From tonysounds@yahoo.com Sun Oct 30 17:13:16 2005
Subject:Re: CloneWheels for Nerds

The only problem is that except for MTron, the other
plugins are very small, so not a great judge of
"drainage".

T

--- oz wrote:

> ed fliege wrote:
>
> > Have you had any success running more than one
> softsynth simultaneously? I was looking at the Mac
> Mini (tiny package and price) and
> > wondering whether it had enough fire power and
> memory to effectively handle multiple synths
> simultaneously, which for me would be
> > the only reason to use one. Most any modern
> desktop can handle multiple softsynths
> simultaneously, but for live work you obviously
> > need the portability of a laptop/Mac Mini/
> Receptor, but coupled with the power of a desktop so
> it can play more than one instrument
> > at a time. If all I needed a laptop or Mac Mini
> to do was play B4, I would just use a good
> CloneWheel module like an Electro Rack
> > or VK-8M. I look forward to hearing more of your
> experiment(s) with the Mac Mini.
>
> I stopped trying at four arbitrary, simultaneous
> softsynths (but quiet
> sure more will run). No latency, crackling or
> whatever (m-tron, cheeze
> machine, ticky clav and 4front piano).
>
> Oliver
>



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