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DSP Quattro for $49 - limited time sale

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DSP-Quattro is on sale for $49 - for everyone. This is not a crossgrade price. The sale ends in 2 days:

https://stacksocial.com/sales/dsp-quatt ... ng-program
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Thank you, downloading now.
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Oh goody, a new learning curve! Will you guys PLEASE stop posting these sales!!!! :rofl:

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Any word on when it will be 64bit?
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mikehalloran wrote:Any word on when it will be 64bit?
The last I heard is that Stefano was working on it and that it would be a free upgrade. That was in 2012, so I don't know what's going on.

Right now, it's nice to have FGX and other 32-bit plugs available to it.
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Oh yeah... so I can keep DP in 64 and use DSPQ for 32 bit stuff (of which I have little). It's getting better all the time. Better, better, better. Getting so much better all the time.
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mikehalloran wrote:Any word on when it will be 64bit?
I just heard back from Stefano. He wrote:
I'm working hard on the next version 5. It is a totally rewritten application and, among the others, it is a 64 app with a 64 bits audio engine. It is scheduled for the public release on December.
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Dan Worley wrote:
mikehalloran wrote:Any word on when it will be 64bit?
I just heard back from Stefano. He wrote:
I'm working hard on the next version 5. It is a totally rewritten application and, among the others, it is a 64 app with a 64 bits audio engine. It is scheduled for the public release on December.
That's great news.

I'll be glad when 32/64 bit conundrums are long forgotten.

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Shooshie wrote:I'll be glad when 32/64 bit conundrums are long forgotten.

Shooshie
What's the conundrum? What advantage would there be of DSP-Q running natively as 64-bit?

It runs fine as a 32-bit app in 64-bit Mavericks - as does Ableton Live 9, for example.
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This does look like a sweet deal, but I'm going to be the Stupid Question Asker (SQA is a title handed out at corporate team-building exercises, where it's described as a good thing) and ask:

If DP sounds so good (as we all agree it does), and we have so many excellent sounding multiband compressors, linear EQs and more in our plug-in folders, why would one not just master stereo files in DP with those plugs?

That's what I do now, and I can't see a reason for another program for the task. I'm not being snide or snarky here, I'm genuinely asking what I'm missing.
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I'll be using it to replace Toast to master CDs as the CD creation looks great and I can still tweet stuff in that process. More control.

Now if DP's CD worked better I would agree with you. Then again, one can't have too many good tools. I might not need that security screw driver set for $35, but the first time I needed it, it saved me about $80 in tech fees (plus parts).

For me, THAT'S why.

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Gravity Jim wrote:This does look like a sweet deal, but I'm going to be the Stupid Question Asker (SQA is a title handed out at corporate team-building exercises, where it's described as a good thing) and ask:

If DP sounds so good (as we all agree it does), and we have so many excellent sounding multiband compressors, linear EQs and more in our plug-in folders, why would one not just master stereo files in DP with those plugs?

That's what I do now, and I can't see a reason for another program for the task. I'm not being snide or snarky here, I'm genuinely asking what I'm missing.
For starters, DP can't create DDP files, burn a CD from them, or play back a DDP fileset.

DP can't insert ISRC codes into tracks, AFAIK.

The CD Layout window in DSP-Q is very convenient for CD assembly; DP doesn't have anything like it.

I still use DP for sonic adjustments when mastering because I'm accustomed to the workflow, then move to DSP-Q for assembling and exporting the master.
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BobK wrote:
Shooshie wrote:I'll be glad when 32/64 bit conundrums are long forgotten.

Shooshie
What's the conundrum? What advantage would there be of DSP-Q running natively as 64-bit?

It runs fine as a 32-bit app in 64-bit Mavericks - as does Ableton Live 9, for example.
My understanding is that a 32 bit host can't use 64 bit plugins. I've pretty much done away with my 32 bit plugins. I guess they still exist in a backup somewhere, but I don't want to fool with all that. I just want simplicity.

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... and MX4! LOL... :rofl:
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Shooshie wrote:
BobK wrote:
Shooshie wrote:I'll be glad when 32/64 bit conundrums are long forgotten.

Shooshie
What's the conundrum? What advantage would there be of DSP-Q running natively as 64-bit?

It runs fine as a 32-bit app in 64-bit Mavericks - as does Ableton Live 9, for example.
My understanding is that a 32 bit host can't use 64 bit plugins. I've pretty much done away with my 32 bit plugins. I guess they still exist in a backup somewhere, but I don't want to fool with all that. I just want simplicity.

Shoosh
I'm also not clear on what is gained by a 64 bit version of DSP-Q. It loads most if not all my plugins. I haven't checked all of them. I suppose most of my plugins might have code for 32 and 64 bit hosts.
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