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Re: hyperprism


>I don't think it's french, ARboretum's address is in San Francisco. There
>are several different versions, a 68000 version that runs as a stand alone
>on mac's with Digidesign audio boards, a TDM version is a plug-in for
>Digidesign's Pro-Tools system, and a PPC version that runs on Powermacs
>with no additional hardware. I've only used the PPC version, and I really
>like it a lot, though I would think it works better as a post-recording
>processor than as a live instrument. I think it's the coolest piece of
>audio-sickening software since TurboSynth, and that is high praise.
>
>Basically, it offers a fairly standard set of effects (Delays, pitch and
>time shifting, reverb, ring modulation, etc) with a very non-standard
>interface, a blue window on the computer screen with different parameters
>of the x and y axis. For example, in the pitch and time changer, pitch is
>on the y axis, and playback speed is on the x axis. By drawing lines in 
>the
>window, you set the parameters, and these paths can be saved, though not
>edited. in the 68000 and TDM versions, the parameters can also be
>controlled by external MIDI controllers, but that is not available on the
>PPC version, and I doubt that it will be since the PPC version costs about
>1/2 the 68000 price, and 1/3 the TDM price.
>
>There's a demo at www.arboretum.com, which sold me on the software, and 
>the
>PPC version is $279, which is pretty cheap for such a cool tool. And I'm
>not affiliated Arboretum in any way, if this sounds too much like a sales
>plug.
>
>BTW, hyperprism was named after an Edgar Varese piece, which should give
>you an idea of where the designers are at philosophically.
>
>BTW2: I'm new to this list, and loving it. I'm a bassist and looper from
>way back, and currently I'm using a JamMan and lxp-5 for live looping, and
>a PPC/Deck/Audiomedia2 setup for serious mangling.
>
>later,
>dt

Thanks for all that expanation and corection. It will not run on my 840AV
then (grrr). I am using DECK, too. Are you on that list? Wana sell
Audiomedia2?

but, back to the essence: Can you TAP delay time on Hyperprism ??

Thanks,
Matthias