Comments on: Music for Engineers/Scientists: LabVIEW as a Synthesizer http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/12/08/music-for-engineersscientists-labview-as-a-synthesizer/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: onlyocelot http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/12/08/music-for-engineersscientists-labview-as-a-synthesizer/#comment-1990 onlyocelot Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:17:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/12/08/music-for-engineersscientists-labview-as-a-synthesizer/#comment-1990 And I have to admit to having winced. I'm 52, and a college student (having just returned after 32 years to finally get degrees in the disciplines I've been working for decades: photonics, electronics engineering and computer science). I have the student version of Labview, which only set me back $70... but the hardware, just the board, is 4 or 5 hundred dollars! If you don't have student status, the lowest entry price for LV is over $1K, and the price goes up astronomically. I'm the kind of geek who'd love to experiment with NI's neat DSP board in labview. But I'd spend the next 2 years writing grant proposals before I could afford it! How interested is NI in having this played with? If they're willing to make some hardware available (and the DSP modules for LV if they aren't included in the very reasonably-priced academic version), I can see some people who actually have time to play with it having a go, but I'll be honest: for far less cost, I could get Arturia's academic Moog Modular V software to play with. If they really expect a scientist who has all the software and hardware already to have the kind of free time needed to play with this effectively, I wish them the very best of luck! ray And I have to admit to having winced. I’m 52, and a college student (having just returned after 32 years to finally get degrees in the disciplines I’ve been working for decades: photonics, electronics engineering and computer science). I have the student version of Labview, which only set me back $70… but the hardware, just the board, is 4 or 5 hundred dollars! If you don’t have student status, the lowest entry price for LV is over $1K, and the price goes up astronomically.

I’m the kind of geek who’d love to experiment with NI’s neat DSP board in labview. But I’d spend the next 2 years writing grant proposals before I could afford it!

How interested is NI in having this played with? If they’re willing to make some hardware available (and the DSP modules for LV if they aren’t included in the very reasonably-priced academic version), I can see some people who actually have time to play with it having a go, but I’ll be honest: for far less cost, I could get Arturia’s academic Moog Modular V software to play with.

If they really expect a scientist who has all the software and hardware already to have the kind of free time needed to play with this effectively, I wish them the very best of luck!

ray

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