How good are the new fx & lightwave ?

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sun Dec 30, 2001 6:23 pm

I'm thinking of getting the ProPack as a New Year's present for myself

but since I already have the STS and ModV2 it really comes down to the mixer, FX and Lightwave. Are the new FX a big step up? And does anyone use the Lightwave ? I can't recall anyone saying a single word about it.... (I'm taking it for granted that the new mixer is very good...)

My alternative gift to me might be the Zarg Ambient...

Post by **garyb** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 5:11 pm

worth it for the mixer.the synths are cool.

algorhythm · Post by **algorhythm** » Tue Jan 01, 2002 12:23 am

lightwave is cool. midi tremelo, the new flangers and delays, and tube emul. stuff are all pretty nice too. and yes, the mixer is the shit

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Tue Jan 01, 2002 7:14 am

i would go for it, and think that you can sell your double licensed devices. contact cw to know more about.
happy new year, alfonso

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Jan 01, 2002 3:18 pm

Thanks for the comments - I think I'll do it ! Is it a big download ? For a while I'm back on a dial-up connection

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Gregory · Post by **Gregory** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 9:01 am

ProPack is already part of 3.0, it just needs a key to unlock it which should show up on your Creamware page as soon as you buy it.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 9:03 am

Nice! Thanks

Noctulius · Post by **Noctulius** » Thu Jan 03, 2002 3:00 am

About Lightwave... Do you know Prisma synth? Lightwave is the same synth but with wavetable oscs (I guess the same used in Vectron) and no additional noise generator. Great synth.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Thu Jan 03, 2002 4:29 am

Interesting. It sort of sounds like Celmo's range. The BassmanIII is the analog machine and the Deep Blue is like the waldorf version. It'll be good to compare them to the Prisma and Lightwave.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 4:33 am

I was wrong. I was very down on CW when they announced the ProPack. I thought since I already had the STS and the ModV2 that I was paying a second time for stuff I already had. Well, I was, but now I have to agree with CW: the pack is fantastic value anyway.

I bought it mainly for the Pulsar mixer (which I'm struggling a bit with), but the effects and especially the Lightwave synth are fantastic. It's definitely great value.

gemboy · Post by **gemboy** » Mon Jan 07, 2002 4:58 pm

It's the synth polyfonic??
If yes, i dont found the setting of voice??

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Mon Jan 07, 2002 8:40 pm

Yes it is poly. Set the number of voice in the same place as all synths (changed in version 3.0): on the very top menu bar, the last item of the right is "devices". Hover your mouse over the top them click on the little picture where you see the number - that's the number of voices.

But be warned, such sonic quality doesn;t come cheap: it's a ravenous all-consuming beat when it comes to DSP hunger. I'd put it right up there with the Zarg Ambient and pro-One in appetite.

It's worth it