Re: Paris user Tommy Detamore scores a national release
t> wrote: >>>Too early to tell if it's going to >>improve my situation in the limited capacity I'm able to use >>it for what I'm trying to accomplish, but do far I can tell you >>that the sound certainly sucketh not.< >> >>Muhahaha!!!1...........this means that a "Pro" card with an ADAT interface > >>(12 stereo stems @ 88.1!!!!) is just around the corner, right Neil? > > Actually, I'd be better off just getting one of their ADAT > chainer card thingies for more lightpipe inputs, but no - > although I'd like to get more inputs, I still wouldn't be able > to get more OUTputs unless I added another Multiface or some > other kind of interface onto the Cubase PC (remember, at 88.2k, > I can get a max of four channels of lightpipe out of each of my > two Multifaces... errr.... Multifascia?) > > HOWEVER......... having said all that, I actually think I might > be getting what I needed out of this setup - I hate to say it & > jinx it, but check this out: > > <a href="http://www.saqqararecords.com/MiscAudio/DracoClip-ITBvsS
Paris user Tommy Detamore scores a national release
this stuff, I'd say do your > homework here first, asking the guys who have it already, > and don't trust what tyhe Creamware reps tell you, because in > my own personal experience, they don't know their product very > well, and they certaily they don't stand behind it (I mean, when > a guy whines to me that he's going to lose money if he takes > the product back, even after he told me it WOULD do something > that it DOESN'T, then THAT is a guy that ought not to be running > any kind of business in the first place). > > Anyway, the stuff doens't suck, and I'm sure some of you could > find it useful; just pick your cards and i/o options carefully > is what I'm trying to say, because it's very unlikely that if > you need to swap something out, the
ere.com" target="_blank">nobody@ishere.com> wrote in message news:459072b8$1@linux... > > Hey Deej, > > It's the same for me but I'm 99.99% sure it means nothing. I think that > setting > is just for gamer cards and what not. Still, I haven't recorded anything > through the Pulsar yet so I can't check for sure. When I do I'll look to > see if there are actually 24 bit words being recorded, but I don't think > there's anything to worry about. > > TCB > > "DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote: >>if you are running your Pulsar on win XP (and I assume you are), go to >>Device Manager and double click on your Pulsar card, then choose the >>"Settings' tab. Is your Pulsar card set to a preferred bitrate of >>16....with > >>no option to switch to 24 bit? >> >>If this is a "feature" that can't be altered, I'm getting ready to >>manifest > >>
temmedIntoPulsar.mp3" target="_blank"> http://www.saqqararecords.com/MiscAudio/DracoClip-ITBvsStemm edIntoPulsar.mp3 > > This clip contains two versions of the same section of the same > song... he first version that goes up to about :50 seconds into > the file is the best ITB mix I can get on this song. The second > cut, that goes from about :50 on, is the same mix, stemmed out > of Cubase via lightpipe into four separate submixes & summed in > Pulsar. > > Here's what I'm hearing on these two cuts... now, if you're > listening on PC speakers you may not hear what I'm talking > about here, but remember I said that I was like 98%-99% > there, and I was looking for that 1 or two percent difference - > I think this might be it... > Anyway, comparing the first cut to the second cut, what I hear > about the 2nd cut that I like better is that it has a little > more "substance" in the lows/low mids now, and the high's, while > still quite present, are perhaps a little bit s
moother than > those on the first clip. Vox seem a bit smoother, too; > or maybe just sit a little better in the mix. IME, the second > clip has a little more impact, and there's also something about > it that just "feels better" to listen to. > > To me this is similar on the lower end to what I was getting > when I tried summing through Paris, but it also doesn't lose > the top-end clarity - I presume partly due to the fact that I'm > able to keep everything in the digital domain via lightpipe, > rather than having to go out into Analog to sum in Paris via the > 8-in Module. > > What do you think? > > NeilHey Thad. Tempest in a teapot, it seems. Looks like it's just a Windows kinda' thing as far as what the driver properties display. The Pulsar should be working at 24bit, if 24 bit is the bitrate of the record/playback audio software. Deej "TCB" <<a href="mailto:nobody@ish
win XP (and I assume you are), go to >>>Device Manager and double click on your Pulsar card, then choose the >>>"Settings' tab. Is your Pulsar card set to a preferred bitrate of >>>16....with >> >>>no option to switch to 24 bit? >>> >>>If this is a "feature" that can't be altered, I'm getting ready to >>>manifest >> >>>my existence in the middle of someone's face..........soon. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Deej >>> >>> >> > >I listened to your samples and yes there is a big diff. Is that Cubase you're using? "Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:459076c2$1@linux... > > "Bill Lorentzen" <<a href="mailto:bill@lorentzen.ws" target="_b
ny others) should pause to think a bit as well. > >>> >>>TCB >> >I gotta go with Chuck on this one too Neil, great post for the same reasons he mentions. AA "chuck duffy" <c@c.com> wrote in message news:45966d22$1@linux... > > Hi Neil, > > Take a step back and read your post as if you were someone interested in > purchasing a pulsar system. > > There is a ton of useful information in your post, and the style is pretty > damn funny in my opinion. > > It reminds me of the good old days :-) > > Chuck > > > > > > "Neil;" <IOOIU@OIU.com> wrote: >> >>Well thanks, Chuckster; but I must ask why is it one of your >>favorites? >>I mean, it's just a summary of some stuff that was (I thought) >>confusing, and that I was trying to make clearer for the peeps, >>since I know some folks here have had some questions on this >>Pulsar kit. >> >>Neil >> >><br
"Home" Card, there's only one i/o setup... it >>>>says "up to 12" i/o's but I don't know where they get that - >>>>maybe that's if you add on an extender card, but from what I >>>>can tell it's just a stereo analog i/o & a stereo digital i/o & >>>>a MIDI i/o on that card. >>>> >>>>If you get either the {Project, or the Pro card, THEN you have >>>>to choose between the following i/o options >>>> >>>> a.) "Classic i/o" >>>> b.) "Plus i/o" >>>> c.) "Z-link i/o" >>>> >>>>Here's a link that gives you details on the differences between >>>>them (scroll down to the bottom half of that page): >>>> >>>> http://www.infinitevortex.com/creamware/scope-cards/project/ &
rom the underside will give you ton's of top end with pretty well any snare, just be aware of phase issues with top and bottom mics Don "Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote in message news:45968298$1@linux... > > I listen to contemporary CD's - jazz, rock, R&B, C&W, you name it - and > hear > beautiful, bright snare drums that make my RTA bounce around in the 16K - > 20K range. I can't make that happen without a ton of EQ. I usually use > a Crown CM-200 (electret condenser, kinda like an SM-57, but flatter and > cleaner to my ear) on snare, but I've tried a Neumann KM-84 and I still > need to crank the EQ to get that sound. Is that just what it takes? Are > there snare drums that naturally generate higher harmonics than most? Is > it something to do w
r /> http://www.cwaudio.de/download/software/sfp/SFP_v3_1c.zip AA "Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:4596878a$1@linux... > > Yeah after the first debacle wherein I tried to run the card on > the same Machine as my Cubase rig, the "rep" checked with > Creamware & mentioned that on older versions of the software, > it reported 88.2k as an option... I asked him: "well, then how > about seeing if they can send me one of THOSE verisons?", and > there was some issue with that - perhaps it wouldn't work with > the new hardware or something like that; so I then I pointed > out that if their idea of moving forward was to drop a > samplerate that some people DO use, but keep a samplerate like > 32k that nobody on the planet uses anymore, then that's not > very encouraging, either. lol > > Neil > > > "Aaron Allen" &l
>> >> I listen to contemporary CD's - jazz, rock, R&B, C&W, you name it - and >> hear >> beautiful, bright snare drums that make my RTA bounce around in the 16K<b