Version 3 - So what do you all think so far ?

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 7:58 pm

Don't want to speak while I'm still all excited, but at first glance I think Version 3 is really going to give Pulsar a huge boost.

It looks good, runs smooth (so far) and has got some great extra devices - and I haven't even got the ProPack.

For me Projects load slower, but presets load much faster. Reverbs are sweet.

Version 3 could be just what we've all been waiting for ! Surely even CW will be able to sell this ?

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Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 8:24 pm

I think it sounds better overall. especially the new synths..they have sparkle/edge or something that was missing before. now im going to be hard pressed to make something better!

i got the pro pack, i like the new mixer a lot better than the bigmixer. even though its only 24 chan.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 8:32 pm

Too modest !

marcuspocus · Post by **marcuspocus** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 8:35 pm

The new mixer is not only 24 cha. It can go up to 48 chanels!

Well, yeah, true 24 cha. stereo, still a lot better than the 16 channel stereo we had with BugMixer!

Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 27, 2001 12:17 am

don't forget the rtn channels....even still,the sound of the new pulsar mixer,wow!!

(stupid smilie)

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nicked · Post by **nicked** » Thu Sep 27, 2001 12:58 am

so is the pro pack worht the money then?

i do think v3 is a big improvement though. creaware done a good job.

marcuspocus · Post by **marcuspocus** » Thu Sep 27, 2001 3:35 am

Yes, the pro pack worth the money very well for myself

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Sat Sep 29, 2001 10:47 am

Is the new big mixer still a "phasing nightmare"? I like the vectron player and the new reverbs. I haven't fully tested version 3. The SP-DIF dest module seems to be a big problem for me and many other people. I'm doing a clean install on a new computer and thanks to Creamware I am in IRQ hell although I should have that fixed soon. Creamware cards are the only modern cards that can not share IRQ numbers with other devices. This is my main complaint with Creamware. You really like the propack mixer a lot more than the big mixer? It simply sounds better? I wish I could just buy the mixer. I don't need the other things in the pro-pack.

Peezahj · Post by **Peezahj** » Sat Sep 29, 2001 12:32 pm

hmm, my pci slots are full & the only problem I've ever had was with the network card (& that only took 5 minutes to fix). What's going on with it? Do you have multiple CW cards? No isa, right???

I've seen people mention the spdif issue but haven't had a problem w/ it myself in v3; I monitor digitally so I'd have noticed right away if there was something going on. What are you trying to send spdif out to?

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Sat Sep 29, 2001 7:09 pm

Well I finally seem to have fixed the IRQ problem by finding just the right slots (I have 3 Creamware cards). The SP-DIF dest is not a problem because I'm using the 2.04 module for that as long as it works I'm okay.

lionel_talkover · Post by **lionel_talkover** » Sun Sep 30, 2001 2:19 am

The V3 is great. The Presets windows are friendly, it was a bad point in V2. The new synths are good. I have also the impression of larger sounds in stereo as well. Propack is definitely a good thing, pulsarmixer is a great value for bigmixer users : stereo channel (you can use real stereo inserts now ), 24 channels could be view on a single screen without swapping, the architecture is close to a real console, and it looks good.
Masterverb is quiet good, with a little work it makes value on a mix, delays especially the pattern delay is delicious, sync of midi clock is better than before (it works), well it's a succesfull update. Nothing more for STS (Individual outpouts not there, no more controllers) but we can't have everything at once. SPDIF seems to be a problem, I saw it very often on forums, but I never use it !! So I don't know.I forgot the windows to select synths, devices and evrything are also a good ideas. Screen sets are a definitely excellent idea. Link to logic screen sets, swaps beetween the two are easier.

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Sun Sep 30, 2001 4:21 am

No more for STS ??? You have 2 new filters in the STS 3000 and the STS 4000 now has all of the filters form the STS 5000 and now you can load sveral STS:s at the same time.
So there is some improvement in them as well.

ronaldmeij · Post by **ronaldmeij** » Sun Sep 30, 2001 5:09 am

i bought a month a go the sts 4000
i keep hearing about the new sts 4000 with all the filters but !!!

I downloaded the sts 4000 file from my page yesterday but no new filters whats wrong ???

please help

lionel_talkover · Post by **lionel_talkover** » Sun Sep 30, 2001 10:04 am

Well, I use the sts wich was intalled in my V2 and just to say the filters were not my first priority. I think there's more urgent things to change is the sampler. I'm not going to repeat what I say everywhere. BTW sorry if there's new filters, I'm going to check.

horrn · Post by **horrn** » Sun Sep 30, 2001 12:23 pm

FINE
now it seems to get what it should have been from the beginning

))

i only had 2 hours gaming on that new v3 but it made fun from the beginning - well looking, a good overview now!
well, i´m surprised that it seems to make that big step ... nice sounds and handling of all that folders around ...

so far: FINE!

)

algorhythm · Post by **algorhythm** » Sun Sep 30, 2001 6:45 pm

just installed it - very cool!

the interface is fast and improved.
i have trouble using the drop down menus though - they disappear too quickly! unusable! and i cannot see big mixer(?)

prisma is a nice girl!

the dynamic mixer is a pleasant surprise. a happy medium between BM and dynamixer (and stereo!).

that is all for my initial thoughts . . .

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 2:22 am

Really cool, I like almost everything new and improved in the mac version (somebody may say - hey, you previously crititized 3.0 - yes, but I only talked about bugs). And even modules which previously appeared with graphic errors now appear properly!!! Unfortunatelly I (Pulsar I user) MUST use the spdif-in as a sync source but Can't do it now... In other terms I would give 9/10 points for 3.0 but until the bug correction I can only give 5/10.

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 5:44 am

yeah, as I said before, the mixer section is really hot for me. Plus the effects.. the little things that weren't there before. I always had the impression that many of the 3rd party products were a little over weight with features.. ya know, cuz they're products and I respect that. But when you need something small and cheap (dsp), we didn't have much of a selection. Or had to go hunting for them.

So I'd say the entire Pulsar package is now more complete even at its out-of-the-box state. But ya know, somethings never change.. the 3rd party plugins still KICK ASS! The community KICKS ASS! It's exactly these things that a new pulsar user unknowingly gets along with a great piece of hardware. Wow, I just flew off the topic here.. hehe.

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 8:27 am

I am very impressed with V3.0 so far. Which isn't very far, because I've only been playing with it for an hour or two. Running some of the new synths (which will keep me occupied for some time), and running Rebirth through it testing the fx and mixer. I don't know what they did with the sound, maybe some little fairies inside the software, but it seems to sound much, much better than the previous version. More punchy, better defined, very nice Creamware!
The only thing is, I only have 4 DSP's! NOT ENOUGH!!! I'll go sell my granny for a Pulsar 2 SRB now!

No seriously!

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 11:32 am

I don't know what they did with the sound, maybe some little fairies inside the software, but it seems to sound much, much better than the previous version. More punchy, better defined, very nice Creamware!

I don't want to sound like a party pooper but I really didn't realize any significant differences in sound quality itself... I've heard a couple of other people saying that the sound quality has been enhanced... I honestly can't tell. Are there any new technology/software developements that I don't know about that may have caused improments in sound quality?

Also, one of the more strange things I'm hearing is that the v3 mixer sounds "better" than the v2 big mixer... Well, I may be wrong but I'm inclined to believe that as far as we're in the digital domain and the signal remains untouched... the sound shouldn't change at all.. in other words, the mixer remains transparent in the signal path. But perhaps there have been improvements in software code, I won't try to sound over confident. I can understand that synths may sound better or refined, they probably actually reworked them... but MIXERS??

If the sound quality has actually been enhanced. GREAT!!

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