VoiceCount 1-2-3...

kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 10:10 am

Below is the results of this sundays Voice Count Test. (VCT for short)

My setup is a Scope/DP card running SFP 3.1
(That means using 14 dsp's for the voices, since one is used for "the system").

Could someone please do the test on PulsarII & Scope/SP boards ??? (The results should be the same v3.01)

Kim.

BlueSynth: 2x16+4 =36
EDS16i: 6x16 =96
EDS8i: 13x8 =104
EZSynth: 5x16+14 =94
Inferno: 3x16+10 =58
LightWave: 2x16+2 =34
MiniScope: 2x16+12 =44
MiniScopeMKII: 2x16+9 =41
Poison: 2x16+3 =35
Prisma: 16+3 =48
SB404: 14x1 =14
U KNOW 007: 3x16+4 =52
Vectron: 16+13 =29
Vectron Player: 16+13 =29
STS2000P: 7x16+14 =126
STS3000: 3x32+16 =112
STS4000: 64+59 =123
STS5000: 64+34 =98

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caleb · Post by **caleb** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 6:58 pm

Geeeez! That SB404 is a bit rich. 14 voices?! Wowee! That's one voice per chip!

Does it sound awesome?!

kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 10:49 pm

Yes, it it sounds awesome, but the reason you're only able to get 14 voices is not because the synth structure is heavy on dsp use. After all it's a monophonic synth with 2 morphimg osc's and 2 filters. It has more to do with the build-in sequencer and FX's.

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caleb · Post by **caleb** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 6:14 am

Sorry. That's really obvious - I'm just being a daft git I think.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 8:29 am

I'll put up numbers for SFP (beta 9) on SCOPE/SP within the next few days. I think EarlyFirst will be posting up numbers for a Pulsar2 alone. Stay tuned, I'll edit this post then!

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:22 am

I played with the SB404 demo for a few minutes (to help J. Bowen resolving some sequencer issues on the Pro-One) and I didn't find it's sound too fantastic. It did have some nice feauture and cool rythmic possibilities but the Pro One beats it in terms of richness of sound (but it's even heavier on the DSP too!)

EarlyFirst · Post by **EarlyFirst** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 9:14 am

PulsarII/SFP Beta 10

BlueSynth =1x15
EZSynth =3x16+6
EDS8i =5
MiniMKII =1x16+1
MiniScope =1x16+2
Uknow =1x16+2
VectPlyer =1x12
Vectron =1x12
Inferno =1x16+9
LightWave =1x15
Prisma =1x8

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kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 9:30 am

Thanx Paul. Now we're just waiting for /SP results, but my guess is that they're gonna be the same as /DP.
Can anyone think of a good reason to do the tests on a Luna card ?

Kim.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 9:33 am

Besides the fact Luna doesn't come with most of those devices you mean?

BTW I do have a machine with just an Elektra(w/ STS3000) if anyone comes up with some test results they'd like to see on that.

I will do /SP soon, but I imagine the results will be almost idenitcal to the /DP results already posted.

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EarlyFirst · Post by **EarlyFirst** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 10:07 am

when you think about it the voice counts are right on par with the VA synths of today....
at the PowerPulsar price point in some cases 5x the voices nice!

kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 11:02 am

Yes, it's very good.
Now I'm just waiting for DXL to jump in here and do what he does best...

EarlyFirst · Post by **EarlyFirst** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 11:29 am

now now throwing gas at the fire will not put it out

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 12:16 pm

not exactly on the topic, but it fits in this context:
While concentrating on the number of voices available (which suggests a better or 'more fat' sound) one might overlook (at least I did for a long time) that some synth emulations (specially the monos) actually sound much better with less voices on

caleb · Post by **caleb** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 12:51 am

It's good seeing these stats. Perhaps John can replace some of his older stats with these newer ones at some stage.