Jules Bromley
10-15-1999, 12:44 AM
Sorry to be the purveyor of bad news to everyone out there who (like me) has
been waiting for Creamware to incorporate the Gigasampler hooks into their
software and permit proper, stable, multi-channel functionality. After
weeks of trying to get a straight answer from Creamware about where they are
with the hooks, they\'ve as good as confirmed that it\'s not on the list of
priorities presently. They seem to feel that Nemesys should rewrite
Gigasampler to accommodate Creamware\'s own sampler interface, this despite
Nemesys showing no inclination to do so, and also claiming that adopting the
Gigasampler hooks takes most hardware manufacturers no longer than 2-3 days.
Creamware\'s current priorities are Mac, EASI and ASIO2 - all of which I
think are a great idea incidentally - leaving Gigasampler users like myself
feeling a little let down. The hooks were assured 8 months ago, but it
seems Creamware have taken the view that Mac, EASI and ASIO2 are bigger
money spinners as marketing tools. They\'re probably right, but it\'s pretty
poor consolation for anyone who bought the Pulsar to sample with - currently
none of the serious soft-samplers work 100% reliably with Pulsar as far as I
know.
The relevant parts of Ingo\'s last email is set out below along with my
response which he has so far not responded to. Let\'s hope Creamware\'s own
sampler makes an appearance soon and does the business. Meanwhile, anyone
interested in buying Gigasmpler from me??!
Jules Bromley
\"basically I already told you what the current situation is.
As long as Nemesys do not support our interface (I have no update about
their plans on this), we would have to support their slow interface.
I doubt that this can really be done in 2-3 days, as they told you,
everything has to be debugged, tested, debugged again, tested again and so
on.
First to come is EASI. Then there is the MAC version: Can you imagine how
many MAC users are
waiting for this one? It will be also a benefit for all PC users, as both
version will be file compatible. Modules from SCOPE users and third-parties
will run on both platforms. With more users, there will be more future 3rd
party modules, so it will help to establish Pulsar as an audio platform.
Adapting a software as complex as Pulsar to another platform is no easy
task, but once it is done it is much easier to make the WIN2000, BeOS,
Linux... version follow.
We also plan to support ASIO2.
Of course we can understand the misery all Gigasampler user are currently
in, and we are honestly sorry for this. But although we have many
programmers working on SCOPE and Pulsar, we cannot do all these things at
the same time.
We still are trying to find a solution for Gigasampler, but currently we
think that more users will benefit from EASI, MAC and ASIO2, so these will
come first.
And yes, there will be some advanced sampler from CreamWare, too, but I
cannot tell you some specs, details about prices or a release date yet\"
IR
>Ingo, I totally understand what you\'re saying. But, I was told
categorically and months ago that Creamware WERE developing the Gigasampler
hooks. You now seem to be saying that you are NOT developing the
Gigasampler hooks, but instead are waiting for Nemesys to support your own
interface. This completely contradicts what I and many others have been
told to date. In addition, from my correspondence with Nemesys they have
indicated no intention of supporting the Pulsar/Scope interface, because of
the ease with which they claim their hooks can be incorporated.
The only conclusion one can draw from this is essentially: nothing is being
done to enable Gigasampler and Pulsar to work properly together, therefore
full compatibility is not imminent or even planned, and therefore if one
wants to run Gigasampler properly, Pulsar is the wrong choice. Simple as
that. Fair enough, but let people know that this is the case, instead of
offering vague assurances and unspecific promises of future compatibility -
it\'s misleading.
Please feel free to disagree with the above, but in the absence of such a
response I feel obliged to post my full set of correspondence to the Pulsar
mailing list and forums, in order that others may avoid the fate that I have
suffered. Don\'t get me wrong, I\'m delighted that EASI and ASIO2
implementation are in hand, but let\'s face it, when Creamware first promised
Gigasampler compatibility, ASIO2 and EASI didn\'t even exist. They may be
bigger money spinners as marketing tools for Creamware, but they\'ve
basically jumped the queue, and people like me might feel slightly let down
as a result. I think we\'re entitled to.
Regards.
Jules Bromley
been waiting for Creamware to incorporate the Gigasampler hooks into their
software and permit proper, stable, multi-channel functionality. After
weeks of trying to get a straight answer from Creamware about where they are
with the hooks, they\'ve as good as confirmed that it\'s not on the list of
priorities presently. They seem to feel that Nemesys should rewrite
Gigasampler to accommodate Creamware\'s own sampler interface, this despite
Nemesys showing no inclination to do so, and also claiming that adopting the
Gigasampler hooks takes most hardware manufacturers no longer than 2-3 days.
Creamware\'s current priorities are Mac, EASI and ASIO2 - all of which I
think are a great idea incidentally - leaving Gigasampler users like myself
feeling a little let down. The hooks were assured 8 months ago, but it
seems Creamware have taken the view that Mac, EASI and ASIO2 are bigger
money spinners as marketing tools. They\'re probably right, but it\'s pretty
poor consolation for anyone who bought the Pulsar to sample with - currently
none of the serious soft-samplers work 100% reliably with Pulsar as far as I
know.
The relevant parts of Ingo\'s last email is set out below along with my
response which he has so far not responded to. Let\'s hope Creamware\'s own
sampler makes an appearance soon and does the business. Meanwhile, anyone
interested in buying Gigasmpler from me??!
Jules Bromley
\"basically I already told you what the current situation is.
As long as Nemesys do not support our interface (I have no update about
their plans on this), we would have to support their slow interface.
I doubt that this can really be done in 2-3 days, as they told you,
everything has to be debugged, tested, debugged again, tested again and so
on.
First to come is EASI. Then there is the MAC version: Can you imagine how
many MAC users are
waiting for this one? It will be also a benefit for all PC users, as both
version will be file compatible. Modules from SCOPE users and third-parties
will run on both platforms. With more users, there will be more future 3rd
party modules, so it will help to establish Pulsar as an audio platform.
Adapting a software as complex as Pulsar to another platform is no easy
task, but once it is done it is much easier to make the WIN2000, BeOS,
Linux... version follow.
We also plan to support ASIO2.
Of course we can understand the misery all Gigasampler user are currently
in, and we are honestly sorry for this. But although we have many
programmers working on SCOPE and Pulsar, we cannot do all these things at
the same time.
We still are trying to find a solution for Gigasampler, but currently we
think that more users will benefit from EASI, MAC and ASIO2, so these will
come first.
And yes, there will be some advanced sampler from CreamWare, too, but I
cannot tell you some specs, details about prices or a release date yet\"
IR
>Ingo, I totally understand what you\'re saying. But, I was told
categorically and months ago that Creamware WERE developing the Gigasampler
hooks. You now seem to be saying that you are NOT developing the
Gigasampler hooks, but instead are waiting for Nemesys to support your own
interface. This completely contradicts what I and many others have been
told to date. In addition, from my correspondence with Nemesys they have
indicated no intention of supporting the Pulsar/Scope interface, because of
the ease with which they claim their hooks can be incorporated.
The only conclusion one can draw from this is essentially: nothing is being
done to enable Gigasampler and Pulsar to work properly together, therefore
full compatibility is not imminent or even planned, and therefore if one
wants to run Gigasampler properly, Pulsar is the wrong choice. Simple as
that. Fair enough, but let people know that this is the case, instead of
offering vague assurances and unspecific promises of future compatibility -
it\'s misleading.
Please feel free to disagree with the above, but in the absence of such a
response I feel obliged to post my full set of correspondence to the Pulsar
mailing list and forums, in order that others may avoid the fate that I have
suffered. Don\'t get me wrong, I\'m delighted that EASI and ASIO2
implementation are in hand, but let\'s face it, when Creamware first promised
Gigasampler compatibility, ASIO2 and EASI didn\'t even exist. They may be
bigger money spinners as marketing tools for Creamware, but they\'ve
basically jumped the queue, and people like me might feel slightly let down
as a result. I think we\'re entitled to.
Regards.
Jules Bromley