EASI help!!

groovemaker · Post by **groovemaker** » Sat Sep 01, 2001 2:43 pm

Hi! I use a Pulsar II and Logic Audio Plat. 4.7. I use the Asio24 drivers at the moment and its doing well. Now I read about this EASi drivers and I tried to use them but it didn't work . What I have to do in Logic Audio when I use the EASI drivers of the Pulsar. Is there something special to do? I cannot find the driver in Logic. Only the Asio and Dirct sound and so on drivers.
IS it better to use the EASI Drivers or the Asio?

And do somebody know how the automatisation of the Audio Instruments in Logic work. So for example if I want to record the filterchanges from the es1 or another instrument. Thanx for Help

Groovemaker

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Sun Sep 02, 2001 8:08 am

Just don't use them. The ASIO drivers is better. They never got the EASI driver working alright so save yourself from the trouble and use ASIO.
The automation in Logic is a mess. It is really unintuitive but that is to be corrected in 5.0. Anyway if you record a part in Logic you double click on the part. Then you choose wiev/hyperdraw/other (or shift F3). Then you have to know the controller nr. for the cutoff. If you open the window for the ES 1 you can change the wiev from "editor" to "controls". There you see what the control nr. is.
Expect some big changes for the better in Logic 5

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Mon Sep 03, 2001 12:26 am

The EASI Drivers are working using logic 4.22 - Better then any Asio drivers. It´s a pity since logic 4.5 they´re not working, because emagic changed the driver module and cw didn´t implement newer supported ones for their cards. What really is a lack is that most of the newer Logic versions are not really backwards compatible, so be sure to save your old projects as wave files before updating.

Don´t use cw samplers with logic. The EXS works more efficient here.

[ This Message was edited by: zer on 2001-09-05 06:34 ]

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 11:19 am

Don´t use cw samplers with logic. The EXS works more efficient here. 

Am I missing something? STS series works even better IMHO particularly if you require zero latency...

marcuspocus · Post by **marcuspocus** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 4:34 pm

Using EXS24?

How do you have 16 differents instruments at the same time? Loading 16 times the EXS24!?

And with 16 times the EXS24, i suspect you won't get a lot of polyphony in each, or your CPU will catch on fire! And even then! Or Asio driver will be loaded almost at max, less to say memory with 16 EXS24 loaded and latency!

No, maybe Giga is better than STS, but there is no way that EXS24 can compete...

Did you ever tried to make a nice layered programs with velocity mapped to 3 or 4 sample per notes completely by hand? Try this !

Well, one of my friends use only the exs, eventhough he have the STS3000, but he always use it for 1 drumkit that he takes from an akai CD. So if you find it is good for your use, keep it, but it is NOT more suited in general. STS is more flexible.

EarlyFirst · Post by **EarlyFirst** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 6:14 pm

Not only does the EASI driver work with Logic ( I have 4.7.2pc) it AND the ASIO together you get 64 channels ...

But this will change with the new 3.0 Pulsar soft as there is a 64 channel ASIO Driver now....
Paul

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Wed Sep 05, 2001 5:48 am

I use the sampler of cause for sampling tasks. Why should I use it for layered synth sounds? I use a synth for that instead. By the way, how long does it take you to create programs and make minor changes and what about the filters or do y'all fancy for preset sound stuff and those sampling cd´s everybody's using? By the way, the surface of cw samplers is bullshit, why should I fancy minidisplays on a smart monitor? Filter modulation is crappy and the controllers are not working too well.

[ This Message was edited by: zer on 2001-09-06 10:51 ]

llamativo · Post by **llamativo** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 6:53 am

I too found the EASI drivers to work better in my Logic setup. Now they are gone in 3.0 and ASIO is not occasionally clicking and popping, but always buzzes with Waldorf Attack when I am at the highest latency setting on the Pulsar II.

However, I must say that I am working with a PII-450MHz with RAM maxed out. I just don't think I have the PCI bandwidth to get clean sound.

l.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 8:22 am

just don't think I have the PCI bandwidth to get clean sound. 

Sure you do, even a VIA has enough for playing back and recording lots of tracks with ASIO. The main problem with a VIA, is you shouldn't also run realtime reverbs at the same time.

Check your ULLI settings in Pulsar and buffer settings in your sequencer. On an optimized setup, 7200RPM IDE drive, it is possible to play back 100 or more channels of 44.1/16bit audio channels -- and I am sure around half that on any VIA.