RE: [microsound] [OT][tech*talk] dedicated to DSP?

[Derek Holzer <derek@xxxxxx>]

micronauts,

just in case anybody was curious... been volleying emails back and forth with 
DSP-Arts in Germany about this Tauron module they are releasing. I give them an 
A+ on the "potential-customer service" scale...they answered all my questions 
in depth and in a timely manner. unfortunately, the Tauron doesn't seem much 
more than a more programmable version of something like the Nord -- i.e. a 
highly flexible synth. according to the following email, it is not really 
intended to manipulate samples very well (DSP processes like granulation and 
convolution are out-out-out!). too bad. i'd really like to move beyond business-
class machines (i.e. laptops) for artist-class work.

best,
derek

From:  donald@xxxxxxxxxxx 
To:  Derek Holzer <derek@xxxxxx> 
Subject:  Re: Tauron Inquiry 
Hi Derek, 

the Tauron is not intended to be a sampler. It does not have a harddisk 
but only an internal flash-memory where all data needs to be stored. 
This is actually 512 kBytes but we think about increasing its size in the 
final version, probably it will have 1 MByte. When the application is 
running it may use all the internal SRAM (69 kByte) and the DRAM 
which is 768 kBytes. The memory is hardwired and may thus not 
be expanded any more. 

Best wishes, 

Donald 
 
 


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