What kind of computer and equipment is required for Personal Orchestra
Personal Orchestra is designed to work on modern PCs and Macs. The Kontakt audio engine is designed to make use of the processing power of your computer’s CPU. The powerful and complex algorithms of the Kontakt Player work best on modern CPUs. Please also observe the systems requirements of your host application. We recommend the following:
– 2 GB of free hard disk space. DVD Drive for the DVD version or CD/DVD Drive for the CD version- Windows XP, Pentium 4 /Athlon 1.8 GHz or better is recommended – Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G4 733MHz minimum; G5 1.6 GHz or faster is recommended. – The Kontakt Player needs a soundcard for playing the sounds of Personal Orchestra. For Windows: Standard DirectSound, MME or ASIO drivers required – ASIO recommended for the bundled GPO Studio and Cubasis. For Mac: Core Audio or ASIO. To play the entire orchestra, we recommend 1 GB of RAM. If you require the full piano or the entire pipe organ along with the orchestra then 1.5GB of memory is recommended. There is a direct correlation between the number of instruments that can be loaded and the amount of available RAM. The more RAM available the better. Keep in mind that this is only necessary if you wish to load them for real-time playing. If you are willing to render parts to audio then you can get along with far less memory. Likewise, if your sequencer has a “freeze” function it is not necessary to have the larger amounts of memory. Also, if you don’t need to load an entire orchestra of instruments you may be able to get along with as little as 512M of RAM. – A MIDI interface is required if you are using a MIDI keyboard, another MIDI controller or an external sequencer. The MIDI interface integrated in many sound cards can also be used. A Mod Wheel on your keyboard is recommended. The Mod Wheel controls volume so make sure to move it up to an audible level. If you do not have a Mod Wheel, then have the ability to assign the controller to a sequencer or an external controller.
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