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Just because it's topical...
I've been through the ringer with Sound Diver. I was a HUGE fan of the
original release of SD and associated hardware. Currently, I have
four Unitor8's, stacked. I control a myriad of MIDI gear with them...
including several outboard synths, guitar pedals, effects boxes and
Radar24.
ONE MONTH after I purchased a Logic Control MIDI surface, eMagic
closed their doors. To say I was angry is an understatement. I'm
thankful they came out with one final public beta for SoundDiver to
make it compatible with OS/X though.
I've used SoundDiver for years, along with Logic. My original platform
was PC, but I moved it all (finally) to a Mac G5 a few years ago.
I currently use SoundDiver to manage my Unitor8's, but rarely use it
to edit synth patches because the communication is way too unstable.
Instead, I usually edit on the synths themselves, then upload the data
to SoundDiver.
Using SoundDiver with live synth improvisation is just plain
frustrating... it locks up over and over and over...
I would LOVE to move to MidiQuest (or any other competative synth
librarian / editor), but Unitor8's are a bit proprietary, and as far
as I know, no other software is available that can program them... and
I have little faith it could communicate as well with Logic. Let me
know if there are any, please!
Yes, SD is a bit unstable. It crashes when I attempt to do ANY
realtime work with my Novation Supernova II, and it doesn't like my
Roland V-synth at all, despite my home-made adaptation for it. Part of
the reason (I believe) is long cable lengths between my Unitor8's
(they aren't LITERALLY stacked, in fact they are spread out through
the studio).
To further complicate things, I have a friend (a drummer) that uses
his OWN computer setup, which we integrate into mine for live studio
sessions. He, too, uses Logic... version 5.1 on the PC, and has his
own Unitor8. Synchronizing everything is at best tricky, and sometime
nightmarish. There are a few situations where it's just plain
impossible to do something (like trying to use MMC to control the
Radar from his computer, for example).
There may be a better solution than my Unitor8 / SoundDiver / Logic
setup, but I have yet to see it. The best routers I've seen can only
be stacked 3 deep, instead of 4... and they certainly don't have
SoundDiver's compatibility with Logic Audio, nor decent MTC handling.
However, I'm open to ANY suggestions! smile.gif
At some point, the Unitor8's will just not be a viable option for me
anymore... I'm already pushing the edge of what MIDI routers can do.
The MIDI standard itself is slow and antiquated...
...but, doing all the kind of work I need to do virtually on computer
isn't an option either... computers are still unsatisfactory in the
latency department when it comes to recording multiple live MIDI and
audio tracks.
In any event, if I didn't have so much invested in this setup, I'd
sell the whole shebang and get the latest TDM-powered ProTools. Ah
well... it works well enough, I guess.
Regrardless, I just wanted to say THANKS to the SD forum here... over
the years you guys have been invaluable in troubleshooting what could
have been a 5-star piece of software if eMagic hadn't of given up on it.
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