How useful is TripleDAT?

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:27 am

Still looking at options...(which means the $$ are not yet in my pocket). Can the TripleDAT be used in the same manner as Live? Is it a basic audio sequencer within the SFP environment? I've read the Creamware blurb but I don't fully understand it's application. Would I still need to master to something like VDAT?

voidar · Post by **voidar** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:43 am

I have never tried it, but tripleDAT is probably very dated, though I get the impression that many people on this board swear by it. I will leave them to answer. For my case, I will not congress to using Win ME again.

For mixdown I would suggest the STS3000 or above instead as it can record in stereo while the VDAT only records mono tracks. The Creamware samplers can also be triggered to record by incoming sound.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:10 pm

Mikka, Triple has a completely different focus than Live.
It's main advantage is simplicity and reduction to essential editing, which makes it very easy and ergonomic to operate.
It's a production- and not a performance tool.
Due to 16-bit file format and 16 tracks only it's certainly limited, but may still be useful on some material. But you have probably something else in mind

cheers, Tom

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:18 pm

Thanks for your input...

Sounds like Live would be better for me than tripledat. So if I master to STS3000/5000, can I take this file and burn it or would I need to convert it to a different format?

Post by **garyb** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:16 pm

depending on how deep your mixes are you might want to go out via sp/dif to a dat recorder with your mixes(to save resources).there is a nice cut down version of samplitude in magix music studio2004,which is an excellent mastering/burning tool.($79)

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:14 am

Thanks for that tip Garyb. I'll have a good look at that one. These comments have been very useful. I'm hoping they'll save me a stack of time by allowing me to focus on learning programs I'm likely to stick with.(and $$)

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voidar · Post by **voidar** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:03 am

Mikka:

If you mix down to a STS in 16 bit/44.1KHz it s hould play fine in a CD player when burnt on a CDR. However I do not know how it would sound in terms of dithering. I would have listened to it first at least. If it sounds strange, record with a higher bit-rate and dither down in some other application.

But I guess it will be fine since STS is actually recording and sampling a sound-source on its own, and not working with an existing file.