Been building this setup for a while now and it's gone through a lot of changes over the past couple of years but here's how it stands.
Athlon 2200XP
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
1Gb Ram
NVidia FX5200(Crap but gives me the 2 display outputs I need for...)
...2x 19" Monitors
Creamware Pulsar II (Classic i/o)
2x Creamware Powersampler
Creamware adat z/link i/o expansion
Luna 2496 z-link i/o box
Sync Plate
Creamware Mix & Master Pack
Creamware Noah EX Final Edition
...and that's it for the Creamware stuff (for now). I plan on getting another adat expansion for the other powersampler giving a total of 92 i/o's. Another 2496 i/o box and an a16 ultra would fill the z-link ports while on the adat front I have:
2x Yamaha 01V's each with adat option
Emu E5000 Ultra (16 adat outputs)
Then there's the Noah
and a Fostex VC-8
...so I really need to get that adat interface.
Filling the 54 analog inputs I've got (in alphabetical order):
Akai S5000 (256mb)
Clavia Nord Modular KB (expanded)
Creamware Noah EX
2x EDP Wasp
Elektron Machinedrum
Focusrite Platinum Tone Factory
Novation KS4
Novation Super Bass Station
Oberheim Prommer
Octave CAT
Octave Kitten II
Oxford OSCar
Powertran Transcendent 2000
Roland CR-8000
Roland Juno-60
Roland MC-202
Roland SH-101
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-606
Sequential Circuits Drumtraks
Sequential Circuits Pro-One (J-Wire)
Simmons SDS9 with Original Simmons Zifs
Soundart Chameleon
Rode NT1-A
Waldorf Pulse
Waldorf Rack Attack
and a few other bits and pieces including:
Edirol UM-2
Edirol UM-880
Kenton Control Freak SE
Philip Rees MCV
Philip Rees V10
Rane Mojo MH 4 Headphone Amp
Tannoy Reveal Actives
2x Ultrasone HFI-2000 Headphones
...and that's the lot. I've got another 2 PC's. One for midi sequencing (I also use the CW system for this but the UM-880 can be switched between the 2 at the touch of a button) and the other pc is for the Internet (which is soon to be moved into the adjacent room to cut down noise levels.)
Picture to follow...
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Creamware User Setups
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I thought the oldest entries (from 2001, 2002) would make me laugh (I mean the computer specs) but as I can see they are maybe slow to todays demand but chosen very carefuly and each component seems to be a top one.
Ok here's my computer specs and I decided to show the progress writing down my entry-Luna2 machine and my newest baby.
2001
Apple Mac G4/400 (AGP graphics, "Sawtooth")
ATI Rage Pro 128 16MB
256MB SDRAM 100MHz
10GB 7200 IBM HDD
Philips 17" 105S CRT monitor (1024x768x32)
MacOS 9.04
QuickTime 4.1
Luna 2 with Luna 2.52 software (12ms ULLI @ 44100kHz)
OMS 2.3.7
Cubase VST Score 4.1r2
ProTools Free 5.01
Freeware VST and VSTi (lots of)
Yamaha A3000 v2 sampler with 66MB RAM and 8GB IBM SCSI HDD
Korg EA1 synth;
Evolution MK-4902 4 octave MIDI keyboard controller
Sennheiser HD 570 phones
2005
Apple Mac G4/400 (AGP graphics, "Sawtooth") upgraded with Sonnet Encore/ST 1400MHz L3 cache 2MB card
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB
1.25GB MB SDRAM 100MHz
120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 8MB cache HDD + 80GB Seagate Barracuda 2MB cache
Acer 1715 17" TFT monitor (1280x1024x32)
MacOS 9.22
QuickTime 6.0.3
Pulsar2 + Luna2 on Scope 4 software (3ms ULLI @ 44100kHz)
Ambient, DarkStar, OrionCustom by Zarg, BassmanIII by Celmo, Optimaster
OMS 2.3.8
Logic Audio BigBox 6.3.1 (incl. EXSP24 + EVP73 + ES1)
Absynth2
ProTools Free 5.01
Freeware VST and VSTi (lots of)
Yamaha A3000 v2 sampler with 66MB RAM and 8GB IBM SCSI HDD
Evolution MK-225C controller keyboard
Sennheiser HD 570 phones
As this is my hobby set (well, sometimes I earn money on it but it's only sometimes) I have no dedicated amplifier and speakers. And this is Philips FA761 amplifier and JVC very plain speakers but with a good low frequencies (I take my mixes to my work to listen to them on pro speakers (at least 6 different sets)
Ok here's my computer specs and I decided to show the progress writing down my entry-Luna2 machine and my newest baby.
2001
Apple Mac G4/400 (AGP graphics, "Sawtooth")
ATI Rage Pro 128 16MB
256MB SDRAM 100MHz
10GB 7200 IBM HDD
Philips 17" 105S CRT monitor (1024x768x32)
MacOS 9.04
QuickTime 4.1
Luna 2 with Luna 2.52 software (12ms ULLI @ 44100kHz)
OMS 2.3.7
Cubase VST Score 4.1r2
ProTools Free 5.01
Freeware VST and VSTi (lots of)
Yamaha A3000 v2 sampler with 66MB RAM and 8GB IBM SCSI HDD
Korg EA1 synth;
Evolution MK-4902 4 octave MIDI keyboard controller
Sennheiser HD 570 phones
2005
Apple Mac G4/400 (AGP graphics, "Sawtooth") upgraded with Sonnet Encore/ST 1400MHz L3 cache 2MB card
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB
1.25GB MB SDRAM 100MHz
120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 8MB cache HDD + 80GB Seagate Barracuda 2MB cache
Acer 1715 17" TFT monitor (1280x1024x32)
MacOS 9.22
QuickTime 6.0.3
Pulsar2 + Luna2 on Scope 4 software (3ms ULLI @ 44100kHz)
Ambient, DarkStar, OrionCustom by Zarg, BassmanIII by Celmo, Optimaster
OMS 2.3.8
Logic Audio BigBox 6.3.1 (incl. EXSP24 + EVP73 + ES1)
Absynth2
ProTools Free 5.01
Freeware VST and VSTi (lots of)
Yamaha A3000 v2 sampler with 66MB RAM and 8GB IBM SCSI HDD
Evolution MK-225C controller keyboard
Sennheiser HD 570 phones
As this is my hobby set (well, sometimes I earn money on it but it's only sometimes) I have no dedicated amplifier and speakers. And this is Philips FA761 amplifier and JVC very plain speakers but with a good low frequencies (I take my mixes to my work to listen to them on pro speakers (at least 6 different sets)
Hi!
I love the cheap and good way:
My 3 3sharc cards(Elektra,Luna,Powersampler, I love them) run on:
MSI 865PE Neo-2V (36 € 2nd hand on Ebay)
1024 MB (Elixir/VT Ram CL 2,5 80€)
1,7 Mobile Celeron@2,60 (Modded by breaking one Voltage ID Pin 40€?!?)
Aerocool HT-101 3heatpipe CopperCooling with duct direct out.
HIS Ati Radeon 9600 80€(good Picture Quality, silent passive cooling, good overclocking(nearly 9600pro)for gaming)
LC-Power 350 watts Power Supply 12" fan 25€ (not too silent but really okay for that price)
15" Acer, 21"Targa Monitors (There are better ones...)
I love the cheap and good way:
My 3 3sharc cards(Elektra,Luna,Powersampler, I love them) run on:
MSI 865PE Neo-2V (36 € 2nd hand on Ebay)
1024 MB (Elixir/VT Ram CL 2,5 80€)
1,7 Mobile Celeron@2,60 (Modded by breaking one Voltage ID Pin 40€?!?)
Aerocool HT-101 3heatpipe CopperCooling with duct direct out.
HIS Ati Radeon 9600 80€(good Picture Quality, silent passive cooling, good overclocking(nearly 9600pro)for gaming)
LC-Power 350 watts Power Supply 12" fan 25€ (not too silent but really okay for that price)
15" Acer, 21"Targa Monitors (There are better ones...)
<b>Hardware:</b>
P4 Northwood 3.0GHz
Soyo SY-P4i865PE Dragon Plus 2 (yes, Soyo)
1.0 GB DDR400 RAM (2 x 512 MB)
Matrox G450 Dual-Head Video
System Drive: WD 7200 RPM 120GB EIDE HDD on PriIDE
Projects Drive: WD1600 7200 RPM 160GB SATA HDD
Pioneer DVD-ROM; Sony CD-RW on SecIDE
2x Pulsar II/Scope Project (12 DSP, 1 Z-Link I/O) Mainboard slots 3 & 4
<b>Controllers / Control Surfaces:</b>
M-Audio Keystation 88 Pro
Tascam US-2400
Contour Shuttle Pro
Logitech DualAction Gamepad (left & right stick setup for Midi CC control of VSTi, etc.)
<b>System SW:</b>
Windows XP Pro SP2
ACPI Multiprocessor PC
<b>Application SW:</b>
Cubase SX 3.1.1.944
eMagic SoundDiver 3.0.5.2
Antti's "Augur" VSTi (VirtualVS has been scratched)
Vellocet VMidiJoy (Z & RZ axes mapped to CC 16 & 17(inv.) for Korg Legacy Wavestation)
MidiYokeNT
<b>I/O:</b>
Audio: Creamware A16 (not Ultra) linked to Pulsar ADAT (8 channels only)
MIDI: MidiSport 4x4
<b>Monitoring:</b>
M-Audio LX4 5.1 System
<b>General Setup:</b>
CPU HyperThreading Enabled
ACPI Multiprocessor PC
System SwapFile fixed at 1536MB
Cubase SFP Mode; 44.1kHz; 32 bit flt
4ms Latency on ASIO1-32 Scope Drivers (intBlkSize=128)
Cubase ASIO Settings: LowLatency=on; Multiprocessor=on
Graphics: 2 x 1600x1200 x 16 bpp; max graphics acceleration
<b>Processor Affinity Settings:</b><i>(set using Imagecfg.exe)</i>
Cubase=CPU 0&1
SoundDiver=CPU 0
SFP=CPU 1
<b>Creamware Plugins/Packages:</b>
Scope 4.5
Scope 4.5 Synth & Sampler
Original Synth & Sampler (less Vectron)
Original Mix & Master
Pro-One
Poison FM
<b>Native Plugins:</b>
Korg Legacy Collection
Antti's Augur (Beta)
<b>External Synths:</b>
Ensoniq VFX 2.10b
Korg Oasys PCI
Mysterious Linux Box
<a href="http://users.adelphia.net/~b1114p/studi ... g">Desktop image here</a>
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P4 Northwood 3.0GHz
Soyo SY-P4i865PE Dragon Plus 2 (yes, Soyo)
1.0 GB DDR400 RAM (2 x 512 MB)
Matrox G450 Dual-Head Video
System Drive: WD 7200 RPM 120GB EIDE HDD on PriIDE
Projects Drive: WD1600 7200 RPM 160GB SATA HDD
Pioneer DVD-ROM; Sony CD-RW on SecIDE
2x Pulsar II/Scope Project (12 DSP, 1 Z-Link I/O) Mainboard slots 3 & 4
<b>Controllers / Control Surfaces:</b>
M-Audio Keystation 88 Pro
Tascam US-2400
Contour Shuttle Pro
Logitech DualAction Gamepad (left & right stick setup for Midi CC control of VSTi, etc.)
<b>System SW:</b>
Windows XP Pro SP2
ACPI Multiprocessor PC
<b>Application SW:</b>
Cubase SX 3.1.1.944
eMagic SoundDiver 3.0.5.2
Antti's "Augur" VSTi (VirtualVS has been scratched)
Vellocet VMidiJoy (Z & RZ axes mapped to CC 16 & 17(inv.) for Korg Legacy Wavestation)
MidiYokeNT
<b>I/O:</b>
Audio: Creamware A16 (not Ultra) linked to Pulsar ADAT (8 channels only)
MIDI: MidiSport 4x4
<b>Monitoring:</b>
M-Audio LX4 5.1 System
<b>General Setup:</b>
CPU HyperThreading Enabled
ACPI Multiprocessor PC
System SwapFile fixed at 1536MB
Cubase SFP Mode; 44.1kHz; 32 bit flt
4ms Latency on ASIO1-32 Scope Drivers (intBlkSize=128)
Cubase ASIO Settings: LowLatency=on; Multiprocessor=on
Graphics: 2 x 1600x1200 x 16 bpp; max graphics acceleration
<b>Processor Affinity Settings:</b><i>(set using Imagecfg.exe)</i>
Cubase=CPU 0&1
SoundDiver=CPU 0
SFP=CPU 1
<b>Creamware Plugins/Packages:</b>
Scope 4.5
Scope 4.5 Synth & Sampler
Original Synth & Sampler (less Vectron)
Original Mix & Master
Pro-One
Poison FM
<b>Native Plugins:</b>
Korg Legacy Collection
Antti's Augur (Beta)
<b>External Synths:</b>
Ensoniq VFX 2.10b
Korg Oasys PCI
Mysterious Linux Box
<a href="http://users.adelphia.net/~b1114p/studi ... g">Desktop image here</a>
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LIVE RIG
4U ATX CHASSIS
OCZ 520-ADJ
SUPERMICRO P4SCT+II
INTEL P4 3.4GHz / NORTHWOOD Eng.Smpl.
KINGSTON ECC DDR 2GB
MATROX G450 32MB 4x AGP
CREAMWARE SCOPE PROJECT ( x 2 ) PLEXTOR PX716SA
ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY Q34 SATA RAID CAGE
WD740G ( x 2 ) RAID 1 GS3 SAMPLES
WD360G GIGAPULSE IMPULSES
WD360G O.S.+ APPS.
LEXICON MPX-550 ( x 2 )SP/DIF'd 2 SCOPE
LINE 6 ECHO PRO
OBERHEIM XPANDER
OBERHEIM MC3000
M-AUDIO KEYSTATION PRO 88
BARBETTA SONA 31C ( x 2 )
MOTION-SOUND PRO3T
STANDTASTIC 102KS KEYBOARD STAND w/ 8U LCD
NEC 18" LCD
WINDOWS XP PRO. SP2
GS3 ORCHESTRA
SOLARIS MIDI'd TO OBERHEIM XPANDER=SOUNDS THAT GOD WOULD USE WHEN YOU ENTER HEAVEN.
_________________
Jimmy V.
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4U ATX CHASSIS
OCZ 520-ADJ
SUPERMICRO P4SCT+II
INTEL P4 3.4GHz / NORTHWOOD Eng.Smpl.
KINGSTON ECC DDR 2GB
MATROX G450 32MB 4x AGP
CREAMWARE SCOPE PROJECT ( x 2 ) PLEXTOR PX716SA
ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY Q34 SATA RAID CAGE
WD740G ( x 2 ) RAID 1 GS3 SAMPLES
WD360G GIGAPULSE IMPULSES
WD360G O.S.+ APPS.
LEXICON MPX-550 ( x 2 )SP/DIF'd 2 SCOPE
LINE 6 ECHO PRO
OBERHEIM XPANDER
OBERHEIM MC3000
M-AUDIO KEYSTATION PRO 88
BARBETTA SONA 31C ( x 2 )
MOTION-SOUND PRO3T
STANDTASTIC 102KS KEYBOARD STAND w/ 8U LCD
NEC 18" LCD
WINDOWS XP PRO. SP2
GS3 ORCHESTRA
SOLARIS MIDI'd TO OBERHEIM XPANDER=SOUNDS THAT GOD WOULD USE WHEN YOU ENTER HEAVEN.
_________________
Jimmy V.
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Nice new box 
Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe motherboard
Intel P4 640 3.2Ghz processor
Corsair Twin2X1024-5400C4 memory
WD Caviar SATA drives, 80 & 200 Gb
Radeon X-300 Pci-X graphics
LG Super Multi DVD drive
Benq FP91G 19" LCD screen
Antec 1650B case
Cheap mouse & keys
Scope Pro & A16
Win XP Pro
All running smooth...
Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe motherboard
Intel P4 640 3.2Ghz processor
Corsair Twin2X1024-5400C4 memory
WD Caviar SATA drives, 80 & 200 Gb
Radeon X-300 Pci-X graphics
LG Super Multi DVD drive
Benq FP91G 19" LCD screen
Antec 1650B case
Cheap mouse & keys
Scope Pro & A16
Win XP Pro
All running smooth...
On 2005-09-14 08:41, wayne wrote:
Nice new box
Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe motherboard
Intel P4 640 3.2Ghz processor
Corsair Twin2X1024-5400C4 memory
WD Caviar SATA drives, 80 & 200 Gb
Radeon X-300 Pci-X graphics
LG Super Multi DVD drive
Benq FP91G 19" LCD screen
Antec 1650B case
Cheap mouse & keys
Scope Pro & A16
Win XP Pro
All running smooth...
Nice to hear
what about native performance and low latency?
Here is my setup.......
Computer Setup....
Hardware
Case .........Silentmaxx ST11 Pro
PSU ..........Silentmaxx Semi-fanless 450w
Motherboard...Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra 939
CPU...........AMD Athlon 64X2 4800+ (toledo)
VGA Card......Matrox P650 DualHead 64mb
CPU Fan.......Zalman 7700-Cu + Fan Mate
Ram...........Corsair 2x1GB PC3200 DDR 400 C2
Hard Drives...4x Maxtor Diamond Max 10 250GB S-ATA/150 16mb 7200rpm
Hard Drive Cooling Cases...4x Silentmaxx Harddisk Silencer case
Case fan......Coolermaster 12x12cm
PCI Slots...
Scope Cards...2x Scope cards (total 30(28) Dsp)
Other cards...1x UAD card
Software...
OS............Windows XP Pro with SP2
Sequencer.....Cubase SX3
Creamware Scope Pro v4.0
M'n'M and S'n'S Packages
Audio Editor...Wavelab 5
Extra software include.....
Instruments
NI............B4 and Battery 2
VST...........The Grand, Elec Guitar, Halion 3.
Aturia........Minimoog v1.5
Effects....
Waves Platinum Bundle
Antares Auto-Tune 4
Universal Audio v4.0
External Hardware......
Speakers............Dynaudio Acoustics BM15A
Master Keyboard.....Roland XP80
Stage Piano.........RD 600
Modules.............Roland XV 5080,
and.................Korg Triton Rack,
and.................Access Virus B.
Midi Interface......Emagic AMT 8 (via RS232)
Midi Controller.....Mackie Control (Master) and 2x Mackie Control Extenders
AD/DA Converters....Creamware A16 Ultra x2 (via Zlink)
Microphone..........Rode NTK, NT2
Headphone Controller....Samson C-que-8
Headphones..........Beyer Dynamic DT 770 x2
Effects.........
Focusrite...........ISA 430 MK2
Lexicon.............MPX-1
Alesis..............Midiverb 4...
Biggit up for the Creamware Massives Aiiiieeeee
Computer Setup....
Hardware
Case .........Silentmaxx ST11 Pro
PSU ..........Silentmaxx Semi-fanless 450w
Motherboard...Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra 939
CPU...........AMD Athlon 64X2 4800+ (toledo)
VGA Card......Matrox P650 DualHead 64mb
CPU Fan.......Zalman 7700-Cu + Fan Mate
Ram...........Corsair 2x1GB PC3200 DDR 400 C2
Hard Drives...4x Maxtor Diamond Max 10 250GB S-ATA/150 16mb 7200rpm
Hard Drive Cooling Cases...4x Silentmaxx Harddisk Silencer case
Case fan......Coolermaster 12x12cm
PCI Slots...
Scope Cards...2x Scope cards (total 30(28) Dsp)
Other cards...1x UAD card
Software...
OS............Windows XP Pro with SP2
Sequencer.....Cubase SX3
Creamware Scope Pro v4.0
M'n'M and S'n'S Packages
Audio Editor...Wavelab 5
Extra software include.....
Instruments
NI............B4 and Battery 2
VST...........The Grand, Elec Guitar, Halion 3.
Aturia........Minimoog v1.5
Effects....
Waves Platinum Bundle
Antares Auto-Tune 4
Universal Audio v4.0
External Hardware......
Speakers............Dynaudio Acoustics BM15A
Master Keyboard.....Roland XP80
Stage Piano.........RD 600
Modules.............Roland XV 5080,
and.................Korg Triton Rack,
and.................Access Virus B.
Midi Interface......Emagic AMT 8 (via RS232)
Midi Controller.....Mackie Control (Master) and 2x Mackie Control Extenders
AD/DA Converters....Creamware A16 Ultra x2 (via Zlink)
Microphone..........Rode NTK, NT2
Headphone Controller....Samson C-que-8
Headphones..........Beyer Dynamic DT 770 x2
Effects.........
Focusrite...........ISA 430 MK2
Lexicon.............MPX-1
Alesis..............Midiverb 4...
Biggit up for the Creamware Massives Aiiiieeeee
Is this setup really working?On 2005-11-16 17:26, buyakasha wrote:
Here is my setup.......
Computer Setup....
Hardware
......
Motherboard...Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra 939
CPU...........AMD Athlon 64X2 4800+ (toledo)
VGA Card......Matrox P650 DualHead 64mb
CPU Fan.......Zalman 7700-Cu + Fan Mate
Ram...........Corsair 2x1GB PC3200 DDR 400 C2
Hard Drives...4x Maxtor Diamond Max 10 250GB S-ATA/150 16mb 7200rpm
PCI Slots...
Scope Cards...2x Scope cards (total 30(28) Dsp)
Other cards...1x UAD card
Software...
OS............Windows XP Pro with SP2
Sequencer.....Cubase SX3
Creamware Scope Pro v4.0
AD/DA Converters....Creamware A16 Ultra x2 (via Zlink)
Biggit up for the Creamware Massives Aiiiieeeee
How is it installed?
What bios tweaks?
What about the sfp/xtc mode?
Everything working?
Please say YES!
eh, you're right, I am a luna(t)ech!
I am a luna(t)ech!Hi all pulsarians!
Here's a pic of my recent studio upgrade.
pc 1:
Asus Cusl2-C
512MB
2x Pulsar II / 12dsp
1x80gb drive (audio)
1x40gb drive (os)
Display Left side
pc 2:
Asus p4p800
1gb ram
Hammerfall HDSP9652
3xadat
wordclock
connected to pc 1 with adat(24chn)
display right
other gear,
828 MK II
Virus C
CS6-X
Roland Juno
AMt 8
Logic Controller
Korg ms20
have fun and make some music!
Here's a pic of my recent studio upgrade.
pc 1:
Asus Cusl2-C
512MB
2x Pulsar II / 12dsp
1x80gb drive (audio)
1x40gb drive (os)
Display Left side
pc 2:
Asus p4p800
1gb ram
Hammerfall HDSP9652
3xadat
wordclock
connected to pc 1 with adat(24chn)
display right
other gear,
828 MK II
Virus C
CS6-X
Roland Juno
AMt 8
Logic Controller
Korg ms20
have fun and make some music!