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CreamWare Product History — Classic Mac OS



2000

4 April 2000 — SCOPE/SP
Windows and Macintosh system scheduled for Q2 2000: 15 SHARC DSPs for synthesis, sampling, effects, mixing and audio routing.
Pulsar Second Edition and New SCOPE from CreamWare — Sonic State, 4 April 2000

16 May 2000 — Pulsar II ships
Pulsar II and Pulsar II SRB shipped with version 2.0 for Windows and Macintosh. Pulsar I owners received version 2.0 free; version 2 added Macintosh support to Pulsar I.
Pulsar II — Sonic State, 4 April 2000
CreamWare Announce Two DSP-Stacked Cards — Sonic State, 25 May 2000

May 2000 — Elektra
Three-SHARC, 24-bit/96 kHz PCI production system for PC and Macintosh, scheduled for Q3 2000.
CreamWare Announce Two DSP-Stacked Cards — Sonic State, 25 May 2000

30 June 2000 — Pulsar 2.01 completes Mac compatibility
Version 2.01 made STS-3000 and STS-4000—the last plug-ins still incompatible with Macintosh when version 2.00 shipped—Mac-compatible as well.
Pulsar Software 2.01 for Windows and Mac — Sonic State, 30 June 2000

23 August 2000 — PowerSampler 2.03 reaches Mac
The first Macintosh PowerSampler release offered the same functionality as the PC version, 16-/24-/32-bit sample support and a free Mac crossgrade for existing users.
CreamWare Update PowerSampler for Mac and PC — Sonic State, 23 August 2000

1 September 2000 — SCOPE/SP ships
The 15-SHARC system combined synthesis, sampling, effects, mixing and multichannel routing. Mac updates:

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SCOPE_SP_v2_062_Update1.sit
SCOPE_SP_v2_062_Update2.sitCreamWare Shipment Gives Greater SCOPE — Sonic State, 1 September 2000


2001

13 March 2001 — Luna II introduced
Three-SHARC PCI system for PC and Mac with stereo analogue I/O, S/PDIF, 24-bit/96 kHz, Z-Link, Sound Manager and OMS drivers. Expansions: Luna 2496 and Luna II EX.

Mac installers:

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Luna Setup.1.sit–Luna Setup.9.sit
Luna2_v2_52_Update.sitCreamWare’s New Entry-Level DSP Card — Sonic State, 13 March 2001

4 July 2001 — Updates for newer Macs
Updates for Luna 2.5, Pulsar 2.04a and SCOPE/SP 2.05 fixed operation on newer Macs, including Pulsar I support, audio faults, PCI performance, Command-Q quitting and minor bugs.

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Current versions required:
Pulsar 2.04a — December 2000
SCOPE/SP 2.05 — December 2000
Luna 2.5 — March 2001
20 July 2001 — STS-5000
Sampler for Pulsar and Luna II: PC- and Mac-format CD-ROM support, PC/Mac hard-disk sample management, 16-/24-/32-bit samples, real-time time-stretching and pitch-shifting, up to 64 voices.
CreamWare’s New Sampler Goes Real-Time — Sonic State, 20 July 2001

11 September 2001 — Pulsar II version 3
Version 3 added Mac OS drivers, effects, synthesizers and the STS-2000P sampler. XTC mode was Windows-only.
CreamWare Unveil Pulsing Upgrade — Sonic State, 11 September 2001

17 September 2001 — PowerPulsar released
PowerPulsar is the big brother to Pulsar II
PowerPulsar Flexes DSP Muscles — Sonic State, 17 September 2001

18 November 2001 — Luna family 3.01
Luna II shipped with version 3.01 for Windows and Macintosh. PowerSampler and Elektra received the same software generation; existing owners could upgrade.
CreamWare Breaks the 3.0 Barrier — Sonic State, 18 November 2001


2002

Early 2002 — Pulsar 3.01 Mac distribution
Classic Mac OS release files:

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pulsar3setup.1.sit–pulsar3setup.11.sit
Pulsar v3.01 Update.1.sit–Update.4.sit
dualscreenpatch.sit
spdif_patch.sit
Poison Setup.1.sit
English.sit
Deutsch.sit
Francais.sit
2002 — PowerSampler II
Three-SHARC, 24-bit/96 kHz PCI sampler system for PC and Macintosh, centred on the STS environment and compatible with other SCOPE Fusion Platform devices.
PowerSampler II — CreamWare archive, 1 June 2002

7 May 2002 — SCOPE Fusion Platform 3.1
SFP 3.1 unified CreamWare’s DSP systems so compatible plug-ins could run across different hardware packages.

Mac installers:

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sfp_v3_1a.sit
m2_sfp_v3_1a.sit — Modular II
Mac SFP hardware:

• Luna II — 3 DSPs; Sound Manager and OMS
• PowerSampler II — 3 DSPs
• Pulsar II — 6 DSPs; Sound Manager and OMS
• PowerPulsar — 15 DSPs; Sound Manager and OMS
• SCOPE/SP — 15 DSPs

SFP 3.1 release — CreamWare archive
SFP product family — CreamWare archive

7 May 2002 — MasterVerb Pro
SCOPE-platform reverb device for Mac-compatible SFP systems.
CreamWare archive — 2 June 2002

22 May 2002 — Luna II anniversary bundles
Luna II EXtreme I/O: Luna II EX + A16 Ultra + OptiMaster; PC/Mac; up to 36 physical I/O.
Second bundle: Luna II + Luna 2496 + OptiMaster; 12 physical I/O.
Luna II anniversary bundles — CreamWare, 22 May 2002

19 June 2002 — Vinco
Dual-channel SCOPE dynamics processor for Luna, PowerSampler, Pulsar and SCOPE/SP.
CreamWare Plug the High End — Sonic State, 19 June 2002

16 July 2002 — Minimax
Minimoog-inspired SCOPE DSP synthesizer with more than 400 sounds for Luna, PowerSampler, Pulsar and SCOPE/SP. This is the DSP plug-in, not the later Minimax ASB hardware.
CreamWare Announce Virtual Minimoog — Sonic State, 16 July 2002

16 September 2002 — Modular III
Released for Luna, PowerSampler, Pulsar and SCOPE/SP with more than 220 modules, 100 example patches and about 800 sounds. Modular II was distributed as a Mac SFP 3.1a installer.
CreamWare Modular Turns III — Sonic State, 16 September 2002


2004

30 March 2004 — SCOPE 4.0
CreamWare reorganised the Mac OS 9-compatible PCI range. Mac installer:

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SCOPE_Platform4.0.sit
SCOPE Home replaced Luna: 3 DSPs, up to 72 physical I/O, Modular II and STS-4000.

SCOPE Project replaced Pulsar II: 6 DSPs, up to 40 physical I/O, choice of Mix’n’Master or Synth’n’Sampler, Modular III.

SCOPE Professional replaced SCOPE/SP: 14 DSPs, Mix’n’Master and Synth’n’Sampler.

SCOPE 4.0 was a free update for existing CreamWare DSP-system owners.
CreamWare Introduces SCOPE 4.0 — Sonic State, 30 March 2004


Classic Mac OS products
Pulsar I, Pulsar II, Pulsar II SRB, Elektra, PowerSampler, PowerSampler II, SCOPE/SP, Luna II, Luna II EX, PowerPulsar, SCOPE Home, SCOPE Project, SCOPE Professional, STS-3000, STS-4000, STS-5000, Modular II, Modular III, MasterVerb Pro, Vinco and Minimax DSP.