20 dsps are not enough

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ARCADIOS
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Post by ARCADIOS »

scope4live it seems we have the same scope configuration but i got 1.
pro 14dsp+pulsar2, 6dsp=20.
i would like to know your cset ini and other info about your system cause i suppose since you play live with it it must be very stable.
i wonder though if it is a good idea to get another scope pro to have 34 dsps, cause i really feel that even if i do not work live with scope the feeling that i have with many synths with big polyphony makes my spontaniety fill the music.
of course i see that to play well with synths doing atmo pads or piano style rythm needs defenatelly 16 polyphony.
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Post by dawman »

I am in Florida for one week for vacation again. Remind me when I return next week. GaryB does all of my DAW building, so he would be better at answering that question. He will be with me in three weeks in Las Vegas to build some more DAW's for my band.He is a God amongst men.

I will not sway you in my direction, as my projects all involve heavy polyphony of synths. Once I load Solaris w/ 8 voices the DSP's need to be observed from that point on. When loading an all Creamware project, i.e. Minimax, Pro-12, etc.I can load the shit up on all channels w/o the opti. wndw. ( I fuckin' hate that pop up ). 34 DSP's didn't seem to work as well as I wanted, and 45 DSP's was downright disappointing IMHO. But as I said, you might prefer the single DAW approach for recording. If you would PM me the day before Thanksgiving in November, GaryB will be sitting in front of multiple DAW's, and hardware synths and FX. This would be the perfect time to gather bits and peices of relevant info from this mad scientist as he will be overlooking the strip in Las Vegas once again.

I have a great patch which consists of two EP samples in Gigastudio, one is Celmo BlueWave Magic EP sampled by Chris Werner, the other is the FM Encyclopedia. I have Chris Werner when he has time to sample pads from Solaris 4.1 the next one is Meditating sine waves by Marco Polo or something like that. This is a beautiful patch, and I agree that 16 voice poly is a must for atmo pads, but Solaris at 16 voice would need it's own DAW. So sample as much as possible when using 16 voices. You won't notice the change, other than your DSP meter won't be at high levels.

Solaris w/ 8 voice polyphony is critical 4 my sound. It takes all priority over anything else. But the sampling of Mulholland Falls, Meditating Sinewaves, and other great sounding pre.'s is the way to go. That's why the SFP / GS3 Orchestra DAW works so well for me.
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