#482884 - 03/20/04 04:41 PM
Re: OT: Powercore question (Brad maybe?)
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Brad Lyons
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Basically, the Powercore is designed using Motorola processing chips...the same manufacturer of chips that are used on the Digidesign ProTools Core and Process cards. The Powercore and Powercore Elementary do not have the same amount of DSP as the Powercore Firewire, but they are still pretty powerful. The plugins on the Powercore were ported over from ProTools MIX... same chip, same code, same thing... but available to native users. HOWEVER, you're going to have to have a finely tuned PC/MAC, audio interface, software, and stil there can be some latency. Although the card itself has DSP to power the plugins, it's still a native-based plugin and must be routed through sample-buffers which the Powercore uses A LOT. There is a low-latency mode which may work for you since you're not also doing audio on the computer, only using it for outboard effects.
V/S the UAD1, the Powercore is usually picked up for their incredible reverbs....Classic Verb is wonderful! But I really do recommend that if you're going to get this, get the Powercore (full card) and get the MAsterX5 upgrade for mastering... It's arguably the best-sounding mastering plugin there is. I no longer use it, however, as they are not designing a 5-band version for ProToolsHD (it was 5-band on MIX, but only 3-band on HD).
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#482886 - 03/20/04 06:02 PM
Re: OT: Powercore question (Brad maybe?)
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Brad Lyons
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Powercore is definitely worth it. I'm not sure about the Master X3, I'll have to check into that.... but I assume so.... hmmm
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