Plugiator, for Creamware fans

Rambunkcious · #1 01-11-2008, 05:11 PM

http://www.use-audio.com/plugiator.htm

Seems very interesting, no latency except for the D/A A/D on your soundcard, plus last I heard from a tech at Creamware Scope (5 mts ago) that Mac OS X wont be supported anytime soon, but now it seem they have the new Sonic Core platform yet still no news if that will support OSX.

sven hauck · #2 01-11-2008, 05:22 PM

I've got three of their cards but it's also worth mentioning that they are PCI only and PCI-X is nowhere in sight. But I did just buy the two synths (Void & COS) and they sound pretty damn good.

Rambunkcious · #3 01-12-2008, 06:03 PM

Its so tempting cause all ive heard about the scope platform plugs is of high qaulity, and if only to run the solaris software on it. Plus you dont need to invest in a scope platform, and its protable for live use.

+1 for the folks over at creamware.

sven hauck · #4 01-13-2008, 02:37 PM

They also went through a name change so they go by Sonic Core. A good product but not so good marketing in the US. Plus it's not for everybody. If you hate troubleshooting, this is not for you.

But they have more good synths on their platform than any other DSP/VST manufacturer that I can think of. That and the routing environment and the effects plugins make it worthwhile for me.

Rambunkcious · #5 01-13-2008, 06:34 PM

Troubleshooting has become a part of life, I actually enjoy it, it frustrated me when I first got into the whole computer/music/instrument game a while back, but now its just really interesting to see how things function and how they dont, and what needs to be done, plus it gives you a whole new apprecition for the product and the technology, as well as keeping you on the forefront of things.

Mmmmm troubleshooting.

Ive actually adored the whole scope system (routing,dsp,synths) since I saw Jes use when he was still in Fl, but financial and technical (being on a mac) reasons held me back, now this seems to be a good way to get into the creamware/sonic core community.

The only negative I see is that it isnt contained on one system so routing probably wont be as complex as some of the things you could do on a full fledged system, yet like I mentioned above, its worth it if only for solaris, lightwave, and the modular synths.

Medway · #6 01-15-2008, 03:44 PM

I'm a little unsure as to what you can do with this exactly compared to a regular SCOPE system. It says four more plugins are available but not which ones, perhaps its limited.

As Sven said Creamware/Sonicore's marketing leaves a little to be desired. Even this product is not described or positioned as clearly as it could be. There's too much deciphering of the benefits involved.

sven hauck · #7 01-15-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Rambunkcious

The only negative I see is that it isnt contained on one system so routing probably wont be as complex as some of the things you could do on a full fledged system, yet like I mentioned above, its worth it if only for solaris, lightwave, and the modular synths.

The routing is actually quite sophisticated. You can send the same audio to ASIO, ASIO2, 16 Bit Wave, and 24 Bit Wave drivers at the same time. It can be as complex as you want to make it. See the attachment, basically you can route internally & externally.

Medway · #8 01-15-2008, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sven hauck

The routing is actually quite sophisticated. You can send the same audio to ASIO, ASIO2, 16 Bit Wave, and 24 Bit Wave drivers at the same time. It can be as complex as you want to make it. See the attachment, basically you can route internally & externally.

I think Rami meant the routing on the Plugiator vs normal SCOPE, not SCOPE in general.

sven hauck · #9 01-15-2008, 07:35 PM

Yeah, my mistake. Still, the Scope environment is pretty in blue...

Rambunkcious · #10 01-15-2008, 11:40 PM

Ahhhhhh the scope system in bluuuuue, im happy in my pants, sven thank you for the wonderful screenshot.

ya i think the plugiator is geared mainly towards being a synth, and i know there isnt talk of the solaris being released for it yet, and like jes said very vague as to what is going on but from the info on ther i gather all of the above mentioned synths in my earlier post are supported, or will be at some point, except for solaris.