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Re: [elektron] SidStation vs HardSID Quatro

2000-12-21 by Sean Welch

also check out sidsyn.com
-sean


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>Subject: [elektron] SidStation vs HardSID Quatro
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>--- In elektron-users@egroups.com, "- funkelectric -" <egu@f...>
>wrote:
> > Check this ... HardSID Quattro at www.hardsid.com
> > Bad that I don't have a motherboad with ISA slots anymore ...
> >
> > Check the Midi editor as well ... it seems pretty cool ...
>Elektron, do you
> > still plan to release an editor for the Sidstation?
>
>Hello all,
>
>I'm new here but I have a question for you all and with joining the
>list today and seeing this question was just recently brought up I
>figured it would be a good time to post.
>
>I've been watching the Sidstation for a while, I've heard all the
>samples and I have a good feeling that it would be a great overall
>edition to what I currently have.
>
>My only question is in regards to this new HardSID Quatro sound card
>module. Has anyone used this thing yet? Tested it? How does it
>compare with the sidstation?
>
>I really can't understand some of the double-talk they have on that
>site so trying to get a straight answer seems only impossible other
>than hoping that the info department gets back to my email.
>
>I'm looking for a good "video game"-ish sound module and a C64 SID
>unit seems like my best bet. Now the HardSID is a hell of alot
>cheaper and already has a software control for it, which is nice as I
>do most my mixdown and recording straight to my PC anyway.
>
>It says something along the lines of being able to be used for midi
>but I'm not sure if it allows full midi control and usability so taht
>I can just plug my keyboard into my midi interface and start playing
>the  C64 or if it can only load midi into the Sid editor thereby
>leaving real-time control out in a ditch by the side of the street
>somewhere.
>
>I need this unit to be midi compatible so if the HardSID is out then
>it looks like I may end up trying to begin my search for the holy
>grail and actually try to track down a Sid for sale.
>
>Thanks all for any information you may have.
>
>-Jacean Mikhael -=Another Forgotten Machine=- http://www.mp3.com/afm
>
>
>

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