Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom.reviews Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!skopen.dseg.ti.com!gasp!hastings From: hastings@gaspdseg.ti.com (Clint Hastings) Subject: Re: CREATIVE GAMEBLASTER Message-ID: Sender: usenet@skopen.dseg.ti.com Nntp-Posting-Host: gasp.dseg.ti.com Reply-To: hastings@dseg.ti.com Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc. References: <9405261624.0N1Z600@support.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 18:26:03 GMT Lines: 74 In article <9405261624.0N1Z600@support.com>, lawrence.goodwin@support.com writes: |> |> N> Also, the WaveStudio was v1.1, not 2.0. Luckily, you can call and they'll |> N> send it to you. Call 1-800-998-1000 and give them all your info, including |> N> serial number. They said I would get mine in 2 to 4 DAYS! Wow! The |> N> support guy also mentioned that the previous 3 calls had been for the |> N> same problem. |> |> Interesting. The SB16MCD I recently purchased came with version 1.1 as well. |> When I called customer service to inquire about obtaining version 2.0, they |> first told me that they "don't know what Creative WaveStudio is." When I |> elaborated, they put me on hold a few minutes before telling me to "call |> back in a few weeks." |> |> When you receive your v2.0, I wonder if you could post a short note |> describing what enhancements the new version has? I need a sampling/editing |> program that has some means of visually monitoring input levels, and I'm |> hoping that feature made it into the new release. I just received the upgrade. It was 3 disks and a printed manual. Very nice. It was shipped FedEx economy, but took 8 days instead of the 2-4 promised. The product numbers from the invoice are: 1217791030 disk1 1217791031 disk2 1217791032 disk3 0420001000 manual, basic mmuk (about 3/4" thick) On the invoice, the original 1 disk upgrade, 1210001022 SW UPD-STD-02 3.5", is crossed out and the above disk numbers were hand written in. Maybe I got lucky? Enhancements: Creative Ensemble. All the apps look like hi-fi stereo decks. Wave player, audio CD player, MIDI player, plus all-in-one remote. All programs have "play-lists" for queueing stuff to play. All programs have selectable display of title and track names or time info. Components: Audio CD player with database (stored in ASCII form in a .ini file) Wave player/recorder, looks like a DAT deck. MIDI player, has a floppy sticking out the front. New hi-fi style mixer. Lets you select recording and playback inputs and levels, plus left to right pan. Has a VU LED-type display, an frequency equalizer-like display, plus one other. Then there is the WaveStudio version 2. It allows you to check the recording levels before recording starts. Has a CD-sync to start recording when the CD starts playing. Does 44 kHz, 22 KHz, 11 kHz, 8 or 16 bit sampling direct to your hard drive. direct to disk. Complaints: The components take up a lot of screen area. Minature, non-stereo looking versions of the components should be available. I will probably make a copy of the programs, and use a resource compiler to change the resources to create small, but still usable versions of each component. (I won't distribute these, so please don't ask) Hang on to your old programs, because you might want them too. The selectable colors might appeal to teenagers, except for the standard silver/gray. Standard black as seen on most modern stereos was not available. (Hot pink, neon yellow, etc were the colors available) I'll try to modify these too. A needed feature was missing - automatic level setting. I should be able to play a piece once before recording and have it set the levels for maximum volume without distortion. If you purchased a GameBlaster and got the old software, call Creative Labs now and get the new stuff. It's much better. clint