Subject: Luna
Hi I saw your question about reviewes for Luna. There was a Luna review in Computer Music Magazine last November I think and it scored 9 out of 10 there. I think they have the weblink: www.computermusic.co.uk
Cheers
Please, some advice. (by lilcam)
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Hi all!
My questions are not for the pulsar but for the Luna,Electra, Powersampler series of creamware, so excuse if this is considered an intrussion.
I'm very interested in the Luna card but I had no luck at all trying to find some indipended reviews. It's like nobody is interested in this card. So I thought I should ask you, pulsar users about it since the dsp is the same only less.
1. Something that I haven't yet understood is this. When we say that the dsp lowers the cpu load does this mean that it lowers the cpu load of the pc when using synths and plugins and mixers that come from creamware or that applies at all situations. For example, using Reason by propellerheads, will the dsp of creamware make less the cpu needed to run reason? Does the dsp take the cpu load from all audio apps, softsynths, sequencers?
2. Are you the pulsar users satisfied by the overall quality of the sound that the creamware products give?
When for example you arrive at the mastering point of your creations do you get a loud and clear signal so that you can proceed to mastering without having to deal with a weak and mudy signal?
How good is the frequency responce?
3. This is for anyone that makes dance/house. Do you think that the Luna can really do the job of a production from the composition till the mastering and the reproduction?
Would the result be of acceptable quality to go for reproduction?
4. Some people say that even if Creamware wants us to believe that the dsps make everything go faster, in reality the card itself with only a 24 channel mixer makes the cpu go crazy. Is this the case?
5. I have some friends that work in a studio and they say to me to buy one of the ECHO(EVENT) cards instead of the Luna. They say that the Layla and the Mona have far better quality than the creamware cards and that the maximum output in decibels of any Echo card is very better.
Can this be true?
Thanx in advance.
My questions are not for the pulsar but for the Luna,Electra, Powersampler series of creamware, so excuse if this is considered an intrussion.
I'm very interested in the Luna card but I had no luck at all trying to find some indipended reviews. It's like nobody is interested in this card. So I thought I should ask you, pulsar users about it since the dsp is the same only less.
1. Something that I haven't yet understood is this. When we say that the dsp lowers the cpu load does this mean that it lowers the cpu load of the pc when using synths and plugins and mixers that come from creamware or that applies at all situations. For example, using Reason by propellerheads, will the dsp of creamware make less the cpu needed to run reason? Does the dsp take the cpu load from all audio apps, softsynths, sequencers?
2. Are you the pulsar users satisfied by the overall quality of the sound that the creamware products give?
When for example you arrive at the mastering point of your creations do you get a loud and clear signal so that you can proceed to mastering without having to deal with a weak and mudy signal?
How good is the frequency responce?
3. This is for anyone that makes dance/house. Do you think that the Luna can really do the job of a production from the composition till the mastering and the reproduction?
Would the result be of acceptable quality to go for reproduction?
4. Some people say that even if Creamware wants us to believe that the dsps make everything go faster, in reality the card itself with only a 24 channel mixer makes the cpu go crazy. Is this the case?
5. I have some friends that work in a studio and they say to me to buy one of the ECHO(EVENT) cards instead of the Luna. They say that the Layla and the Mona have far better quality than the creamware cards and that the maximum output in decibels of any Echo card is very better.
Can this be true?
Thanx in advance.
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Subject: PulsarII
Lilcam, I'm no expert in PulsarII or Luna, but I've played a whole range of hardware analog and digital gear over the years, spanning the MS20, Pro-1, Monopoly, Poly6, Jupiter 6, the Junos, various Sequential Circuits machines, Akai, Roland and Ensoniq samplers etc etc and etc. Although relatively new to PulsarII I can say for sure that the sounds are first class. The joy I've got for the past few months just twiddling knobs again has been tremendous. I've had some problems sync'ing to VST, but that's another story - and if I wasn't have so much fun with the synths I might have solved things faster. The sounds you get are fantastic and downloading devices from the various sites (including this one) is like getting a new piece of hardware every week.
To an audiophile maybe this will sound like heresy, but in my experience having a system that is just plain FUN to tinker with, and which gives you the flexability to create the sounds you want is MUCH more important than a marginal superiority in the audio specifications. That's not to say CW gear lacks those specs, I don't know, because that's not what I concentrate on.
The best technical setup doesn't make the best music. The most inspired human makes the best music, so get something that inspires. For me that's PulsarII.
Did that sound like an ad?
(Apologies I couldn't be more specific about your card.)
Cheers,
Spirit
Lilcam, I'm no expert in PulsarII or Luna, but I've played a whole range of hardware analog and digital gear over the years, spanning the MS20, Pro-1, Monopoly, Poly6, Jupiter 6, the Junos, various Sequential Circuits machines, Akai, Roland and Ensoniq samplers etc etc and etc. Although relatively new to PulsarII I can say for sure that the sounds are first class. The joy I've got for the past few months just twiddling knobs again has been tremendous. I've had some problems sync'ing to VST, but that's another story - and if I wasn't have so much fun with the synths I might have solved things faster. The sounds you get are fantastic and downloading devices from the various sites (including this one) is like getting a new piece of hardware every week.
To an audiophile maybe this will sound like heresy, but in my experience having a system that is just plain FUN to tinker with, and which gives you the flexability to create the sounds you want is MUCH more important than a marginal superiority in the audio specifications. That's not to say CW gear lacks those specs, I don't know, because that's not what I concentrate on.
The best technical setup doesn't make the best music. The most inspired human makes the best music, so get something that inspires. For me that's PulsarII.
Did that sound like an ad?
(Apologies I couldn't be more specific about your card.)
Cheers,
Spirit
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