Message 33/53
Date: 14-Jan-99 @ 07:28 PM -
RE: Pulsar is realy good??
Hi Group:
First, as to sample player multitimbrality... "No". And , yes. Each instance of either sample player can load an "instrument". That "instrument's" performance parameters are defined when it is "constructed". Including multi-sample mapping, velocity mapping, etc.. etc... etc.... Now, there are additional "layers" that can be loaded within the player, too. A total of four layers - the main, plus three. The sample player "F" includes global filter parameter controls that the other does not.
You can load multiple instances of each sample player. Each by itself responds to a particular User selected MIDI channel. Each instance can be assigned to a different MIDI channel. On the web site, (I believe,) Creamware has stated that the intent is to allow up to 64 note polyphony for the sample player. Now, that, I believe, is for the non-"F" version. I have only tried so far playing around with the "F" version and it maxes out at 16 notes. That is part of the trade off. I have not yet personally confirmed that the 64-note polyphony is implemented in the current revision of the software - nor have I determined whether the 64 notes is cumulative amongst all instances of the player, or it is per device loaded.
The point being, you can most definitely have a multitimbral sample playback set-up.
As to whether the application is multi0threaded... No, not at this time. It runs currently only under Win9X - not NT?X?X?X?. The problematics associated with reliable simultaneous audio and MIDI , (and everything else that people would want to do at the same time because "they thought they should be able to",) has compelled Creamware to wait for NT5/2000/??? to evaluate if it can be suitable for the performance level they insist upon.
It is not a matter of hardware compatibility, (it is PCI, after all,) as much as it is driver/application interfacing. Of course, I am not a programmer or engineer and there may be more - or less - to it than that. *shrug* ;o)
Best of Luck!!
(P.S. - you make me blush by calling me Mr. White - Jeff is just fine! ;o) Mr. White is my Dad.)
Jeff White President White Noise Marketing http://www.whitenoisemarketing.com