Old Creamware Photo

ladiki · Post by **ladiki** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:54 am

I found this photo during searching for creamware history , and i would like to share, and i would like to get some info like the history of creamware ( in English plz if available).

Regards,
Ladiki

erminardi · Post by **erminardi** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:11 am

Cool!

Shame that then they have removed the memory bank slot.
That solution would surely resolve the big problem of the PCI overflow, even if, at the end, in 1998 the ram cost very more than today.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:00 am

afaik the bottom 2 pictures show engineering prototypes of the original Pulsar before the product was released.
There are also some photos where this board is shown together with a touchscreen driven controller and a keyboard. Blueprints that never made it to reality.

The TDAT16 on the first picture probably was a quite successfull product.
Based on TripleDat recording software it was an affordable way (with the A16 box) to do 16-track digital multitracking in the pre-millenium years.
The card was not developed at Creamware, but is an OEM version of the Sonorus Studio. As a sidenote the partnership ended rather unfriendly as Sonorus later accused Creamware to have stolen intellectual property...
Dunno any details but that was what Sonorus support told me on the phone as their reason why they wouldn't support any of the TDAT boards at all

cheers, Tom

Mr-Bit · Post by **Mr-Bit** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:24 am

"There are also some photos where this board is shown together with a touchscreen driven controller and a keyboard. Blueprints that never made it to reality."

It's reality for me as I have a Lemur commanding my scope setup (not the furry kind) this reletivly small rig is supa flexible/powerful, the Lemur and Scope are the ultimate team hunters for me Scope can still hold its head high in 2008.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:31 am

They are definately 2 peas in a pod.

A couple of members here use that pair.

It would be perfect for production work and well suited for live FOH chores.

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:34 am

I remember that some years ago I've played with a creamware device inside a cabinet... I've also made a video, but at the moment I don't have any idea on where I've putted the tape.

If I'll find it I'll put on divx for sharing!

krizrox · Post by **krizrox** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:37 am

Those are priceless. Thanks for sharing.

I still remember attending a Creamware in-store demonstration of Pulsar many years ago (probably 1998 or 1999) at the only music store in the area that actually sold Creamware products - Gand Sound and Music in Northlake, IL. The demo was mostly about showing off the virtual synths and I remember the Creamware guy had lots of problems with the demo (it kept crashing). I remember sitting there thinking to myself, "Well, this is nothing that would interest me, I don't play keyboards". I was so into TripleDAT at the time, I didn't see this as anything I'd ever be interested in. And besides, at the time, it was freaking expensive.

pollux · Post by **pollux** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:08 am

This one is pretty nice:

http://www.harmony-central.com/Events/M ... SCOPE.html

hifiboom · Post by **hifiboom** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:19 am

very nice.

I wonder, who originally had the Scope idea? to build a card that emulates everything in realtime?

was it Frank Hund or a cw developer, an employee ?

my recommendation : soniccore could a section cw/sc history....

From TripleDAT to Scope Fusion 5

that would be cool.

erminardi · Post by **erminardi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:27 am

This layout is cooler than actual, IMO

erminardi · Post by **erminardi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:29 am

I want this!!!

hifiboom · Post by **hifiboom** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:53 am

seems to be some kind of vector synth, where you can rotate through the 4 oscillators...

very futuristic design

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:23 am

The first layout of the 2 showed by Erminardi is similar to the Reaktor one.
I would love to have that kind of interface beside the standard Modular enviroment.

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:26 am

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/1998/AP-2010.html

what about that?

pollux · Post by **pollux** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:38 am

kylie wrote:http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/1998/AP-2010.html

what about that?

It'll probably be available by 2010

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:23 am

2010 was The Year we made Contact...
hopefully NI doesn't turn that into a slogan to be ahead of their time

cheers, Tom

krizrox · Post by **krizrox** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:13 am

$40,000 for a super audio computer. Wow. Let me see, I think I have a spare $40K laying around here somewhere.

erminardi · Post by **erminardi** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:59 am

krizrox wrote:$40,000 for a super audio computer. Wow. Let me see, I think I have a spare $40K laying around here somewhere.

Bah, not so much... actually, at the last quotation, 40.000$ are almost 2.000 euros

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:02 am

Wow... A cool super computer!

Jimmy has done a similar thing with few money in these days... tho

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:45 am

Seen this?

SCOPE CONTROLLER / mod 5000 (1998)

found the pic here:
http://www.synrise.de/docs/types/c/creamware.htm