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Original Message 1/12 22-Jan-04 @ 09:13 AM Edit: 22-Jan-04 | 09:14 AM - For real or hoax

dARKSTATe

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Folx, we know that Plugzilla and Receptor both exist...

..and I posted a thread about the Open Labs thing when I saw a news article on it suspiciously around April 1st time.. however this is still floating round and I'm curious.. anyone know anything?!

www.openlabs.com/neko64.php

Yup.. its a PC in a keyboard but still..

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Message 2/12 22-Jan-04 @ 09:32 AM - RE: For real or hoax

Maarten

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Yeah, it's real alright.. believe they were at the MESSE last year no? Anyway I've seen some pics from people standing beside the thing. Ugly piece of kit tho.

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Message 3/12 22-Jan-04 @ 02:05 PM - RE: For real or hoax

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They just showed it at NAMM.

-Craig

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Message 4/12 22-Jan-04 @ 04:52 PM - RE: For real or hoax

dARKSTATe

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Worth the effort? Or worth holding out for something like the receptor or plugzilla?

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Message 5/12 22-Jan-04 @ 06:28 PM - RE: For real or hoax

craig

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If it runs Windows (or MacOS for that matter) then I think you should stay away.

My humblest worthless opinoin

-Craig

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Message 6/12 22-Jan-04 @ 07:36 PM - RE: For real or hoax

sitar

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Can you play games on it? You could make your own gaming tracks as you play.

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Message 7/12 22-Jan-04 @ 08:30 PM - RE: For real or hoax

Optofonik - AKA, mick, rhyze, etc.

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Bad idea. In five years the "computer" will be worthless. On the other hand, my 20 year old Sequential Multi-Trak is still a viable piece of kit. Keep you keyboard and desktop computer separate. Plugzilla is a host, a DSP-farm-card-in-a-box kind of like a CreamWare Scope - not a full blown computer so its lifespan has the potential to be longer. My $0.02.

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Message 8/12 22-Jan-04 @ 09:12 PM - RE: For real or hoax

craig

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Plus these things are custom-made for their application. Anything that relies on a general-purpose OS is not going to cut it for me in a live performance environment.

-C

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Message 9/12 23-Jan-04 @ 09:15 AM Edit: 23-Jan-04 | 09:16 AM - RE: For real or hoax

dARKSTATe

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Good points all...

I'm more curious about Receptor now, because whilst it is a VST host in a hardware box (the creamware stuff runs proprietry creamware "plugins" which means the user currently has limited scope - pardon the pun - because they're not nearly as many creamware plugins as VSTIs), they're getting round the problem Plugzilla has concerning just how you display the potentially unlimited array of controls that VSTIs have...

Its a hardware box with VGA monitor and mouse support.. interesting.. :-)

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Message 10/12 23-Jan-04 @ 09:47 AM - RE: For real or hoax

psylichon

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ARGH where's my general purpose, VST/DX/RTAS/ANYTHINGNATIVE DSP card? How hard could it possibly be?

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Message 11/12 23-Jan-04 @ 01:55 PM - RE: For real or hoax

craig

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Yes, very. A box like that that is reliable and cheap enough would definately make me think my all-hardware strategy. I won't be selling any of my pieces, but I probably won't be buying more hardware either..

-Craig

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Message 12/12 24-Jan-04 @ 11:39 PM - RE: For real or hoax

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Whats the point ?

The minute it has a Windows logo on it.......... it becomes a PC with a keyboard attached.

How can they guarentee that it will be more stable than your AMD PC ?

OK, it takes away processing power from your PC, but so does 'freeze' in SX.

I'd rather see stuff like the Roland VariOS which fuses hardware and software rather than just emulating a PC.

I agree with psylichon, stick this on a PC card with NO PC load and I'll be impressed.

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