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AdamJay wrote:and by "higher" i mean as much as 3x as high.

Thanks for the link AdamJay, I hadn't seen that before. A Powercore has been on my shopping list for a while, but I've held off because of the latency problems using it without PDC. Now I can definitely cross it off my list. I was considering bypassing the delay comp problem by rewiring Live into ProTools M-Powered and running the Powercore off PT (which has PDC)...but it sounds like I wouldn't have enough CPU left after that to actually run any music.

Has anyone else heard rumours of Waves releasing a DSP box in the near future? I notice they're discounting their Gold bundle upgrade at present...that's usually a sign of something new coming.

i havent heard much about any Waves DSP outside of their Y56k Yamaha AW mixer card. $900 for that thing. yea it would be interesting to see if they made a DSP, but as it is now - Waves plugins are expensive, and relatively low cpu usage, so there's not much demand for DSP. Also consider most of the guys that could afford the DSP and a few bundles probably have Protools and are therefore using the TDM versions of most Waves plugs.

i just got rid of Waves.

i'm using Wave Arts, PSP, and Izotope stuff now. i feel like i have just as much versatility and it sounds just as good as Waves, with possibly a bit more character which is what i want. CPU usage is good too, i've got no complaints.. just happy to be done with the waves upgrade trap, i mean path

majestic wrote:...Waves releasing a DSP box in the near future? I notice they're discounting their Gold bundle upgrade at present...that's usually a sign of something new coming.

they also just announced some kind of discount deal for NI Komplete users

AdamJay wrote:i wouldnt get a powercore if Live's your main Daw. host cpu usage with Live is higher when using a powercore than in any other host.

and by "higher" i mean as much as 3x as high.

yikes - thanks!
and no thanks. next.

the WaveArts stuff is new to me.
their little cpu efficiency chart sure is purdy. hmm.

drush wrote:

AdamJay wrote:i wouldnt get a powercore if Live's your main Daw. host cpu usage with Live is higher when using a powercore than in any other host.

and by "higher" i mean as much as 3x as high.

yikes - thanks!
and no thanks. next.

the WaveArts stuff is new to me.
their little cpu efficiency chart sure is purdy. hmm.

check out the free 30 day demos. just grab the whole powersuite demo download and have a go for a month, thats what i did. they had a deal that just expired last weekend though, $100 off the powersuite making it $399. hella deal.

also they don't mention it on their site but they do offer edu discounts, 50% off, just email em.

gotta love the friends in school - thanks for the info.
looks like the edu thing is in their faq now btw.

majestic wrote: Has anyone else heard rumours of Waves releasing a DSP box in the near future? I notice they're discounting their Gold bundle upgrade at present...that's usually a sign of something new coming.

majestic... here's more evidence on that Waves DSP you mentioned...

http://www.macmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/EN/id/3232/
$1600 USD...yeouch.
it uses Ethernet so there would most definitely be increased latency vs. PCI

i think i'll get a UAD