Comments on: Sonic Core Unveils Insanely Powerful New Scope DSP Platform

By: Greg "Beatsmith" M

Greg "Beatsmith" M — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:30:25 +0000

My only problem with Scope is that i hate pc’s and want to use this on my mac… Even when the Os X upgrade comes out… new macs use pci-e slots and i’ll have to shell out more money to get a magna rack…

By: slipstink

slipstink — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:07:14 +0000

@midimaster
midi is from the ’80’s…
and this sounds like it’s from the ’60’s:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/07/09/technology/personaltech/1194817114155/slipstick.html
uh ? oh no! it’s a $5000 kyma piÃ±a colada, or whatever it’s called ;)
If you really feel the urge to do such stuff, then go here:
http://www.arduino.cc +-30$ i believe
http://www.puredata.org free/libre
and build your own esotheric interface.
@yoman
yo man, I have a creamware Pulsar II, want to buy it? I can’t use it anymore, due to lack of linux drivers…

and yet, to be honest, I have used my Pulsar with great pleasure in the past, although always with a feeling of being ‘locked in’. I practically never used the creamware synths, they are too bulky, not user friendly, and all sounded like the same ‘virtual-analog-resonant-filter’ clones. boring.

My apologies for the polemic tone, could not resist, this is too funny a thread :D

By: yoman

yoman — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:17:24 +0000

Xite will kick assn that’s why everybody’s so upset.. nothing still comes close to the 10 year old creamware cards anyway….

By: midimaster

midimaster — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:53:35 +0000

For $5000 you can get a Capybara & KYMA. Lightyears ahead of SCOPE or any other DSP hardware.

By: sleeper

sleeper — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:32:34 +0000

Indeed. I’m done with un-tactile music HW. If I wanted to use a mouse I can WORK instead of CREATING music. Jeez. Insane people, with a blind user-base with devotion gathering cents to address the pointless lust.

By: Birza

Birza — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:53:43 +0000

@Paul & Pollux

Paul,thank you for all you work that you have done. I am new to linux and still getting my head around JACK. it shouldn’t be that hard considering i had to teach my self Scope.

Oh yeah i did laugh:)

I said earlier on Planet Z tonight, there is a world of amazing audio software made with lots of love that is there for me to create with,this software compares to the DAWS and plugins that you pay lots of $$$$$ for.
But the cost is not the point! i am not being cheap by wanting to use linux. i have already paid an absolute fortune out in hardware and software.

why cant i use what i have paid for on what ever OS i like!

If i am going to buy a Protools rig i would want the same option, which i am going to do……because I hate Cubase. (sorry Qbase fans)

Logic audio is not available for pc and i am stuck with 5.5 with no support, it does’nt even use my hardware properly, memory or processor.

And the BIG one, my loveable Creamware/SonicCore Scope has no native recording software!!!!!!!

It could have a better play in the market if it did.

Its all about the art and making “Noise” and people having the power to create in there home studio.

I recorded an artist in 2005 on a p3 X library server with a luna 3 DSP via Behringer ada8000 at 24/48khz.
JJJ still plays that recording today.

so its not the quality of the recording its the quality of the art being made!

I am not a tweak geek, i just like the art form, no avenue should not be disregarded, left out or over looked, because the pleasure that could be found could be priceless.

thanks for reading my rant about art and the technology that allows us to do it.

By: bluemystic

bluemystic — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:55:54 +0000

I have been working with a Scope setup of a total of 42 DSPs. I never met a platform with the same or better architecture and flexibility as Scope. Software instruments (ie VST) have never been an option (for me) due to less dynamics. But 42 DSPs was not enough. XITE-1 is the platform I was waiting for a long time: 0 latency, lot of processing power, external, expandable and flexible for a uncompromising sound at a reasonable price.

By: mailhead

mailhead — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:28:10 +0000

Jay Vaughan,

maybe you can buy such a dsp for 150$

but the XITE-1 box has 18 SHARC dsps, and a single sharc is way stronger regarding audio than the dsp you mentioned.

18×150=2700$ and then you have to bring them into one box, make them interact in one system with routing optiones, and develop very high quality synths and effects.

Good look!

What a stupid comparision….

By: Orubasarot

Orubasarot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:54:41 +0000

Thanks a lot for the info, I would be willing to pay for a serious grain synth if one was actually developed. Currently the best in the world, at least according to the sounds I’m looking for, is the Granulizer found in Fruity Loops, which is both fascinating and perhaps pathetic. I’ve tried everything else but nothing has been as precise.

By: johnbowen

johnbowen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:10:09 +0000

Orubasarot,

Actually there is a new granular synth plug-in being shown at Frankfurt Messe by Sonic Core, called the Gizzmo. It is the first new synth architecture for this platform in many years. SC just took over things a year ago, and now are showing the first results of their renewed commitment, including this new XITE hardware.