{"id":33073,"date":"2009-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=33073"},"modified":"2009-02-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T00:00:00","slug":"what-system-requirements-for-motu-bpm","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/what-system-requirements-for-motu-bpm\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the system requirements for MOTU&#8217;s BPM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>System Requirements for BPM<\/p>\n<p>BPM has the following system requirements:<\/p>\n<p>    * A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is required. However, since BPM loads samples (or a portion of the samples) into the computer&#8217;s RAM add as much RAM as possible to your computer; 2 GB is recommended.<br \/>    * Large hard drive(s). See below for Mac and Windows specific hard drive requirements.<br \/>    * 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.<br \/>    * A CD\/DVD disk drive for installation.<\/p>\n<p>For Mac:<\/p>\n<p>    * G4 1 GHz Power Mac or faster, with multiple processors\/cores highly recommended; a G5 or Intel-based Mac is recommended<br \/>    * OS 10.3.9 or higher. Version 10.4 or higher is recommended.<br \/>    * 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.<br \/>    * 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.<\/p>\n<p>For Windows:<\/p>\n<p>    * Pentium 4 1 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent), with multiple processors\/cores highly recommended<br \/>    * Windows XP, XP x64, or Vista (32 or 64 bit)<br \/>    * 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.<br \/>    * 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. 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