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by astroman
Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:49 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: STM2448 and SX Mixer Comparison Test and Results!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 2571

hi rodos, imho your efforts are a great hand's on experience about some aspects of digital mixing. My 2 cents about what's happened: actually the SX hasn't processed anything, like Kim already pointed out - and unfortunately that magic number '8' was rather contraproductive. You know it's one of the...
by astroman
Fri Feb 14, 2003 3:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How would you set your own music Label?
Replies: 19
Views: 2109

hi Nestor, Andy brought it to the point in a very comprehensive way. We've had a small series in a German mag about the issue which came to absolutely the same conclusion. To publish your own music you only need an own label for 2 reasons: noone wants it - or are advantages in licensing, contracts a...
by astroman
Fri Feb 14, 2003 7:25 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: DUAL SCREEN on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 1846

the screen is a fixed frequency one, unable to sync to multiple resolutions. The startup video timing is less demanding, so you see the repeated picture (which shows that screen frequency is already to high). Afterwards with final resolution the monitor gives up it's sync efforts and shuts off - for...
by astroman
Wed Feb 12, 2003 4:06 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Possible to sell plugins when buying card#2?
Replies: 2
Views: 414

welcome Tronso, there wouldn't be much interest from Luna users. Too many 3rd party devices can easily compete (or outperform) with what's in the CW packages, i.e Celmo, Wavelength, Neutron, Spacef, D-Mute etc. Have a look in the devices section here. What you might get isn't really worth the reregi...
by astroman
Mon Feb 10, 2003 6:04 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: I hope Ingo Raven reads this
Replies: 8
Views: 1104

On 2003-02-10 16:09, Herr Voigt wrote: Maybe somebody has stolen such a hot CD? that's not the case. The protection isn't in the devices but in SFP. If you happen to find the checking code and modify it, anything will install. It's that simple and therefore such code is generally hidden or scramble...
by astroman
Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:12 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Pulsar mixer VS Qbase VST mixer....
Replies: 18
Views: 3137

hi rodos, best thing would be to apply that 'sample delay' plugin to 2 signals parallel on your mixer. Depending on the kind of signal you'll be surprised how much the sound is influenced by even small delays. The human ear is very sensitive for the attack part of a signal and the influence increase...
by astroman
Fri Feb 07, 2003 10:38 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: i was dreaming about a new creamware price policy
Replies: 18
Views: 2037

the price finding is a difficult thing and it's mostly an emotional issue. It has to fit the image of the product. You can't sell a highend recording solution with elcheapo plugins - you'll kick yourself out of business this way. Nevertheless you'll have to make it affordable to your potentional cus...
by astroman
Wed Feb 05, 2003 12:12 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Pulsar mixer VS Qbase VST mixer....
Replies: 18
Views: 3137

Actually they are floating point DSPs that are also great integer machines. Basic precision is 32 bit, but can be made much higher easily. imho that's the point, DSPs have an optimized math, that fits the operation. Many processing algorithms are dealing with trigonometric functions which may resul...
by astroman
Tue Feb 04, 2003 3:43 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Pulsar mixer VS Qbase VST mixer....
Replies: 18
Views: 3137

hi Vincent, it is all math and all math IS fooled. :smile: 1+1=2 is only true in integer systems, but a DAW isn't integer at all, so the precision of math it what makes the difference. Imho one of the great advantages of our beloved Sharc DSPs is that they use a specialized and dedicated math librar...
by astroman
Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:07 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: 96 KHz.....BOYAH !
Replies: 12
Views: 1233

imho the high sampling rates aren't introduced for fidelity's sake, but because they simplify the design of digital filters, which results in reduced production cost of consumer (mass-)equipment. It's also a great sales argument directed to those who either don't know or can't hear anyway. Produce f...
by astroman
Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:46 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: vinco or PsyQ??
Replies: 5
Views: 595

:lol: ROTFL :lol:
that's a killer, Sandro
I'll definetely check it next time in the record shop :grin:
by astroman
Sat Feb 01, 2003 3:24 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: vinco or PsyQ??
Replies: 5
Views: 595

the Psycho is the candy on the cake, but what if the 'basic' doesn't taste ? I guess the Vinco will improve the quality of the acoustic recordings a lot. I'm not an expert of this but some of my fovourite recordings are from the 50s/60s, where they used to apply that stuff in a way that the compress...
by astroman
Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:34 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: what is it...
Replies: 32
Views: 2352

I think pretty much of what's desired in this thread is already in the Vectron but burried behind the interface :sad: It can rapidly change which samples drive the Oscillators, one can build own wavetables, it has multipoint and looping envelopes, crossfades and panning, and controllers composed fro...
by astroman
Fri Jan 31, 2003 8:04 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: what is it...
Replies: 32
Views: 2352

Bosone (welcome back btw), the Vectron is a true wavetable synth and it can do a hell of processing, the free Player is only the 'tip of the iceberg'. I once totally underestimated it and thought I could do the same with some crossfaded STS samples, bloody wrong. The presets actually aren't 'ready t...
by astroman
Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:46 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Conecting external mixer to pulsar mixer
Replies: 3
Views: 521

hi Stelibo, I'm afraid you must get through this, a readymade project wouldn't really help because there's a corresponding setup on the Behringer required. At least some people on this forum use the same mixer, so you're not alone in case you're completely stuck. A device of that complexity can't be...
by astroman
Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:50 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: DUAL SCREEN on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 1846

- same as above - couldn't delete :sad:

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by astroman
Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:41 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: DUAL SCREEN on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 1846

you may add as much cards as pci slots are available, the OS automatically takes care on this, no matter what manufacturer. Btw. it does this since 1988 :lol: or something like that. Most products don't require special software, the only thing I'd stay away from are cards with an IBM video DAC. A ve...
by astroman
Thu Jan 30, 2003 10:17 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: EKO : everything you need and then some more!
Replies: 18
Views: 1900

:lol:
what are you talking about ?
the most foolish market entry of the year
:lol:
it won't succeed:
expensive, unergonomic, any rackbased CPU could do at least the same and if one part fails you're stuck with your beauty.
Not all that glitters is gold...

cheers, Tom
by astroman
Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:56 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: DUAL SCREEN on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 1846

Andy, you can't use an AGP card in a PCI slot. That's the bad news.
Now the good one: Mac PCI cards are bloody cheap on eBay :grin:

cheers, Tom
by astroman
Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:36 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: what is it...
Replies: 32
Views: 2352

On 2003-01-30 08:37, borg wrote: ...the possibility to change a lot of parameters with just one knob. i guess it can be done partially in modular,... and there's a good chance that it can't be done. indeed, it's not the sound generation itself, but the control of what's happening with the sound. An...