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Post by Insty »

So you all suggest to start with the Luna card because of the smaller latency, or the Pulsar I because of more I/O and DSP? And which do you think has better software to start?
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The second gen boards , regardless if 3,6 or 14 DSPs have ASIO in HW i.e. low latency feature.
That will boost your 1st gen pulsar to lower latencies when cascading with STDM connector(s).
Certainly also DSP power and I/O add. :D
Hmm, sooo...what does the "No" refer to exactly? You don't suggest to get a Luna? Having read what I've read, I must say that I like the low latency ASIO in HW. So the issue is to have only 3 DSP and that Z-link instead of ADAT versus 4 DSP with ADAT.

Aparently there is no difference in the software packs, unless it's a new card right? I'm not really thinking about any ADAT or Z-link connections in the forseeable future, so the low latency as a standard does sound more appealing.

I did notice old Pulsar I cards usually have a ton of software packages (noticeable in other threads and the CW site), as they are usually the first bought and they have it all installed.
Is a Luna without any software besides SCOPE 4.0 Software and Scope Fusion Platform (are these two separate things?) a good start? And will it cost me alot to get the equal software the Pulsar I has separately? Someone just posted in another thread how they got a official upgrade for 192€ (Around a second hand Pulsar I price).
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Post by garyb »

it all depends on whaty has been purchased as to what is registered to any particular card. a luna w/4.5 will likely have more than a pulsar1 w/3.1. it's very unlikely, though that it's that simple as you can always buy additional devices and software. ask the owners of the cards what plugins are registered to them. that should help your decision.

there's no absolute best decision here. either way, you will get and give some....
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Post by hubird »

the 'no' was addressed to what card is read by the system (of Scope) as ranking nr. one (zero actually, you can find this in the cset.ini file if you change the extension ini to text, see Scope/Bin/App/).
The zero card determines the latency for all cards then, including the older 'type one' card :-)
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Post by Insty »

stardust wrote: But,
the Luna is the lowest cost for you (new or second hand) to add low latency and, as a side effect, more DSPs.
Don't you mean the Pulsar has more DSPs? :P
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Post by garyb »

no, ne means that a pulsar and a luna together are cool because you get lots of i/o, lower latency AND more dsps.... :lol:

yes, the pulsar1 has 4 the luna 3.
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