Make sure to also install ASIO4all (or your audio card/unit's ASIO driver package if it exists).

Also good advice there too about freezing tracks @Key Fumbler.

In a DAW definitely it could be good in any case to bounce/freeze instrument tracks. Even on powerful PCs things can get bogged fast depending on how much is going on and how many tracks and all that.

I find freezing or bouncing instrument tracks to audio (even if technically not needed) also helps me just keep going (instead of getting stuck on returning too much to the instruments' MIDI.. kind of 'commit to something' as the spark to herald in new tracks and ideas often also.)

In Pianoteq settings, you also have a performance tab where you can see the impact and also reduce the maximum poliphony. Doing this will also make it more likely that it runs well enough.

Good point.
Yes polyphony and adjusting buffer settings helps too. Accepting slightly more latency can make the difference on marginal hardware. Some people expect ludicrously/pointlessly low latency in a DAW - below that which they would detect in a blind test, hence lower than they really need. This is especially troublesome when working with multiple virtual instrument tracks .
The weaker the CPU the sooner you will need to freeze your tracks.

anyone know if this will be fast enough for pianoteq 7.5?

thanks.

I just bought a lenovo thinkpad 11e yoga gen 6 with Intel Core m3-8100Y Processor (1.10 GHz up to 3.40GHz with Turbo Boost).

Probably be fine for the stand alone version, and a low number of tracks in an efficient DAW (though you may need to start immediately freezing tracks). The beauty with Pianoteq (unlike most sampled instruments) you can try it easily. Just download the demo and give it a go.

That question has become more complex with the marginal CPUs now that you can run multiple instruments at once. Basically you have to consider those as as if you are running another separate instance of Pianoteq.

We don't know if Pianoteq 8 will require more or less CPU though.

Try the 7.5 demo.

thanks.

I just bought a lenovo thinkpad 11e yoga gen 6 with Intel Core m3-8100Y Processor (1.10 GHz up to 3.40GHz with Turbo Boost).