[sdiy] Wakeman

[Paul Maddox]

Neil,

> Creamware have tried this with their "Noah":
>
> http://www.creamware.de/en/Products/Noah/default.asp

indeed, though it came out after the Chameleon,
its also 4 times the price and needs 10 DSPs, to get a 12 note Polyphonic
Minimax needs 4 slots, and all 10 DSPs in the EX version.
There is also NO developer kit for it..

> The VariOS is another version of this concept, and it is not a new one
> (ProTools, PowerCore, other Creamware products).  I think the Chameleon
> goes one better by giving you the tools to make your own software, not
> just what the manufacturers deem worthy of their time (i.e. you'll end up
> with what everyone else has, and nothing unique to you).

true..

> Now, if a FireWire interface was added to the Chameleon, it'd be a fun box
> to add to a PC or Mac: external DSP _that_you_can_program_yourself_!!
> And how long before one-man VST/AU hackers latch on to this and develop
> VST/AU plugins with a nice graphical front end, using the Chameleon for
> the horsepower??

Agreed, I'd like to see firewire/USB2, a bigger display and more knobs..
In theory now I have the technical documents for the chamelon (dont ask me
for them, as I cant let you have them) I intend to make a version with
bigger display, more knobs and USB.

> Then again perhaps I'm going off the deep end :-)

no, not at all, its this kind of thing that makes the Chameleon so good,
because you can do it if you want...

Paul