Topic: Q for Frits regarding tc powercore card

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  • September 30, 2005 at 15:09 #655
    kingtubby
    Participant

    I’m considering bidding on a Powercore Element card
    As you are connected with TC electronics could you offer me any information and/or advice about how this card integrates with Podium.
    I don’t know if that’s a good deal or not – what do you think?

    Thanks,
    Mart.

    September 30, 2005 at 16:04 #5526
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    I have no experience with pricing of the different Powercore versions, so I don’t know if this is a good price. Unless you will need the three extra plugins, you should certainly be able to find the Element card at a cheaper price. Also consider that if you buy a PCI mkII, I believe some of these extra plugins are included in the base package.

    I have only tried the Powercore FW with Podium, but the Element card should behave no differently. Be aware that all the plugins will introduce latency of an additional buffer, due to the fact that the audio must be queued for transmission over FireWire. Podium will compensate for the latency.

    September 30, 2005 at 17:04 #5527
    kingtubby
    Participant

    Thanks for that Frits.

    I’m a bit confused by your reference to firewire in relation to the ‘element’ as it’s a pci card. Have I missed something?
    My main inclination towards this purchase – along with the quality of the fx – is to take the strain off the cpu a bit and allow more room for VSTi’s.
    Anyway, I’m going to investigate some more before I make a decision.

    Mart.

    September 30, 2005 at 17:18 #5528
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    I’m a bit confused by your reference to firewire in relation to the ‘element’ as it’s a pci card. Have I missed something?

    My mistake. I was referring to my experience with the Poco FW. The latency is also present on the PCI versions. Even so, you can get rid of the extra buffer latency by enabling ‘direct’ mode (i forget the name), which means that the host CPU usage will increase slightly because it will wait for the DSP card processing of the current buffer to finish.

    September 30, 2005 at 18:34 #5529
    kingtubby
    Participant

    OK – cool Frits – that clears it up. I found someone else selling one that comes with the Virus plugin, currently at £250 – So still looking.

    Mart.

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