The big ZARG synths, especially Solaris v5 (and v4.x as well !), Rotor EX and Quantum Wave,- all introduce issues on XITE-1 and accompanied by a myriad of warning messages.gruebleengourd wrote:I use the PCI cards so I can't comment on anything xite, but I had a mysterious troubles with various zarg synths, beyond loss of sample playback ability, until I went back to 32 bit windows. PCI and 32 bit works very well.
Some presets work, others don´t,- low polyphony down to one or 2 voices only.
That´s on 32Bit Win XP SP3 system and SCOPE 5.1 already.
Quantum Wave SE is announced to run better just because it´s only ONE synth in the shell vs four,- but advertisement is typically not reality.
The small ZARG synths work for me, but also not perfect.
All kind of very audible artefacts when switching presets are present always,- p.ex. when the recall of a new preset offloads some filter module from DSP being used in previous preset, then loads another one and so on.
In such cases, load times are also some kind of puzzle and might end with the device not finishing that cycle followed by removing it from SCOPE environment and reload (if you want that after the frustration).
It´s the modularity and complexity of modulation routings in ZARG synths causing issues on Creamware and Sonic Core DSP systems.
It´s a well known issue, at least since XITE exists,- and was already explained by John Bowen himself.
ZARG synths can bring any multi PCI card system as well as XITE to it´s limits and beyond, especially when you want more than a monophonic performance.
Not every developer of devices for the SCOPE platform owns XITE-1 and SDK 5.x.
Many devices developed w/ SDK 4 and running on XITE show, sometimes only very small, issues.
The last one I tested was CWM DAW Mix 32 which stopped working w/ 27 ASIO wired stereo channels activated, no FX, dynamics or EQ inserted at all and there was no way to get around it.
So, 26 channels w/ nothing inserted,- wanna insert something, well ... reduce count of channels again.
It´s just only an example and nothing against developers trying to create and deliver free or commercial devices for the community and SCOPE,- most of the devices ARE usable up to a given point,- but for perfection on XITE, they should be developed on XITE and using SDK 5.x.
Loading S|C stock devices like STM 24/48, Minimax, Profit-5, ProTone, Prodyssey and stock FX and dynamics is a different and much more stress-free experience.
Bud