Topic by petercook80

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Topic: Piano Hardware and Computer Hardware question

Hi, new to all this and I am investigating using Pianoteq but have a few questions someone might be able to help with.

I have a Kawai CA15 digital piano that I would like to try with Pianoteq, but I need to get a new computer to run it on. I would ideally like the smallest footprint PC I can get to run it on, in an ideal world it would be a mini desktop or nettop type unit that would only be used for the piano, has anyone used something like this to comment on and on how the CA15 would perform as an input for Pianoteq.

Any help appreciated

Reply by davidizquierdo82

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Re: Piano Hardware and Computer Hardware question

If it helps, I once used an Intel i3 notebook 2010, a quite simple one (450€ by then), and could run PTQ flawlessly with maximum poliphony and never had problems while playing..

P85>Kawai CA97>Numa XGT>FP90X>LX706
Pianoteq 8 Pro (all instruments) + Organteq 2
i7 4790K W11 64bits + UMC1820 + MTM + DT770 pro X
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Re: Piano Hardware and Computer Hardware question

Okay thanks for that bit of info, may be helpful in my choices.

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Re: Piano Hardware and Computer Hardware question

My 2007 MacBook Pro ran PianoTeq ok but the CPU was maybe just a bit too old to run at highest performance. It was a close call. . .