Guest Bodhisattva Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Hi all Does any of you guys use the LUNA II card from creamware ? I am planning to buy it because it has wonderfull specs.. And is DSP upgradable ! (it costs about 450 n-euro's) It would be nice to have some comments!!! BOOM Bodhisattva........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GEE Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Is there any site about this card???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spindrift Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 I use the pulsarII, and i really love it. Nowadays they all run the same scope fusion software, so the only difference being the amount of DSP chips. After first obtaing a pulsar one when the came my setup has decreased to consist of a laptop with a pci-pcmcia adaptor box containing my pulsar. I find it sounding better or at least as good as the hardware virtual analogues i worked with. The sound is very warm and fat, and the creative possiblities is endless. There is loads of free cool devicesw to download on the web, and even more to buy. I must admit that I don't normally go and buy software, but the stuff fot the pulsar is so hot (and well protected :/), so i actually forked out $400 for a sonic timeworks pro-pack, and is thinking about getting the new pro-one virtual. Think of it as getting a mixer that sounds much better than then yamaha 020 and spirit328, and maybe as good as the mackie. An extremly versitile virual analogue synth, wich according to my oppinion only can be rivalled by waldorfQ and virus. Forget about the sampling, thats better to do in the host software. The fx department is maybe not the greatest strength, especially with out the FX2 upgrade. The eq's is ok, but compressors a bit weak, and the new reverb is very good, but is now only included in fx2 pack. Anyway I really recommend it strongly. Using XP and Logic5.2 it has been very stable as well, wich it wasn't really before. So go get it!! and gee: the creamwarewebsite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bodhisattva Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Thx Spindrift I am getting it this afternoon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spindrift Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Cool, You maybe had a look at these allready, otherwise go there and get some marvellous free synths: planetz wavelength Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coriolis Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 i have a pulsar II: it is the best thing that ever happened to my music. it gives you the freedom to do so many things and its all wrapped in this easy to use, high-fidelity, real-time processing environment. you want to compress your bassline using the kick drum as a side chain input? no problem. you want to use the lightwave synth as a source for MD modulation in the poison synth? no problem. you want to run 16 simultaneous i/o channels from logic, putting each track into a different effects chain? no problem. you want a sampler? you you want fat filters? you want 32 track mixers with full aux/control room/mix sends? you want lots of free effects and synths? and you want it all in real-time and for a price tag under 1k? hands down the best punch for your money. i sound like a creamware salesman and i ought to be. coriolis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coriolis Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 er in the previous post, "MD modulation" should read "FM modulation"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bodhisattva Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 Thx for your reply's It seems the card kicks ass.. thx thx thx !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coriolis Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 one thing you should know, and the biggest drawback to the cards: since everything is run on the DSP processors on the cards, which are only 60mhz, you USE USE PROCESSING POWER VERY FAST. this means, especially on a luna, which i think only has 3 or 4 chips, you will be very limited in terms of how many different modules (synths, effects, mixers, and so on) and/or polyphony (synth voices) you can acheive simultaneously. i have a pulsar II, which has 6 dsps, and i yearn for more, especially when i've got multiple synths going. the solution is to record your midi parts to audio so you don't need to run everything simultaneously. but this requires a quality sequencer and most of all, patience. i have the quality sequencer (logic 5 platinum - hands down the best sequencer ever made and it is beautifully compatible with the creamware system) but i don't have the patience. i want everything, all at once, totally controllable. i don't like limitiations like recording a midi track to audio, which locks it down until you go back to the synth state you recorded it in and re-work it, which sucks to do. so i want lots and lots of dsps on my card and i had the money I'd get a scope SRB with 15 DSPs! so if i were you, i'd fork up the extra money and get as many DSPs as you can. plus, the pulsar II has more synths and effects - which are SOOO SOOO SOO worth the money. seriously consider the pulsar II if you can at all afford it. if you buy the luna II you'll soon know what i'm talking about. coriolis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bodhisattva Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Hey COriolis, Thx for the feedback Well i know about the issue but i can buy expansion boards wen needed so no prob! The pulsar card was to expensive so .... regards Bodhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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