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Re: [exs] Re: Xtreme Analog

2001-12-14 by HELP@MusicBootCamp.com

Sounds like hell. I don't have these problems, however I recently moved from
a laptop to a dual G4. There is a big difference in DSP.

> From: "highlandsource" <ythan@...>
> Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:28:09 -0000
> To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [exs] Re: Xtreme Analog
> 
> i dont have any problems with lots of samples at all. drums are
> just fine, cpu-wise. its a bit limited in the amount of parts i can
> get (virtually) firing at any one time. the biggest hassle to me
> seems to be polyphony. theres no doubt judging by my cpu
> monitor that a bunch of the sounds on xtreme analog EAT my
> cpu - those big pad sounds? im lucky to have a 4 note chord
> move into another four note chord without the audio stuttering to
> a halt, and even thats only possible with just that one audio
> instrument part happening! (how retro is that? a monotimbral
> synth!) im using a pb pismo 500, with the emi2/6 (im not
> impressed with the asio driver!) ive tweaked and trimmed my
> system as much as possible. mostly the area which trips me up
> is the balance between latency and roomy cpu. my ears cant
> handle the latency which some people seem to be ok with, so i
> have no option but to get the latency settings down as far as
> possible, which of course means less power being allocated to
> cpu efficiency. (why such a powerful collection of technology that
> is the pb 500/logic audio/exs combo cant outperform a dedicated
> hardware synth is beyond me) regardless of the time, energy,
> and ingenuity i throw at this system i have a daily hassle with
> interrupted workflow and plain old untogether grooves...grrr.
> 
> andy
> 
> --- In exs-users@y..., <HELP@M...> wrote:
>> This makes no sense to me. Do you have problems with drum
> kits, etc? I often
>> run 5 or 6 EXS with 75 samples-per-kit, some of them long.
> The Xtreme CD
>> should use a fraction of the memory since it is a single, short
> wave form.
>> What CPU are you running? Honestly, it sounds like your
> problem may be
>> caused by something else... Jer
>> 
>>> From: "highlandsource" <ythan@b...>
>>> Reply-To: exs-users@y...
>>> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:26:04 -0000
>>> To: exs-users@y...
>>> Subject: [exs] Re: Xtreme Analog
>>> 
>>> 
>>> sounds great but i find i can barely get any polyphony out of it
>>> before it falls over. one part, a few notes, and thats about it.
> im
>>> noticing around 50% of the sounds are this way and are
>>> unusable out of the box in an actual arrangement here.  sure,
> we
>>> users can modify the filter etc to make it less cpu hungry, but
> errr,
>>> is that really any kind of solution? its a bit ike buying a car
> and
>>> having to modify the gas tank so i can drive more than ten
> miles!
>>> 
>>> in short, the sounds languish on my hard drive, unused and
>>> unloved.....sigh, another romance over.
>>> 
>>> andy
>>> 
>>> --- In exs-users@y..., <HELP@M...> wrote:
>>>> What are you talking about?
>>>> 
>>>>> From: "highlandsource" <ythan@b...>
>>>>> Reply-To: exs-users@y...
>>>>> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:44:02 -0000
>>>>> To: exs-users@y...
>>>>> Subject: [exs] Re: Xtreme Analog
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> yes! its such fun watching the cpu crap out on two notes of
>>>>> polyphony!
>>>>> 
>>>>> andy
>>>>> 
>>>>> --- In exs-users@y..., "gordonmurrison"
>>> <gordon.murrison@t...>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have the es1 and will have the es2 soon (I hope!), would
>>> there
>>>>> be 
>>>>>> much point in me buying the Xtreme Analog library?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> G.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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