Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:05 pm
a scope project card, sfp, and tripledat le, scope fx is a new product to be for sale SOON.
the card we all know..., it was triple le i was interested in. my feelings about it are mixed at this point. i'm betting that cutmasterxp and tripledat pro(cutmaster is already available, triple pro should be soon...) will make up for the things that a missing in le, i'm sure. i'll check them out in a couple of days. right now, afaik, these products are not official yet, so take what i say with a grain of salt....
as to what's good, it's definitely the sound. triple le is 32bit and it is clean as a whistle. playback is identical to the source material, really! triple le is meant to be a limited version of tdat and it is. le is only 8 stereo tracks. still, that's nice for someone with their first daw. for about the same money as a vs880 type recorder, one gets an EASY to operate 8 track recorder with scope mixers and effects. the le software includes the scope routing window, scope mixers and effects (and i'll bet the synths can be used as well, but i'll double check that soon). it is upgradable to triple pro and, of course, the scope project card can do all the things any other scope card can do, function and upgrade-wise.
my dislikes?
well....tdat le has no midi clock functions that i could find, making it impossible to sync with a midi sequencer. this is a fatal flaw, i suspect. i understand that both cutmaster and tdat pro will have midi clock, i'll check this very soon. i also didn't see any punch in/out function, another sad ommission for such an otherwise easy and functional product. there was no input monitoring that i caould find, however this problem is minor since one could still route input signals to a mixer(including a scope mixer IN the routing window) via the routing window. the cutting options in the wav editing windows seemed a little strange to me(cut everything in front of or behind the cursor), maybe they are a holdover from radio editing....
to be fair, the problems may have solutions i haven't found, i worked with it for a very short time and further investigation is warranted. i just checked into what i could find without the manual. this is a simple, straight-forward program aimed at begginners....i'll check the full versions in a day or two.
the card we all know..., it was triple le i was interested in. my feelings about it are mixed at this point. i'm betting that cutmasterxp and tripledat pro(cutmaster is already available, triple pro should be soon...) will make up for the things that a missing in le, i'm sure. i'll check them out in a couple of days. right now, afaik, these products are not official yet, so take what i say with a grain of salt....
as to what's good, it's definitely the sound. triple le is 32bit and it is clean as a whistle. playback is identical to the source material, really! triple le is meant to be a limited version of tdat and it is. le is only 8 stereo tracks. still, that's nice for someone with their first daw. for about the same money as a vs880 type recorder, one gets an EASY to operate 8 track recorder with scope mixers and effects. the le software includes the scope routing window, scope mixers and effects (and i'll bet the synths can be used as well, but i'll double check that soon). it is upgradable to triple pro and, of course, the scope project card can do all the things any other scope card can do, function and upgrade-wise.
my dislikes?
well....tdat le has no midi clock functions that i could find, making it impossible to sync with a midi sequencer. this is a fatal flaw, i suspect. i understand that both cutmaster and tdat pro will have midi clock, i'll check this very soon. i also didn't see any punch in/out function, another sad ommission for such an otherwise easy and functional product. there was no input monitoring that i caould find, however this problem is minor since one could still route input signals to a mixer(including a scope mixer IN the routing window) via the routing window. the cutting options in the wav editing windows seemed a little strange to me(cut everything in front of or behind the cursor), maybe they are a holdover from radio editing....
to be fair, the problems may have solutions i haven't found, i worked with it for a very short time and further investigation is warranted. i just checked into what i could find without the manual. this is a simple, straight-forward program aimed at begginners....i'll check the full versions in a day or two.
