Creamware's upgrade offer...

[nprime]

Got this in my e-mail this morning:

"Dear Pulsar User,

As the holiday season approaches, and as a token of our appreciation
to all faithful owners of the original Pulsar 1 DSP card, we are pleased to
provide our loyal Pulsar 1 users a very special upgrade.

Users can exchange their first generation Pulsar card (4 DSP) with
a brandnew SCOPE project (6 DSP) package - at a very special price.

Upgrade from the 4 DSP Pulsar 1 to the following options:

Special 1:
Upgrade to SCOPE project (6 DSP) with I/O type of your choice = net EUR 599, 00
Includes: SCOPE 4.0 software + your choice of the Mix'n'Master Pack OR Synth'n'Sampler Pack

Special 2:
Upgrade to SCOPE professional (14 DSP) with I/O type of your choice = net EUR 1.299, 00
Includes: SCOPE 4.0 software + your choice of the Mix'n'Master Pack AND Synth'n'Sampler Pack

Special 3:
Upgrade to Noah EX** = net EUR 775, 00
Irresistable sounds, amazing flexibility, incredible range of tone, insane value for money.
Also including the fabulous PRODYSSEY and EDS-8i plugins.

You can purchase these specials via your authorized CreamWare dealer
or directly via CreamWare. Any questions? Call us under ++49-2241-5958-0 or
email info@creamware.de

Best regards,

Your CreamWare Team"

Or I could go to Infinite Vortex and buy a Scope project system on sale for $650. US and keep my original card to stick in the old computer.

Why is everything on sale all of a sudden?

R

[blazesboylan]

They do this every year before Christmas... I don't think it's anything new really.

[nprime]

Actually I was wodering why Infinite Vortex was having the sale, moreso than Creamware.

I have a real dilemma. I bought this new computer with the intention of installing my Pulsar I in it and putting a simple 2 in 2 out card on my old computer.

I quickly realized that I need another Creamware card, the Scope software is just too integrated into my recording techniques, I need it both in my home computer and my studio computer, sigh...so I thought I would purchase a 6 DSP system from Infinite Vortex.

Money money money!

Must find more money...

R

[nprime]

Credit cards, where would we be without them?

Well, not in debt...

I ordered the 6 DSP system from Infinite Vortex.

Now the question is: Mix n' Master or Synths and Sampler? 6 DSP isn't really enough for serious synth work, is it?

R

R

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[BingoTheClowno]

Depends on what you already own.

[nprime]

Pulsar One came with lots of great stuff, modular, vocoder, etc.

Over the course of various updates I have lost those two.

I have lots of external synths, but I sure would like the Modular back...Mind you, it's only a hundred bucks!

Better mixers, compression, etc. is probably the way I am leaning, but I love synths!

It's not an easy choice.

R

[blazesboylan]

You can't go wrong with the Mix'n"Master pack -- it is awesome stuff -- but at the same time the STS5000 is amazing even for me, a non-synthy guy!

[hubird]

[BingoTheClowno]

I'd go with the Synth pack, I find those synths irresistible

[Spirit]

6 DSP is good enough for serious synth work... It's about the same polyphony as I get on some of the really hungry natives.

[Zer]

well, then you didn´t try synht1 did you?

[nprime]

On 2004-10-26 09:56, Zer wrote:
well, then you didn´t try synht1 did you?

huh? I don't get it...

R

[Spirit]

Maybe that refers to "Synth-1" a very popular Japanese free VSTi with terrible aliasing but low CPU hit ?

I prefer quality to low CPU hit since I work almost entirely in audio anyway.