system requirements!?

[clasby]

[airflamesred]

Focusrite 2i2, AD2 and a megadrum of course. Welcome.

[clasby]

Thanks for the reply, so you would recommend a megadrum over a alesis trigger I/o or an old roland module? Will that speck of mac give me the low latency im after?

[airflamesred]

I would recommend the MD because it is faster and has way more inputs (room for expansion) than any of the others you mention. Some are of the opinion that it is difficult to set up.
I'm on windows so I can't say much about the mac.

[clasby]

Thats the MD sold for me. out of interest what spec pc do you use? have only looked at macs as the majority of threads have mac book pros mentioned which are well out of my price range hence the mac mini.

[perceval]

Cant get to anything to post lately. Let's see if this one gets through. Go up to 8G RAM if you want low latency. VSTs are memory hungry. The mini should do fine, but if you can wait a bit, there should be a refresh of the line soon. The minis CPUs are getting a bit old.

[airflamesred]

I went with a 4u rackmount case, I4770k, 32gigs of ram, 2 SSDs and 2 HDs. Windows 8.1 which seems to run fast even with Kontakt within cubase. I new very little about PCs before building this.

I think the trick is to have a dedicated system (no wi fi etc) if possible. I get a lot more done without internet temptation!

[clasby]

I think your pc spec is out of my price range! but I might be tempted to wait for an updated mini. my computer knowlege is lacking to say the least and id rather buy an off the shelf option if I can. will try and keep it as a dedicated sytem or at least keep everything else on a seperate HD. Thanks again for your Inputs!

[airflamesred]

No worries. Any issues with MD just give me a shout or angr77, who has made the MD/AD consummation very easy.

[clasby]

Thankyou, im sure I'll be contacting you in the not too distant future

[angr77]

Focusrite is a good choice, a Mac mini will work fine. I have an old MacBook Pro from 2010...8GB...500GB hd(not ssd) with mavericks and AD2. Works just fine! Angr77

[clasby]

Thats good to know, id be gutted if id spent a shed load of money and I couldn't use it. Would you recommend getting the ps board? is there a noticeable difference in the playing experience?

[Kabonfaiba]

Huge yes on the question of getting the PS board for Megadrum. I've said this before, but you really can't beat the value of Megadrum on that feature.
2box doesn't have PS, and only the old Roland modules like TD8, TD10, TD12, TD20 do - even so, you'd be paying more for less inputs and slightly worse latency for just a MIDI trigger.

I heard it cools the inputs a touch too for better setup of Roland parts. It is more work to configure - but will ultimately pay off once more VSTs start releasing more samples that support PS as standard. BFD3 has PS on the snare and even the toms atm, so it's certainly a feature VST makers will be looking to capitalise on, if only for the sake of feature competition.

[Kabonfaiba]

Forum bug, double posted again.

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