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The Z Station · Post by **The Z Station** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 4:04 pm

Where's Emagic's free migration offer to Logic Mac? I'm not getting a Mac but I'd give it to a buddy who has one.

Just got the xgrade Cubase SX and I must say that it is freakin' phenomenal! I find it much easier to navigate than Logic and it seem to be more at home with the ASIO/2-24 protocol, obviously! I've been comparing the two bouncing off 24/44.1 wavs on both and as far as the audio quality is concerned, IMHO, they both equally sound awesome! The recordings sound good and transparent! Now, adding effects...

Also on Samplitude Trial: Although Sam can internally play 24 or 32bit float wavs, the audio interface to SFP is still 16bit (Wav Interleaved). I'm truly liking this DAW escpecially having the CD authoring suite like the tripleDAT has! If only Logic or Cubase has that feature built in, then I would be totally set then. I can't wait to see v6.5 with ASIO support.

But, in conclusion, with all these DAWs running in my system, the entire point of my excercise proves that the hardware layer, namely the CreamWare DSP cards, really makes these DAWs shine. Now, it's just a matter of preference and work paradigm.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 4:56 pm

I'm just curious, so please enlighten/explain to me: what's particularly compelling about built-in CD burning functionality? What does this give you that a standalone program doesn't?

I'm sticking with Logic for now, but you're right! SX does have some really cool things going for it including Midi Plugins, the nuendo-style automation, etc...

The Z Station · Post by **The Z Station** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 5:02 pm

On 2002-08-09 17:56, subhuman wrote:
I'm just curious, so please enlighten/explain to me: what's particularly compelling about built-in CD burning functionality? What does this give you that a standalone program doesn't?

That's just it, I don't need to actually jump to another program to burn a CD-R. I suppose that I'm just used to the tripleDAT way of doing things where I can burn my arrangment the way it is directly to CD-R on the same screen where I do my recording and editing. To me, that's very convenient. I guess I'm just lazy eh?! He he

davo · Post by **davo** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 5:10 pm

Also on Samplitude Trial: Although Sam can internally play 24 or 32bit float wavs, the audio interface to SFP is still 16bit (Wav Interleaved).

There must be something odd with your computer setup (no offence

), I've never used the interleaved src/dest for Sam, in fact I wont work only the wav src/dest work. And of course after September Asio will work.

Sorry to hear about your problem as Sam is truely a great app.
Being able to burn a CD on the fly while mixing is an advantage, sometimes for those "quickly can I get a CD of that before I go" type q's
And archiving to CD is a breeze
davo

The Z Station · Post by **The Z Station** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 5:20 pm

On 2002-08-09 18:10, davo wrote:
Also on Samplitude Trial: Although Sam can internally play 24 or 32bit float wavs, the audio interface to SFP is still 16bit (Wav Interleaved).

I think it's the Trial version. The Wav Interleaved module is the only one that Samplitude can use. I loaded a bunch of 24bit wav mods but non worked. There's probably a tweak within Samp. Haven't really examined what's under the hood. I'd definitely get Sam v6.5 Pro when it comes out maybe then, I'll get it to fully work with 24bit + ASIO protocol.
My config should be good since Logic and Cubase can interface at 24bits using ASIO/2-24.

Skoal!

davo · Post by **davo** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 5:34 pm

Apparently the update patches for Sam will work on the trial ver, or so I'm told. The only gotcha is it will reduce the trial down to one month

davo

The Z Station · Post by **The Z Station** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 6:02 pm

Bumm 'er! Oh well, I'll just hafta wait for v6.5. My plate is full with Logic and Cubase right now anyway.... I'll pick it up on my second serving!

Grok · Post by **Grok** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:45 pm

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I just can't do without it.

Post by **garyb** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 2:39 am

On 2002-08-09 18:10, davo wrote:
Also on Samplitude Trial: Although Sam can internally play 24 or 32bit float wavs, the audio interface to SFP is still 16bit (Wav Interleaved).

must be the trial version.24bit .wav is all i've ever used!

The Z Station · Post by **The Z Station** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 3:09 pm

Yeah, the only thing that works is Wav Interleaved. I loaded those 24bit wav mods but they didn't do a thing. Well, it's only a trial anyway... I suppose I can't ask for more, at least they let you take a peak of all its functionalities.