A Curious film composers odds, found whilst looking up the groovy muse receptor.

[Artesia]

Yep, its another film composer, tho i rather like the tracks he put up on the web:

http://www.veigar.com/

mostly classical & jazz.

...and heres where i go off on a tangent.

Found out about him, when looking up users of the Muse Receptor 2u Rackmount VST Unit.

http://www.museresearch.com/

Which is a groovy highly specialised audio engine / computer running a very specific custom build of linux to serve as a VST plugin host. It allows for many effects, sample librarys, etc to be run simaltainiously.. with a 2ms Latency ! ....and rock solid reliable (or so they & their users claim).

I have to say, the first thing i thought, is why bother... just use a pc ..tho got to admit; i kinda changed my mind on that conclusion...

I'd be down right happy to have a box you can just throw vst plugins & not only have them work everytime, but  on time too :)

(seems like a domain more familiar to games console owners, than computer users..)

So unless someone comes up with a free linux build which hosts vst apps, as well and reliably as this widget supposes to do so... (and can be hardware stuffed into a 2u box) ..then i may well be totally sold on the idea :)

Well... potentially looks like the death knell for alot of Romplers & other digital racky stuff; if this catches on.

At least buying analog stuff is probably a good investment, with that in mind ;) :)

(its the blue box on the bottom right)

[cimo]

I advice everybody NOT to have a look at the Receptor s website, EVER.If you know a shop that has it try to walk away that road.

yes this message for those without the bux to afford the beast.

but hey yo xmas is coming soon ask Santa !!

[stryd_one]

Seeing as Artesia likes to cross-post his advertisements I'll do the same with my diss ;)

There we go

[Artesia]

you missed one ;)

..nah on this thing, i just think its a cool concept.. the idea of a stand alone vst box that does not run on windows or crash (isnt that synonymous ?) & has decent latency.

i just like the idea of a do-anything box that you plug in and it works & you can forget about it.. (particularly in live situations).

Im all for the idea of someone either stripping down a linux distro & doing something similar; or for that matter getting the muse code working on other hardware. As a diy project it would be increadble fun. and yes, their off the shelf box is a wee bit out of most peoples pockets.

its been a long time coming.. the fixed & often vastly less powerful specialised hardware of digi synths / efx has needed replacing with a cheap, powerful,  universally compatable hardware platform for some time now.

Given that both pc parts and vst's are being constantly updated and improved.. There probably couldnt be a better marrige.

If you meet the end of the usefulness of the software you are using; you aren't stuck with selling a rackmount box & buying another (Also softwares often a bunch cheaper.. due to not paying for the specialised hardware).

If for some amazing reason you actually manage to exceed the power of the computer hardware, you can either put another one togeather.. or upgrade it.

And i state again, i'd love to see this done diy style (no need for their custom soundcard or interface (guess you could midibox that if you wished tho))..

it just makes so much more sense than buying, carting around, then selling crateloads of digital hardware :)

Additional muse:

If this seems a little pricey for an off the shelf solution; take a look at the 'open labs neko 64':

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/openlabsneko.htm

Which is a cross between a DAW and a Keyboard, is luddy huuge & costs £3,000 to £5,000 & pretends not to be running windows xp.. by the use of a custom skin over the whole lot.

In my view of things... thats definately not the way to go ...even if you do have really, really deep pockets.