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oneArtist
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Pulsar
Jules,
I assume you havn't bought Pulsar yet. Pulsar owners can go to the Creamware forum and get many answers. Also, PlanetZ.com has a Pulsar forum. I have two Pulsar I cards in my system.
Chuck
Jules,
I assume you havn't bought Pulsar yet. Pulsar owners can go to the Creamware forum and get many answers. Also, PlanetZ.com has a Pulsar forum. I have two Pulsar I cards in my system.
Chuck
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Jules
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PULSAR + audio inputs
Thanks, I'll try the links U gave me
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Well, I've been considerin to purchase Pulsar and need to know if there's enough audio-inputs cuz I need to record a whole band (drums, guitars plus mic plus piano aso...) at once and still want to have each channel on the computer seperately in order to edit it.
Or do I still need some external mixer device or any preamp???
Y'know any other systems/soundcards for Windows applyin to this??
Ciao
Jules
Thanks, I'll try the links U gave me
)Well, I've been considerin to purchase Pulsar and need to know if there's enough audio-inputs cuz I need to record a whole band (drums, guitars plus mic plus piano aso...) at once and still want to have each channel on the computer seperately in order to edit it.
Or do I still need some external mixer device or any preamp???
Y'know any other systems/soundcards for Windows applyin to this??
Ciao
Jules
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oneArtist
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Alternatives
Jules,
Pulsar cards are expensive. I found two Pulsar 1 cards for $300 ea when Guitar Cntr dropped them. The new Pulsar 11 cards are around $1200 ea. I have 32 channels I/O with lightpipe, 2 MIDI I/O and thru and two analog I/O but Pulsar will not allow more than one pair of analogs out.
A better alternative would be to go RME hammerfall. www.RME-audio.com. Fostex uses this card on their flagship D2424 HDR to move 24 channels I/O of the computer.
ADAT normally uses a samplerate of no more than 48,000, but RME makes a converter that boost ADAT and TDIF up to 96,000(but expensive). A cheaper converter that many use with ADAT is the Alesis AI3. I suppose that if you had some Behinger(sp) preamps, you could go directly through the converter and into the computer. Most people get an outboard mixer. A mixer with ADAT outputs would be perfect for RME.
Chuck
Jules,
Pulsar cards are expensive. I found two Pulsar 1 cards for $300 ea when Guitar Cntr dropped them. The new Pulsar 11 cards are around $1200 ea. I have 32 channels I/O with lightpipe, 2 MIDI I/O and thru and two analog I/O but Pulsar will not allow more than one pair of analogs out.
A better alternative would be to go RME hammerfall. www.RME-audio.com. Fostex uses this card on their flagship D2424 HDR to move 24 channels I/O of the computer.
ADAT normally uses a samplerate of no more than 48,000, but RME makes a converter that boost ADAT and TDIF up to 96,000(but expensive). A cheaper converter that many use with ADAT is the Alesis AI3. I suppose that if you had some Behinger(sp) preamps, you could go directly through the converter and into the computer. Most people get an outboard mixer. A mixer with ADAT outputs would be perfect for RME.
Chuck
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Jules
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Thanks
Oh, so U got two of them????
What kinda stuff are U doing with them?
What kind of music? Digital only or do U record bands also?
Jules
Oh, so U got two of them????
What kinda stuff are U doing with them?
What kind of music? Digital only or do U record bands also?
Jules
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oneArtist
New member
Jules,
My main purpose in recording is to support my very talented 14 year old daughter in her many music gifts. She strted playing melodies on a violin the first time she picked it up in 5th grade. Her guitar and vocals are amazing also. I'll use it for other students and who knows.
One nice thing about Pulsar is that you can see exactly how all your connections are routed. I getting better at making it work with emagic and Samplitude and my new HDR - Fostex D824. Unless you can find one cheap, I would go with RME.
Chuck
My main purpose in recording is to support my very talented 14 year old daughter in her many music gifts. She strted playing melodies on a violin the first time she picked it up in 5th grade. Her guitar and vocals are amazing also. I'll use it for other students and who knows.
One nice thing about Pulsar is that you can see exactly how all your connections are routed. I getting better at making it work with emagic and Samplitude and my new HDR - Fostex D824. Unless you can find one cheap, I would go with RME.
Chuck
guhlenn
Oh REALLY????
jules, i don't think you understood oneartist very well. look at analog i/o that's what you need unless you want to buy a digital mixer which is pretty expensive too... 2 wont cut it for a band of course .
i guess everything is expandable but think of $$$$
guhlenn
i guess everything is expandable but think of $$$$
guhlenn
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Jules
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Yeah, right, that's it, the $$$
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struberg
charhizma mb
pulsar
If you only want to do live recording, then forget pulsar but go for a audiowerk8 or so.
++I own a pulsar 1 in combinatin with a powersampler (also from creamware) and love them as core of my studio. You can use the 7 signal processors for running virtual synths, a (software driven) hardware sampler (latency of 2ms compared to 30ms of gigasampler!) and for mixdown.
++There are also great features for integrating analog and digital periphery:
1Pulsar+1Powersampler => 2*ADAT I/O, 2*S/PDIF, 4*analog 24bit/96kHz, 1*firewire (mlan)
-- preassambled reverb algorithms are not very good (i use a tc-electronics m-one via s/pdif instead)
-- no linux or winNT support (only win98/Me and Mac++)
lg,
mark
If you only want to do live recording, then forget pulsar but go for a audiowerk8 or so.
++I own a pulsar 1 in combinatin with a powersampler (also from creamware) and love them as core of my studio. You can use the 7 signal processors for running virtual synths, a (software driven) hardware sampler (latency of 2ms compared to 30ms of gigasampler!) and for mixdown.
++There are also great features for integrating analog and digital periphery:
1Pulsar+1Powersampler => 2*ADAT I/O, 2*S/PDIF, 4*analog 24bit/96kHz, 1*firewire (mlan)
-- preassambled reverb algorithms are not very good (i use a tc-electronics m-one via s/pdif instead)
-- no linux or winNT support (only win98/Me and Mac++)
lg,
mark
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ron3113
New member
pulsar recording
A question that may be relevant for Jules also:
I have: 3 synths + 1 Pulsar (1st ed.) and I need to get the sound from the synths into the Pulsar - somehow.
Is it possible to substitude the costly A/D converters and just get a cheap ol' mixer and stuff the synths through there?
I mean, why not just let the Pulsar do the A7D conversion internally?
Thnx
A question that may be relevant for Jules also:
I have: 3 synths + 1 Pulsar (1st ed.) and I need to get the sound from the synths into the Pulsar - somehow.
Is it possible to substitude the costly A/D converters and just get a cheap ol' mixer and stuff the synths through there?
I mean, why not just let the Pulsar do the A7D conversion internally?
Thnx
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oneArtist
New member
A lot of people use the Alesis Ai3 A/D converter when connecting to ADAT cards. I still say that an Ai3 with a RME Hammerfall card would be a great combination. The RME card has the lowest latency aval - 1.5ms.
Chuck
Chuck
guhlenn
Oh REALLY????
hey ron,
when you go through a mixer you will still need A/D conversion...
guhlenn
when you go through a mixer you will still need A/D conversion...
guhlenn
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Jules
New member
more inputs!!!???
So are there any soundcards with (at least) 8 inputs (line-in or mic) existing?? I guess this means more 'n more $$$ but that would replace the digi-mixer, hmm???
How many inputs do delta and Hammerfall have??
Thanks a lot,
Jules
So are there any soundcards with (at least) 8 inputs (line-in or mic) existing?? I guess this means more 'n more $$$ but that would replace the digi-mixer, hmm???
How many inputs do delta and Hammerfall have??
Thanks a lot,
Jules
guhlenn
Oh REALLY????
my dear Jules,
please start reading all the threads in this BBS and then come back and be ashamed that you dared to ask whether there are 8i/o cards... well the quick answer is yes and you can stack some to get like 40i/o. now go ans learn goddamnit!
greetz guhlenn
please start reading all the threads in this BBS and then come back and be ashamed that you dared to ask whether there are 8i/o cards... well the quick answer is yes and you can stack some to get like 40i/o. now go ans learn goddamnit!
greetz guhlenn