Pulsar w/ a Laptop

dayv · Post by **dayv** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 6:29 pm

Hey guys,

I was just browsing the Magma site, and it seems there have been some advancements in Pulsar testing using their PCI expansion boxes...

<from http://www.magma.com/index2.html>
MAGMA's Development Partner, CreamWare, has just finished their testing of a digital audio solution and the 2 slot chassis. CreamWare successfully tested 32 tracks at 24 bits/96 kHz. Francis Mandin, Director of CreamWare, states that the 2 Slot CardBus PCI Expansion System provides "the most compact and most powerful digital audio studio available on the market". Thank you Francis, we think so too!

CreamWare's System Configuration: Dell(tm) Inspiron 3700 (P 3/500) with 256M of RAM - Windows 98 SE - MAGMA's 2 Slot Expansion System chassis - CreamWare Pulsar (2) boards (8 DSP 40 in/out).
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So it seems some testing has been done, with favourable results! Has anybody else had any experience with using this type of setup with either a PC or a Mac?

[dayv]

Micha · Post by **Micha** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 1:01 am

Welcome dayv!

Thanks for that one!

Happy pulsaring
Micha

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 8:22 am

Killer -- yes someone on Pulsar-SCOPE (igor?) has this setup and loves it -- the only drawback is if you expect the same killer PCI performance as the i815 boards, you may be disappointed -- but for just audio tracks and a "real life" number of verbs, this could be a great combo!

BTW - I found the info on this link:
http://www.magma.com/news_main.html
Near the bottom.

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dayv · Post by **dayv** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 5:50 pm

Other than PCI Bus performance (I don't run verbs in Pulsar), is anyone aware of any other issues to think about when trying to use this setup?

Other than the cost?

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Mo · Post by Mo » Sat Oct 20, 2001 4:11 am

well... the envy of the other people

llamativo · Post by **llamativo** » Sat Oct 20, 2001 11:56 am

On 2001-10-17 18:50, dayv wrote:
Other than PCI Bus performance (I don't run verbs in Pulsar), is anyone aware of any other issues to think about when trying to use this setup?

Other than the cost?

[d]

I assume you will be getting the SCSI controller option so that you can put a fast hard drive in. Laptop hard drives are usually too slow for audio recording applications.

l.

dayv · Post by **dayv** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 3:18 pm

I won't be doing any audio recording on the laptop, all done externally. I was thinking more along the lines of using this kind of setup as another piece of external gear in a live rig -- all running through a digital mixer/recorder.

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