Using Scope to record audio to my harddrive.

[hesnotthemessiah]

Someone interested in possibly purchasing a Creamware Scope system has asked me about recording audio within Scope. This has also encouraged me to find out about using Scope to record my final mixes. I was going to mention VDAT. I thought I had VDAT as part of my system which includes 2 Scope Professionals running V4.5 . I thought VDAT came as standard with these, but, as I never had any use for it and never thought I would, I never tried to load it up. I just use an extrnal CD recorder. So, before recommending it, I thought I would check VDAT out. I then realised I couldn't find it on my PC. Is it an optional extra with all Creamware cards? I do have various files (.dsp, .mdl, .pep) within my Scope folder that seem to refer to the VDAT but no actual VDAT .dsp files.

Are there any other devices which one can use in Scope to record audio to your hard drive rather than having to route it back into a host? Is VDAT suitable to simply record a final mix to a hard drive without using any of it's special features? Is it possible to just hit record on VDAT and record whatever is connected into it straight onto your hard drive?

[garyb]

yes, vdat does that and it sounds very good. it's optional, but is included in the mix and master pack. actually, any sequencer or audio editing program will record right to disk though...

[voidar]

If you have a lot of free system memory you could use the samplers to record a stereo file.

I usually just record to the host now, using ASIO-FLT drivers, then record to 32-bit float.

[pistoguitar]

You can find Vdat, if you have it, under the Plug-ins menu of your Routing Window.
But alas, Vdat cannot record stereo files, as it creates a mono file for each track. Or I still haven't found the way to do it
It sounds pretty good indeed, to my ears better than Cubase.