So in that sense, windows 7 (64bit) IS preferred. More RAM for samples is a good thing. Mind you, hard drive speed if streaming samples from disk (which a lot of the VI's I've used do) is also a consideration. 7200rpm vs 5400 - go for faster.
I'm probably going way over what's necessary for you here anyway. You'll most likely be only using one sample library, and since it's drums a relatively small number of samples.
I'm not sure about toontrack stuff, but at least with BFD2 I know you can choose to load only the 16bit samples, rather than 24bit in order to keep things running smoothly. Take up a lot (LOT) less space (and therefore RAM).
Right I've had enough of work, going home... back later :D
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
From: cbarnhart44@...
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:22:19 +0000
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Software triggering
Thanks Jono! Exactly what I needed to clarify the confusion. I'm torn now between the M audio card and usb cable (the m audio card is only marginally more expensive than a decent usb cable) I thought I'd try toontracks solo program just to see what happens, since it's free. I'm guessing my old pentium 4 CPU isn't going to cut it, though. Maybe an excuse to upgrade the CPU! Is Windows 7 prefered over XP for audio apps?
Chris
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Jono W ...> wrote:
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> Hi Chris,
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> I've done this with my DTXtreme IIs, but it should be no different to what you want. In my case I used BFD2 as the drum samples/virtual instrument(VI).
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Chris
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Jono W ...> wrote:
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> Hi Chris,
>
> I've done this with my DTXtreme IIs, but it should be no different to what you want. In my case I used BFD2 as the drum samples/virtual instrument(VI).
>
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