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Well, I have the creamware bug in a bad but good way. I now have 2 pulsar 1s and I am just reading about how to construct an stdm cable. Should be fun.

I am now wanting to purchase the minimax in particular and was wondering if Creamware ever offers sales for the synth and samplers modules. I don't need a lot of polyphony and my budget won't afford one of the 15dps beasties but I hunger for great sounds and I suspect that the creamware commercial beasts deliver.

As many musicians, I am budget sensitive. Any history of sales of said products would be helpful.

Kudos to the participants on this forum. I have read through many threads and the level of discussion is typically mature and helpful. You don't always see that.

You just missed 50% off everything sorry

Was this a limited time deal, applicable to all software? If so , do they repeat this offer? I came to the the party late but I like the company just the same.

This time around it was 50% off everything in the shop, but for a limited time. They have different deals from time to time, but that one was the best so far...

Tradionally Summer is the next time we may see some deals from CreamWare.

I have been looking at the scope 4.5 upgrades page which is quite confusing to me.

I am just about to receive a new / old pulsar 1 which is new in the box and never registered. I understand that the pulsar 3.1 software is free to all users. In fact , I am using this software on my first pulsar 1.

The one piece of software which I am most intereted in now is the modular II . My card came with modular one which made my jaw drop when i heard the cs-15.

Given that my new old card hasn't been out of the plastic wrapper, I was wondering if it will qualify for scope 4.0 or 4.5 or if I need pay an upgrade price. I am hoping I will qualify for the modular II.

Does anyone have any insight into creamware's upgrade policies? Thanks.

SCOPE 4.0 is free to everyone. 4.5 you have to pay for.

This is from the the Scope 4.0 readme file. It indicates that this list is for the Pulsar New or existing customers with pulsar propack.

Given that both of my cards haven't been registered but they are older pulsar 1, I am not sure where that leaves me. It would be very nice to have the modurlar II but I am doubtful. Do you have any thoughts on this ?


Pulsar (New customers or existing customers with Pulsar ProPack) / PowerPulsar

Main Studiotools Package
DSP Effects: MasterVerb, MasterVerb Classic, compressor, limiter, gate, expander, parametric EQ, 4-pole filter, high-cut filter, low-cut filter, chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, dual delay, distortion.
Studio Tools: STM 1632 - 16/32-channel recording mixer, STM 16 S - 16-channel 5.1 surround mixer, VRC-S - ADAT Remote Control Unit, various audio tools (Control Room, Aux rack, etc.), various MIDI tools (monitor, merger, splitter, etc.)

Synthesizer Package I
Vectron Player, Miniscope, Miniscope MK II, U KNOW 007, Blue Synth, EZ Synth, EDS 8i

Synthesizer Package II
Lightwave, Prisma, Inferno, Arpeg 01,

Effects Package I
4-Tap Chorus, AutoPan, AutoWah, Delay LCR, Delay LCR Long, Delay Long, Dither/Shaper, Dual Delay Long, Early Reflector, Harmonic Chorus, Harmonic Flanger, Hexa Chorus, Multitap Delay, Overdrive, Pitch Shifter, Resonator, Ring Modulator, Tremolo, Decimator.

Effects Package II
DC-Filter, De-esser, Ducker, Ducking Delay, MasterChorus, MasterFlanger, MidiPole Filter, MidiTremolo, PatternDelay, RandomFlanger, SoftClip, SpaceFlanger, SSB ModDelay, SSB Modulator, SSB Phaser, StepFlanger, Stereo Expander, Tube Drive, TQ Drive, Vocoder III

Mixer Package I
STM 2448, Dynamic Mixer, Micromixer

STS 2000P
STS 3000
Modular V2
Volkszämpler (Windows only)

If they're unregistered and they're Pulsar 1 i have no idea where that leaves you. Your best bet would be to email Ralf on:

rb(at)creamware.de

and ask his advice. You never know, he may throw something nice your way, or at least explain what you're currently entitled to.

If you register the cards, and download Scope 4.0, you should end up with Modular 2 at least, and probably quite a bit more. Exactly what is always a bit of a lottery. The upgrade to Scope 4.5 is probabaly worth it too, as the entitlement on the original Pulsar 1 card is actually quite good. Hopefully Ralf can tell you exactly what you would get.

cheers

As you have mentionned Minimax, i would say that perhaps you should consider getting a klang if you mainly focus on ONE synth (prodyssey, minimax, b4000,Pro12)... If you are ready to pay 200€ for the plugin, i would personally go for the minimax hardware (klang model) which will cost you 300/350 euros (there is a "light edition with smaller polyphony i think) so that you have more power (the dsp of your P1 won't be used by the minimax) and the extra money goes for a hardware model.
Remember that P1 are not as good as the 6 dsp cards (bandwidth, latency) so a host of plugins won't perform too well on some systems (Minimax is quite hungry... ). I would say that if you plan to invest on some plugins i would first of all purchase a reliable and recent card (Pulsar2 or scope project are 2d generation and can handle ALL the 3rd party and creamware plugins...). Of course, if you don't have the budget, ask rb@creamware.de what they can propose you as an upgrade....

Thanks again,

I like the flexibility of the routing options. With two pulsar 1s I have 4 adat pairs and will likely add a pulsar II to get better ASIO performance down the road. I have contacted creamware ralf and the general contact email . I'd be extremely happy if I get the modular II with this basic package. I