on the Web, and they don't impress me any more than John Bowen's Orion synths for the Pulsar which are about 1/10th the price of a hardware synth. And CW synths really aren't so bad. You do know how to work a good patch, don't you? I mean, it's so easy to select a preset on some hardware synth and claim it sounds so much better. Especially when it's using multi FX built in.
And, speaking of effects, have you even tried Orbitone's PSY-FI package? Or Creamware's free MegaChorus? Heck, *I* can get good sounds out of the stock Creamware chorus -- much better than any of my other hardware synths's FX. If you have such a problem with their chorus, use a DirectX or VST plug-in like you'd have to anyway! As for the delays, you do know there are tempo delays all over, inside, and around Pulsar and modular synths and other places too? Have you even TRIED them???
I don't even know why I'm writing this -- I guess I just want to make sure prospective Pulsar buyers know that PULSAR WORKS GREAT FOR MANY PEOPLE! There are people out there making ALBUMS, there are MP3.com radio stations for music made with Pulsar for crying out loud. People post almost daily to the music page here at PlanetZ. If Pulsar REALLY worked as crappily as you claim, no one would be able to do anything good on it at all! Obviously, that's not the case.
That's all I have to say. Please go and leave us to our own devices. Just go. Please.
Regards,
Jared
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Subject: Not gone yet baby...
Jared...
Okay. Somewhere along the way I/we allowed this to get personal, rather than being about CW product. Which is bad. But here goes...
>Hey, Bud, did it ever occur to you that there are other people in the world that know as much or more than you do?
Of course...
>I'm no studio idiot
Never said you were.
>I've been using Pulsar for a year with several different computer setups.
Hmmm...I'd love to dig into the reasons why you would've needed several computer setups in 12 months. Creamware, methinks?
>I have Mackie HR824s
They're tasty, huh? Although...that's just yours & my opinion. I bet there are some other cats out there that friggin' HATE 'em!
Also interesting is that clearly, what you think sounds PHAT, I think sounds MUD! Whadda ya know..how different two people's tastes can be.
>I'm the one who has Pulsar working beautifully on my system, not you!
Actually...it's workin' beautifully on my system too. Albeit with the inherent problems & occasional bumpin' & grindin' that the majority of CW users have experienced & reported since day 1.
>I'm aware of a few phase problems in *certain* channels of the BigMixer, but they're easily overcome with a few *minor* workarounds
Are you missing my point entirely? The Pulsar/Scope line of products are supposed to be professional mixing cards/software.
Do you think people would be totally cool with turning to page 59 of their brand new O2R (or whatever) manual, and reading...
"...Your new O2R mixing desk does have some phase issues. But rest assured, they're only on certain channels. And can be easily overcome (sorta) with a few minor workarounds. Yamaha thanks you for your cash..."
>As for Pulsar synths, I've heard sound clips of the Virus, Supernova, Q, and other synths on the Web, and they don't impress me any more than John Bowen's Orion synths for the Pulsar which are about 1/10th the price of a hardware synth
Well...we agree to disagree (clearly). Price isn't a factor for me really. That is to say, I don't begrudge what I've paid for my Virus, or SNII, coz they deliver exactly what they promise...and exactly what I demand. I do, however, begrudge the issues (my issues...& a few other CW users, I'm positive. But not yours) at hand with my CW card(s), as I've spent quite a bit on them, BUT they don't come up par. Of course, even if I didn't pay as much as I have for them. I'd still be unhappy...
BTW. How many voices u pullin' from Orion dude?
>I mean, it's so easy to select a preset on some hardware synth and claim it sounds so much better.
Here we go. The 'slam the guy who doesn't make his own patches starting from an initialised square wave' concept.
Okay! I admit it. I have NEVER made a patch from scratch. EVER! To be honest. I don't have time to be dickin' around with that stuff. My job is that of composer, arranger, producer, and programmer (as in sequencer). There are guys out there who are so in tune with makin' sounds that it would almost be an insult for me to even start thinking that I could make a groovier sound. I therefore, like to surround myself with thousands of sounds, made by other guys whose job it is to make phat patches, and who do it well. And hence...yes. I do judge a synth by it's presets. And goddamn it, so you should. It's part of what we pay for.
Aside from that. You're on thin ice with your argument here. I mean...if you're saying the patches given to us by the CW team aren't so crash hot, that you're forced to go make your own. Are you telling me they're sound designers suck? And not the synths?
>I just want to make sure prospective Pulsar buyers know that PULSAR WORKS GREAT FOR MANY PEOPLE!
That it does. And I just want to let prospective buyers know that Pulsar doesn't work great for many people too. Amd that it really depends on what you wanna do. And what you expect.
As a multi-client routing device. I was, in fact, ecstatic at one point, with my CW stuff. At the time, nothing else did it. Phasing problems aside...it did. Now...a lot of cards do.
At one point, no other cards offered DSP. Now lots of them do.
Same goes for the synths, and sampling, and mixing, & FX etc.
The thing is, a LOT of people go into the purchase of a CW card expecting a LOT. And why shouldn't they? A 'studio in a box' is what is promised to them. And maybe it's a little neive to think you're gonna get all that & a bag of chips when you make that kinda purchase, for that kinda cash...sure. But you don't know until you get the thing home, that maybe you were expecting too much. Unless you read the fine print. You don't know that the only way you're gonna have a decent reverb (or whatever) in your project window, is if you go spend some more cash. You don't know about all the little bugs & problems limitiations & 'workarounds' (unless you come to one of these forums first. Which makes sense, since you'll hear it loud & clear from a whole buncha disgruntled people) And then.... inevitably, you do end up here anyhow. Just another dude, wanting to know why THIS doesn't work, or why THAT crashes, or why you can't load THIS, or are getting THAT error message, or why THIS sounds kinda not as cool as you thought it would, or where you can get THAT..so it'll sound cooler.
>There are people out there making ALBUMS, there are MP3.com radio stations for music made with Pulsar for crying out loud.
I know. I'm one of them. But at the end of the day, all I ended up using the stuff for was to get in & out. A whole buncha other gear did the rest. And it's become increasingly apparent, the amount of 'settling' that's been done by Pulsar buyers/users. I mean...you've bought the thing already! So you end up using it in whatever capacity you can effectively, right? You just have to come here & read all of the posts from people to see how much of that is going on. I'm not saying nobobdy is using their cards, & effectively. I do too. But it'd be real interesting to see, if we put a lie-detector on everyone, how many people were completely satisfied with their purchase. How many users out there can honestly say they ended up getting everything they thought they were getting. And were not at all dissapointed with it's reliability or sound.
And now. I think. I just may leave you to your own devices.
(Although, never say never, right?)
rme_man
Jared...
Okay. Somewhere along the way I/we allowed this to get personal, rather than being about CW product. Which is bad. But here goes...
>Hey, Bud, did it ever occur to you that there are other people in the world that know as much or more than you do?
Of course...
>I'm no studio idiot
Never said you were.
>I've been using Pulsar for a year with several different computer setups.
Hmmm...I'd love to dig into the reasons why you would've needed several computer setups in 12 months. Creamware, methinks?
>I have Mackie HR824s
They're tasty, huh? Although...that's just yours & my opinion. I bet there are some other cats out there that friggin' HATE 'em!
Also interesting is that clearly, what you think sounds PHAT, I think sounds MUD! Whadda ya know..how different two people's tastes can be.
>I'm the one who has Pulsar working beautifully on my system, not you!
Actually...it's workin' beautifully on my system too. Albeit with the inherent problems & occasional bumpin' & grindin' that the majority of CW users have experienced & reported since day 1.
>I'm aware of a few phase problems in *certain* channels of the BigMixer, but they're easily overcome with a few *minor* workarounds
Are you missing my point entirely? The Pulsar/Scope line of products are supposed to be professional mixing cards/software.
Do you think people would be totally cool with turning to page 59 of their brand new O2R (or whatever) manual, and reading...
"...Your new O2R mixing desk does have some phase issues. But rest assured, they're only on certain channels. And can be easily overcome (sorta) with a few minor workarounds. Yamaha thanks you for your cash..."
>As for Pulsar synths, I've heard sound clips of the Virus, Supernova, Q, and other synths on the Web, and they don't impress me any more than John Bowen's Orion synths for the Pulsar which are about 1/10th the price of a hardware synth
Well...we agree to disagree (clearly). Price isn't a factor for me really. That is to say, I don't begrudge what I've paid for my Virus, or SNII, coz they deliver exactly what they promise...and exactly what I demand. I do, however, begrudge the issues (my issues...& a few other CW users, I'm positive. But not yours) at hand with my CW card(s), as I've spent quite a bit on them, BUT they don't come up par. Of course, even if I didn't pay as much as I have for them. I'd still be unhappy...
BTW. How many voices u pullin' from Orion dude?
>I mean, it's so easy to select a preset on some hardware synth and claim it sounds so much better.
Here we go. The 'slam the guy who doesn't make his own patches starting from an initialised square wave' concept.
Okay! I admit it. I have NEVER made a patch from scratch. EVER! To be honest. I don't have time to be dickin' around with that stuff. My job is that of composer, arranger, producer, and programmer (as in sequencer). There are guys out there who are so in tune with makin' sounds that it would almost be an insult for me to even start thinking that I could make a groovier sound. I therefore, like to surround myself with thousands of sounds, made by other guys whose job it is to make phat patches, and who do it well. And hence...yes. I do judge a synth by it's presets. And goddamn it, so you should. It's part of what we pay for.
Aside from that. You're on thin ice with your argument here. I mean...if you're saying the patches given to us by the CW team aren't so crash hot, that you're forced to go make your own. Are you telling me they're sound designers suck? And not the synths?
>I just want to make sure prospective Pulsar buyers know that PULSAR WORKS GREAT FOR MANY PEOPLE!
That it does. And I just want to let prospective buyers know that Pulsar doesn't work great for many people too. Amd that it really depends on what you wanna do. And what you expect.
As a multi-client routing device. I was, in fact, ecstatic at one point, with my CW stuff. At the time, nothing else did it. Phasing problems aside...it did. Now...a lot of cards do.
At one point, no other cards offered DSP. Now lots of them do.
Same goes for the synths, and sampling, and mixing, & FX etc.
The thing is, a LOT of people go into the purchase of a CW card expecting a LOT. And why shouldn't they? A 'studio in a box' is what is promised to them. And maybe it's a little neive to think you're gonna get all that & a bag of chips when you make that kinda purchase, for that kinda cash...sure. But you don't know until you get the thing home, that maybe you were expecting too much. Unless you read the fine print. You don't know that the only way you're gonna have a decent reverb (or whatever) in your project window, is if you go spend some more cash. You don't know about all the little bugs & problems limitiations & 'workarounds' (unless you come to one of these forums first. Which makes sense, since you'll hear it loud & clear from a whole buncha disgruntled people) And then.... inevitably, you do end up here anyhow. Just another dude, wanting to know why THIS doesn't work, or why THAT crashes, or why you can't load THIS, or are getting THAT error message, or why THIS sounds kinda not as cool as you thought it would, or where you can get THAT..so it'll sound cooler.
>There are people out there making ALBUMS, there are MP3.com radio stations for music made with Pulsar for crying out loud.
I know. I'm one of them. But at the end of the day, all I ended up using the stuff for was to get in & out. A whole buncha other gear did the rest. And it's become increasingly apparent, the amount of 'settling' that's been done by Pulsar buyers/users. I mean...you've bought the thing already! So you end up using it in whatever capacity you can effectively, right? You just have to come here & read all of the posts from people to see how much of that is going on. I'm not saying nobobdy is using their cards, & effectively. I do too. But it'd be real interesting to see, if we put a lie-detector on everyone, how many people were completely satisfied with their purchase. How many users out there can honestly say they ended up getting everything they thought they were getting. And were not at all dissapointed with it's reliability or sound.
And now. I think. I just may leave you to your own devices.
(Although, never say never, right?)
rme_man
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Subject: Don't blaim Creamware
Hi,
I totally agree with what has been written in this post, BUT you cannot blaim Creamware for Pulsar being a bit instable.
99% of the bugs(with the PC) are up to the Windows OS.
Once I red in a magazine that Windows(all versions)is the OS which causes the most crashes on PC.
The only thing creamware can do is to adjust the Pulsar software and drivers to the Windows OS and that can be very hard as you all know!! Furthermore it is not only the Pulsar soft-/hardware which has problems with Wondows!
Remember the thing called 'IRQ sharing'!
I have an old PC (PII 266...also a very old bios)and I am not able to influence a card to take a certain IRQ port!!
Windows is so stupid and puts all cards on IRQ 9! At the moment there are 9 things(sorry don't kow the english word)on IRQ 9 although there two more IRQ ports which can be used(11 and 5).And then it is clear that Windows crashes somewhen!
First we have to talk to Bill Gates who spends more time to develope a console (X-Box) instead of sitting on his ass to improve his sucking Windows!!
...okay
...sorry for my bad english! Hopefully you understand what I mean!!
Hi,
I totally agree with what has been written in this post, BUT you cannot blaim Creamware for Pulsar being a bit instable.
99% of the bugs(with the PC) are up to the Windows OS.
Once I red in a magazine that Windows(all versions)is the OS which causes the most crashes on PC.
The only thing creamware can do is to adjust the Pulsar software and drivers to the Windows OS and that can be very hard as you all know!! Furthermore it is not only the Pulsar soft-/hardware which has problems with Wondows!
Remember the thing called 'IRQ sharing'!
I have an old PC (PII 266...also a very old bios)and I am not able to influence a card to take a certain IRQ port!!
Windows is so stupid and puts all cards on IRQ 9! At the moment there are 9 things(sorry don't kow the english word)on IRQ 9 although there two more IRQ ports which can be used(11 and 5).And then it is clear that Windows crashes somewhen!
First we have to talk to Bill Gates who spends more time to develope a console (X-Box) instead of sitting on his ass to improve his sucking Windows!!
...okay
...sorry for my bad english! Hopefully you understand what I mean!!-
Guest
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Guest
Subject: Even more sickness...
You forgot the Mac OS specific error messages...
Can't paste authorization string because your computer doesn't have a clipboard...
Pulsar hardware no available on PCI bus because Creamware tossed out the bus schedule with the clipboard when you renamed your hard drive...
Pulsar app can't read any devices because you have a space as the first charachter of you hard drive name...
Apparently the only thing at Creamware that is worse than Pulsar is their customer support.
I don't even want to talk about what the card did when I had in in a PCI slot behing a SCSI card. Sufficient to say that you have to really fuck up to prevent a mac from playing it's startup chime.
The best solution the pulsar scope list could come up with was for me to buy a seperate windows box to run Pulsar from. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot, some idiot accused me of traumatizing the list by posting unhappy pulsar comments.
You forgot the Mac OS specific error messages...
Can't paste authorization string because your computer doesn't have a clipboard...
Pulsar hardware no available on PCI bus because Creamware tossed out the bus schedule with the clipboard when you renamed your hard drive...
Pulsar app can't read any devices because you have a space as the first charachter of you hard drive name...
Apparently the only thing at Creamware that is worse than Pulsar is their customer support.
I don't even want to talk about what the card did when I had in in a PCI slot behing a SCSI card. Sufficient to say that you have to really fuck up to prevent a mac from playing it's startup chime.
The best solution the pulsar scope list could come up with was for me to buy a seperate windows box to run Pulsar from. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot, some idiot accused me of traumatizing the list by posting unhappy pulsar comments.
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To rme man -
I have had record delas with Warner
in Sweden 95, publishing deals and released compilations in Asia.
But I am no millionare selling artist.
But one thing I can is ta act normal.
if you doont like the pulsar stuff
Sell it... burn it, ?? !!.
Pulsar sounds great for me,
not for you ?? thats OK.
but please YOU dont have to write a book
and act like a 5 y old person.
You say pulsar is crap.
thats so stupid oh man... oh man
man.. the world is different.
people are different
I for example would never run a music productions on a PC
because I love MAC.
and my pulsar rocks on my G4.
and alot of other people dont like MACS and they run PC. and thats great !!
everybody works in a different way.
Make music.. and be happy.
you are not happy..
so get rid of the system ...
and make more music with things you like !!!!
Ok now Im going to produce more cool
stuff with my 2 pulsar boards
/Michael
I have had record delas with Warner
in Sweden 95, publishing deals and released compilations in Asia.
But I am no millionare selling artist.
But one thing I can is ta act normal.
if you doont like the pulsar stuff
Sell it... burn it, ?? !!.
Pulsar sounds great for me,
not for you ?? thats OK.
but please YOU dont have to write a book
and act like a 5 y old person.
You say pulsar is crap.
thats so stupid
oh man... oh manman.. the world is different.
people are different
I for example would never run a music productions on a PC
because I love MAC.
and my pulsar rocks on my G4.
and alot of other people dont like MACS and they run PC. and thats great !!
everybody works in a different way.
Make music.. and be happy.
you are not happy..
so get rid of the system ...
and make more music with things you like !!!!
Ok now Im going to produce more cool
stuff with my 2 pulsar boards
/Michael
To rme man too:
It's a bad morning. I read a whole lot of useless abuse on some Harmony Central forum then check out the normally cooperative and civilised PlanetZ boards and I see this toy trying to flex.
Its a damn shame that someone with so much cash and supposed skills wastes so much time being so fucking nasty on the internet. If you're real stressed, go fuck. If you can't, go for a run. Venting on this forum is not gonna help you chill.
It's a bad morning. I read a whole lot of useless abuse on some Harmony Central forum then check out the normally cooperative and civilised PlanetZ boards and I see this toy trying to flex.
Its a damn shame that someone with so much cash and supposed skills wastes so much time being so fucking nasty on the internet. If you're real stressed, go fuck. If you can't, go for a run. Venting on this forum is not gonna help you chill.
I have a supernova, and some other nice analog synths... and I must tell u, those Pulsar synths rock! I have never played with such nicely textured pads and sounds before.
I love the flexibility of the card!
One thing bothers me though....
why haven't anyone made a voice tuning/harmonizing plugin?
heh.... be smart, make one, U'll be rich
)
I love the flexibility of the card!
One thing bothers me though....
why haven't anyone made a voice tuning/harmonizing plugin?
heh.... be smart, make one, U'll be rich
)