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| Re: Anybody still using Paris? [message #109659 is a reply to message #109658] |
Wed, 21 August 2019 15:07   |
mikeaudet
Messages: 474
Registered: February 2009
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Hey, Ben,
I'm listening to some Tom Petty through my PARIS system right now (via Windows Media Player), and it just sounds so good. The detail, the size of the sound-field, the richness of the bass - it's incredible. Of course you you should resurrect your system for non-midi recording!
As for the size of the community, we're definitely a select group at this point. There's lots to be said about new hardware being smaller, more portable, and more convenient. It's also a lot of money for the good stuff, and history keeps repeating itself; I have no appetite for spending thousands on new hardware to just have it discontinued again anyway.
I also love that I can open a session I recorded in PARIS.exe 20 years ago, and it just works. Will Pro Tools be able to do that in 20 years? Will one have to rent it? How much will that cost? Will an iLok still work? Will Avid help with that? I don't like the odds. Stability has its pluses.
With ASIO driver, you can use Pro Tools or any other DAW if you want to as well.
One of the benefits of using a mature system like PARIS is that we all know how to use it. The news comes slowly and the questions are few. So, it may take some time to get a roll call.
Welcome back to the fold, if you decide to set your system back up. I'm super proud of the driver work I've done keeping PARIS viable on Windows 10 and new PCs. I'll be back working on more in September once the kids are back in school.
All the best,
Mike
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| Re: Anybody still using Paris? [message #109662 is a reply to message #109661] |
Sat, 31 August 2019 13:23 |
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Heya Ben! The cards don't degrade in storage and about the only thing that's likely to have happened is oxidation on the contacts, so just get a can of contact cleaner from your local electronics store and give them a spritz before plugging them in and they should work as well as they did back in the day.
Congratulations on the family's happy event, and welcome!
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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| Re: Anybody still using Paris? [message #109687 is a reply to message #109658] |
Sun, 08 September 2019 12:02 |
Kim W.
Messages: 188
Registered: January 2010
Location: Australia
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Still using it, and still loving it!
Mike and others have helped keep it alive. Sonically, it's THE BOMB. Midi? forget it. I have a separate comp running Cubase via ADAT sync and an RME multiface. Works for me when I need MIDI Vsti's.
Kim W.
BTW, You'll need Mikes driver package available at ensoniq.ca. Whilst you are there, treat yourself to some of his plugins. The reverbs in particular are STELLAR! Some of the old freebies by Chuck Duffy are also very good. Have fun!
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| Re: Anybody still using Paris? [message #109709 is a reply to message #109690] |
Tue, 08 October 2019 19:29 |
Benazure
Messages: 15
Registered: April 2016
Location: Massachusetts
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I am up and running with 2 cards on an Asus p8p67 running windows 10. Haven't tried anything further than getting the software to run, but tomorrow I hope to start working with files, and doing tests to see what I can get for track counts etc.
I anticipate snafus along the way, and certainly as well, memory lapses from my days of using the system on a daily basis starting some 20 years ago.
Frankly, I am a bit stunned to get this thing going again, and am excited! Big thanks to everyone here, especially impressed, heck awestruck with Mike for keeping this system going.
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