Hi all,
Im planning to buy a powersampler + Luna I/O box plus
the pulsar II SW.
Therefore I would get 10 analog I/O and 2 digital I/O as
well as ULLI and its far cheaper than Pulsar II and e.g.
Fostex VC8 Converter.
I am using Cubase 5 and i have some external devices:
2 effect processors and 2 synths. I am mainly focused on
the big mixer functionality to be able to include my
external devices, and I would also get the STS 3000 as an
'add-on'. Some questions on this:
Will the 3 DSP be sufficient for the STS 3000 and the big-
mixer? What does the STS 3000 consume on DSP power depending
on polyphony ?
Is the system o.k.? Reading of all the problems on bad midi-
controlling and phase problems in the big mixer, as well as
weird installation problems, slow GUI ( i thought the GUI
became faster in V2 ? ) I am a bit worried ?!?
Any suggestions welcome !
powersampler + pulsar II SW good buy ? (by Lenny)
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Subject: Re: powersampler + pulsar II SW good buy ?
Well thank you for your reply,
this could be a solution, but my interest is also in the
ultra low latency IF, which the powersampler offers.
Maybe you could check how many ressources the STS3000
needs in your case ... you should have 6 + 3 DSPs and
if you start a project with just the STS3000 it should
give you the percentage of load on your system ... or
am i wrong ?
Regards
Well thank you for your reply,
this could be a solution, but my interest is also in the
ultra low latency IF, which the powersampler offers.
Maybe you could check how many ressources the STS3000
needs in your case ... you should have 6 + 3 DSPs and
if you start a project with just the STS3000 it should
give you the percentage of load on your system ... or
am i wrong ?
Regards
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Subject: appetizer
Buying PowerSampler with Pulsar II SW will make you buy more DSPs very soon. (CW marketing has good ideas as we all know).
So I think it depends on the price. How much is the bundle ?
Adding just a P II SRB could be a good idea, if you get along with the PowerSampler I/O s. If you don`t care on the Pulsar synths PowerSampler is allso a good standalone card.
I`m running PI+PS (7 DSPs) and it rocks.
regards, Alex
Buying PowerSampler with Pulsar II SW will make you buy more DSPs very soon. (CW marketing has good ideas as we all know).
So I think it depends on the price. How much is the bundle ?
Adding just a P II SRB could be a good idea, if you get along with the PowerSampler I/O s. If you don`t care on the Pulsar synths PowerSampler is allso a good standalone card.
I`m running PI+PS (7 DSPs) and it rocks.
regards, Alex
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Subject: Re: appetizer
The price for PS + Luna I/O Box is 1540 DM, the P II SW
costs another 533 DM thats together about 2100 DM.
The P II + Fostex VC8 is 3200 DM.
But all I want on SW side is the Bigmixer (24 Channels
plus some EQs and Compressors, if the Bigmixer
and the STS3000 ( poly of 16 is o.k. ) would run simultaneously it would be great.
On HW-side I get 10 analoge I/Os ( 24/96 !) plus 2 digital
ones, plus ULLI ( for VSTis )
Regards
The price for PS + Luna I/O Box is 1540 DM, the P II SW
costs another 533 DM thats together about 2100 DM.
The P II + Fostex VC8 is 3200 DM.
But all I want on SW side is the Bigmixer (24 Channels
plus some EQs and Compressors, if the Bigmixer
and the STS3000 ( poly of 16 is o.k. ) would run simultaneously it would be great.
On HW-side I get 10 analoge I/Os ( 24/96 !) plus 2 digital
ones, plus ULLI ( for VSTis )
Regards
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Subject: luna i/o-box is crap...
why the hell they didn´t make it with sym.trs-ins and outs?
that would have made it possible to use the i/o´s symmetrical and asymmetrical. don´t know if that makes sense to get a signal over asymm. ins and converting it with 24bit and 96kHz (exept for marketing reasons
i like more the way pulsar´s i/o´s are connected to the board in a modular way - buy an srb first, and an 24adat-i/o module later; if i need more inputs, i´ll get an external converter and connect it to the adat-ins.
gruß,
Mo
why the hell they didn´t make it with sym.trs-ins and outs?
that would have made it possible to use the i/o´s symmetrical and asymmetrical. don´t know if that makes sense to get a signal over asymm. ins and converting it with 24bit and 96kHz (exept for marketing reasons
i like more the way pulsar´s i/o´s are connected to the board in a modular way - buy an srb first, and an 24adat-i/o module later; if i need more inputs, i´ll get an external converter and connect it to the adat-ins.
gruß,
Mo
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Subject: Pulsar II + Powersampler
I'm running a Pulsar II/PowerSampler system on a 700MHz PIII. I have plenty of DSP for the STS-4000 and Big Mixer with EQ and compressors. The system is pretty cool except for the fact that you can use only 16 instruments in the STS-4000. (32 or 64 would be beter.) The load time for samples is extremely fast. The system is relatively stable. However, the interface could be improved greatly.
I don't use any of the Pulsar synths because I don't think they sound good enough to justify the extra DSP. (My Nord, Virus b, MicroWave, plus Reaktor and other plug-ins give me all the synth resources I need.)
You might be able to get by with just a Pulsar II if all you plan to use is the Big Mixer and STS-3000.
Good luck!
I'm running a Pulsar II/PowerSampler system on a 700MHz PIII. I have plenty of DSP for the STS-4000 and Big Mixer with EQ and compressors. The system is pretty cool except for the fact that you can use only 16 instruments in the STS-4000. (32 or 64 would be beter.) The load time for samples is extremely fast. The system is relatively stable. However, the interface could be improved greatly.
I don't use any of the Pulsar synths because I don't think they sound good enough to justify the extra DSP. (My Nord, Virus b, MicroWave, plus Reaktor and other plug-ins give me all the synth resources I need.)
You might be able to get by with just a Pulsar II if all you plan to use is the Big Mixer and STS-3000.
Good luck!