CPU efficient softsynths for 867 powerbook (Panther)

annadyne · Post by **annadyne** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:53 pm

it's not a vst - yet - but you might wanna try spongefork by ryan francesconi (spelling?)

www.spongefork.com or spongefork.org - if those don't work you'll find it in google.

mondo mondo cool program.

annadyne-elizabeth
secret orange star

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 12:03 am

drush wrote: speaking of, why all simultaneously? you're now moving back and forth from FS sets to ableton on the fly?

and didn't you just sell a pc lap last year to get the 12" pb?

i have 2 gigs in brazil the first week of September. They requested Live+DJ, and since its an Album promotion tour, i couldn't decline.
Tried it simultaneously on the G4 867 but since FS drivers for Panther are absolute crap and there's no support on the horizon, i've been running FS on a Jaguar Partition for the last 6 months. Since jaguar has far less altivec optimizations in the GUI... running FS and Live simultaneously resulted in the poorest screen redraws, and audio glitching at anything below 20ms output latency. A couple of times the cpu demand through FS totally off.

on the Athlon64 this works flawlessly thanks to the 1600mhz FSB. and the wider screen helps for the live multitasking.

yea i sold a pc laptop last year, but not to buy a mac.
do i need your permission for my personal finances now?
were you planning on balancing my checkbook?

milka · Post by **milka** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:12 am

Hi adamJay, how is your expirience with Live 4 and the rest of audio apps on PC laptop so far , performance wice as well as stability-reliability wice, i am also conciedering on geetting an extra PC laptop for using live with Traktor DJ Studio, Live and NI Elektric Piano+NI intakt+ NI Kontakt, next to my good old but very tired G3 Powerbook 'Pismo' but a bit worried since the ongoing virus and trojan horses attacks on my old PC PentiumIII 450 that i use for internet only....
peace - milka
P.S. PC or MAc doesn't matter as long as it serves the creative purpouse , so u did great by going for what you felt like going- the final result what count, not the tools we use!

drush · Post by **drush** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:36 am

AdamJay wrote:yea i sold a pc laptop last year, but not to buy a mac.
do i need your permission for my personal finances now?
were you planning on balancing my checkbook?

last time i saw you perform it was on a pc. then b/c of this site i knew you had the 867.
so i was just curious, because i really enjoy your work. which makes what you use all the more interesting.
guess that doesn't preclude you from being a jackass however.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:48 am

milka wrote:Hi adamJay, how is your expirience with Live 4 and the rest of audio apps on PC laptop so far , performance wice as well as stability-reliability wice, i am also conciedering on geetting an extra PC laptop for using live with Traktor DJ Studio, Live and NI Elektric Piano+NI intakt+ NI Kontakt, next to my good old but very tired G3 Powerbook 'Pismo' but a bit worried since the ongoing virus and trojan horses attacks on my old PC PentiumIII 450 that i use for internet only....
peace - milka
P.S. PC or MAc doesn't matter as long as it serves the creative purpouse , so u did great by going for what you felt like going- the final result what count, not the tools we use!

great, though the athlon 64 seems better to me for multitasking.
as far as being worried about viruses... this has been discussed in other threads. use Mozilla and never Internet Explorer (this will practically kill spyware) , only go to trusted sites, and there are some good anti-virus apps out there like AVG. PCs aren't as good out of the box, and i do prefer OSX. but for the power/cost ratio you get on the PC side for putting just a little more time into making sure your system is reliable, its worth it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:49 am

drush wrote:
AdamJay wrote:yea i sold a pc laptop last year, but not to buy a mac.
do i need your permission for my personal finances now?
were you planning on balancing my checkbook?
last time i saw you perform it was on a pc. then b/c of this site i knew you had the 867.
so i was just curious, because i really enjoy your work. which makes what you use all the more interesting.
guess that doesn't preclude you from being a jackass however.

sorry bro, i did not mean to come off like a dick to you. that was a knee-jerk reaction from me feeling like i was getting the 3rd degree for switching platforms. no hard feelings.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:00 am

oops, forgot to log in for that one.

milka · Post by **milka** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:37 am

Thanks for reply AdamJay, is there any site i can hear your music or a live sat ?

Komplex · Post by **Komplex** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:42 am

www.djadamjay.com should have a live set or two

CPU efficient softsynths for 867 powerbook (Panther)

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