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 Playing Soft Synths Live, Is it do-able? |
 mer. 29 oct. 2003, 02:22
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I haven't been able to find a clear-cut answer to my question anywhere, so I'm hoping you can help me out. How feasible is it to play a soft synth live with current technology? Do I need more than a laptop, controller, and sound card? From what I gather, I need some sort of virtual instrument host program or sequencer such as Cubase or Digital Performer. Any help would be greatly appreciated--thanks!
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mer. 29 oct. 2003, 10:40
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Newbie Groupe : Members Messages : 7 Inscrit : 29 oct. 03 Lieu : Sydney - AU Membre no 27,755 |
That depends
 If you're only running a single soft-synth (such as Absynth, Reason, Kontakt, or Reaktor to name a few) in standalone mode then all you need is a controller and your laptop. If, on the other hand, you want to run several soft-synths, then you'd be better off going with sx or vstack. This is because some soft-synths, in standalone mode, will assume they're the only program talking to that MIDI interface. Cheers, CR. PS. Reason, especially, is just fine live! Ditto for Reaktor. Ce message a été modifié par lepetitmartien - jeu. 30 oct. 2003, 00:53. |
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mer. 29 oct. 2003, 22:16
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Newbie Groupe : Members Messages : 2 Inscrit : 29 oct. 03 Lieu : Glenwood - AU Membre no 27,741 |
Thanks for your reply,
Is latency a big concern? If I'm running 256 mb of RAM in my laptop (Windows XP), will I be all right? |
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mer. 29 oct. 2003, 23:55
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Newbie Groupe : Members Messages : 7 Inscrit : 29 oct. 03 Lieu : Sydney - AU Membre no 27,755 |
Depends on the soft-synth (and the drivers for your sound card), I guess...
Under XP, try and make sure you can get ASIO or DirectX drivers for your sound card (and that the soft-synth will use them). |
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 jeu. 30 oct. 2003, 01:04
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However interesting they may be, as this is a mac only forum, PC talk is Off Topic save in open bar
 Note that the 2 first posts were On Topic (the use of soft synth in general, live).  If you need to extend the subject further, I'll split the thread.
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