The Pacarana from Symbolic Sound!
I. Want. This.
The Supercomputer designed for sound…
The flagship model Pacarana is 150% the power of a fully-loaded Capybara-320 for less than half the price. The entry-level Paca costs less than a Basic Capybara-320, but the new entry-level model is 5 times more powerful…
Man, I’ve been jonesin’ for some Kyma for years…
On the flipside, the list of supported audio and midi devices is pretty small (though growing). From the Pacarana FAQ:
Audio/MIDI Input & Output
I don’t see any audio inputs/outputs. How does the audio signal come out of the Pacarana?
To get an audio signal out of the Paca(rana), connect it to a FireWire or USB audio converter.
Does the audio from the Pacarana pass through the host computer first? Or does the Pacarana connect directly to a dedicated converter?
The audio output from the Pacarana goes directly to its own dedicated converter. The audio does not pass through the Mac or PC to a shared converter.
Which FireWire or USB audio and MIDI I/Os work with the Pacarana?
The Pacarana works with a (growing) list of 1394TA AMDTP-standard FireWire and class-compliant USB audio converter devices. Here is the current list of supported converters. If you do not see your favorite converter on this list, please let us know; while we cannot promise that every converter will work with the Paca(rana), it is our intention is to add support for additional converters over time. Thanks!
I don’t see my converter on the list yet. Is it likely to work anyway?
A converter is unlikely to work with the Pacarana before we add software support for it.
The last couple of points are worrisome to me as it implies that Symbolic will need to keep an active effort going to maintain driver compatibility with various manufacturers’ products. For instance, I use a MOTU 828MKII FW interface. It’s not on the list. Maybe one day it will be, but what happens if MOTU updates that driver and the Paca and 828 do not “get along” after that? Seems a bit dicey.
…and unnecessary. I mean, it’s got a couple of FW800 ports. Why not enable those for audio I/O directly with the computer? Or am I missing something?
Anyway….the whole KYMA thing is still damn intriguing….
Cheers all.
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More info on the Pacarena is available here.
Audio and video clips can be accessed here.
Why can’ t SYMBOLIC sound implement VST drivers ???
this is really boring.
For a laptop you need to use 2 converters rack
one for the kyma and the other for the laptop
Not really integrated at all