Add some DSP horsepower! Watch out, TC & UAD, look at this!

VST, AU, AAX, CLAP, etc. Plugin Virtual Effects Discussion
Post Reply New Topic
RELATED
PRODUCTS

Post

Jeremy_NSL wrote:Looks really cool. Awaiting the cost in US $.
If it does sell for £499, it will probably be in the $900 neighborhood.
Top

Post

score another point..

pound 59,182,602 - dollar 0

:(
Top

Post

Without wrote:
Jeremy_NSL wrote:Looks really cool. Awaiting the cost in US $.
If it does sell for £499, it will probably be in the $900 neighborhood.
D@mn :o :-o :shock: , why such a huge price difference...

I still think it's worth to check out.
Top

Post

Well, as a Sintefex FX 8000 owner I'm devastated! :P I really do wonder how they can pull off 32 channels as this box does only 6 and has way over 30 SHARC DSP processors (not the budget ones either) inside it and gets quite hot. My guess is that they have shortened each impulses sample length to something like 256 or 512. The sintefex uses 2048 samples long impulses. However, this unit is exactly what I thought would pop up sooner or later and will force the original unit prices to drop like crazy. Anybody found more links about this thing?

Cheers!
bManic
"Wisdom is wisdom, regardless of the idiot who said it." -an idiot

"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
Top

Post

Since1980 wrote:
Without wrote:
Jeremy_NSL wrote:Looks really cool. Awaiting the cost in US $.
If it does sell for £499, it will probably be in the $900 neighborhood.
D@mn :o :-o :shock: , why such a huge price difference...

I still think it's worth to check out.
It's not a price difference, it's a currency conversion.

Right now, 499 GBP = 869.87 USD
Top

Post

bmanic wrote:Well, as a Sintefex FX 8000 owner I'm devastated! :P I really do wonder how they can pull off 32 channels as this box does only 6 and has way over 30 SHARC DSP processors (not the budget ones either) inside it and gets quite hot. My guess is that they have shortened each impulses sample length to something like 256 or 512. The sintefex uses 2048 samples long impulses. However, this unit is exactly what I thought would pop up sooner or later and will force the original unit prices to drop like crazy. Anybody found more links about this thing?

Cheers!
bManic
Yeah they probably lopped the IR, but also, that sintefex is how old now? I'm sure DSP chip speed has ramped up a bit since it was released.

Also, they don't have to include any ad/da electronics, further knocking change off the backedn of the manufacturing cost.

But anyhow, I'm content with my current tools, my dollars go to promotion nowadays.
Top

Post

jackson wrote: It's not a price difference, it's a currency conversion.

Right now, 499 GBP = 869.87 USD
Your right, for some stupid reason I confusing the "£" as Euro instead of pounds.
Top

Post

Sheeeet... even in Euros I gotta say this looks VERY interesting...

Also I would imagine something along the lines of everything else FW with regards to power - perhaps there is a wall wart if you cant buss power it - it would be silly not to have that option.

This is Uber-New to me - I wasnt looking for something like this but it SURE has sparked my interest!!!

I wonder if there are plans to develop further fx for it... how many could be jumbled together (in theory)...

VERY INTERESTING!!!

Dave
Top

Post

Convulsion? + Fire Wire? =
Latency? for real time monitoring?
Hate the price.
OK so it's like a UAD but only does a "channel strip" thing.
Sorry I am not impressed, I will stick to the UAD.

If any manufacturer wants to break the bank they should build a box that can run native plugs.
Top

Post

AndrewSimon wrote:Convulsion? + Fire Wire? =
Latency? for real time monitoring?
Hate the price.
OK so it's like a UAD but only does a "channel strip" thing.
Sorry I am not impressed, I will stick to the UAD.

If any manufacturer wants to break the bank they should build a box that can run native plugs.
Yeah but 32channels of compressors and eq's is quite impressive to me. If and I mean "IF" it sounds good, it's a must buy. Since there isn't a AD/DA or preamp attached to it, I wonder how much focusrite tweak the formula, cause as far as I know the Liquid Channel wasn't all that it was advertised to be...
Top

Post

Man, I'd be down to have all my EQ and Comp needs go to this box! That would free up a lot of CPU. How many comps and EQ's can you load on current UAD/PoCo cards at the same time? I doubt its anything close.
Image
Top

Post

AndrewSimon wrote:OK so it's like a UAD but only does a "channel strip" thing.
Sorry I am not impressed, I will stick to the UAD.
*But* those compressors and EQ's just might be stuff like Neves, Pultecs, 1176's, LA2A's, and knowing Syntefex they may well be very good indeed.

Say for example the compressor can do an 1176 or LA2A as good as a UAD card (I doubt it, but let's just say it could) - 32 channels of that alone, plus a good EQ is not to be sneezed at, methinks...
Image
Top

Post

32 channels of compression. That would be natures way of telling you that you don't have a f**king clue.
Image
Now with improved MIDI jitter!
Top

Post

That 32 channels might also translate 16 stereo channels. I've easily used that amount on small projects. Heck, I've had some projects that have had 80+tracks of vocals. Just because you don't need it doesn't mean others don't either...

Heck you could use a good few stereo channels on a drum kit alone...
Image
Top

Post

beej wrote:That 32 channels might also translate 16 stereo channels. I've easily used that amount on small projects. Heck, I've had some projects that have had 80+tracks of vocals. Just because you don't need it doesn't mean others don't either...
And you put a compressor on every voice did you?
Image
Now with improved MIDI jitter!
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Effects”