MOTU 24I/O and PCI 424 with Pulsar II

icegrill · Post by **icegrill** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:54 am

Hi Folks,

I am considering purchasing the Pulsar 2 with 6 DSP Chips and would like to find out if there are any compatibility issues on WinXP Sp2

Also whats the cheapest entry system for somone like me? I would love to add a 14 chip booster at some point .

Thanks

katano · Post by **katano** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:35 am

Hi and welcome to planetZ

Scope and Windows XP SP2 works like a charm for me, one of the stablest configurations i've ever had!

I think the 6 DSP is a good starting point. but speaking for myself, i had better started with a 15 dsp card, cause i do the hole recording, mixing and mastering stuff in one project. and this is definitively a dsp hungry configuration. nevertheless, if you'll become a dsp addict like most of us here, you are able to ugrade with 2 additional srb's or scope pro's at any time...

cheapest way is of course the scope home (3dsp's, formally known as LunaII). But i would never start with this config, unless you use it only as an I/O-System...

greez
Roman

Shayne White · Post by **Shayne White** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:47 am

Scope has no problems with WinXP itself. The only issues are compatibility with recent non-Intel hardware. The nVidia nForce4 chipset for AMD's Athlon CPUs seems to have PCI bandwidth issues, and the AMD Athlon x2 Dual-Core CPUs have been giving some of us audio performance problems. So only the older nForce3 chipset and Athlon 64 Single-Core CPUs work with Scope.

However, all Intel products seem to be 100% compatible with Scope, including all the latest chipsets and dual-core CPUs. (Intel has always been Scope-friendly.) GaryB here builds Intel-based systems and reports that there are no problems.

If you have an Intel system, everything should work great. If you don't, tell us what hardware you have and we'll be able to help you further.

Happy music making,

Shayne

icegrill · Post by **icegrill** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:09 am

Thanks for the prompt replies,

I am using a Motu 24i/o and would like to continue using it. It uses a PCI-424 interface

Anyone using a MOTU 24i/o and a Pulsar 2/1 ?

Thanks again

icegrill · Post by **icegrill** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:41 pm

Hey Folks,

Back again, the more i read the more i think i wont actually be able to use the Pulsar 2 and the Motu at the same time.

I find this very confusing. I hope somone can clear up this very soon.

I wonder if it would make much sense to stick a pulsar 2 into a 2U rack
such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIGLEN-SERVER-2U- ... dZViewItem

then somehow use it as instrument ?

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Thanks peeps.

Post by **garyb** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:06 pm

the motu quality is not so high (it's still plenty good, it's just not so good as to be precious). just get an a16(for an improvement in quality) or a couple of behringer ada8000s(for the same quality plus 16 mic pres!) and use the scope i/o.

there are currently some great deals on a card and a16 from creamware. send me a private message if you're interested.

icegrill · Post by **icegrill** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:35 pm

HI Gary,

I would actually need two of these A16 Converters,

Can i hookup two A16's to a Scope Project card, that one with 6 DSP's? I would feel sick having another piece of behringer gear in my place.

Regards,
D

Post by **garyb** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:36 pm

2 a16s? 32 inputs and outputs right? that'll take two cards.

the behringer has the same ad/da as the motu....

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