What are the system requirements for MOTU’s BPM?

System Requirements for BPM

BPM has the following system requirements:

* A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is required. However, since BPM loads samples (or a portion of the samples) into the computer’s RAM add as much RAM as possible to your computer; 2 GB is recommended.
* Large hard drive(s). See below for Mac and Windows specific hard drive requirements.
* A free USB port for the iLok USB key. Note that if you have multiple products which use iLoks for authorization you can consolidate multiple authorizations onto a single iLok; see this tech note.
* A CD/DVD disk drive for installation.

For Mac:

* G4 1 GHz Power Mac or faster, with multiple processors/cores highly recommended; a G5 or Intel-based Mac is recommended
* OS 10.3.9 or higher. Version 10.4 or higher is recommended.
* Hard drive(s) with at least 18 GB free to hold the sound files, plug-in, and application. The drive(s) must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (also known as HFS+); journalling can be on or off.
* An audio sequencer software package that hosts MAS, AU, VST, or RTAS instrument plug-ins. As BPM has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. Alternately, BPM can be used as a standalone application.

For Windows:

* Pentium 4 1 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent), with multiple processors/cores highly recommended
* Windows XP, XP x64, or Vista (32 or 64 bit)
* Hard drive(s) with at least 18 GB free to hold the sound files, plug-in, and application. The drive(s) must be formatted as NTFS.
* An audio sequencer package that hosts VST or RTAS instrument plug-ins. As BPM has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. Alternately, BPM can be used as a standalone application.

Knowledge Base