Are those of you using a laptop using a USB or a Firewire connection and is this via a sound module? I see so many reports of USB connections having high total route latency that to me it seems that Firewire is the only solution?
Ian
I use a 2008 MacBook and have both USB and Firewire interfaces. Both work fine with Pianoteq. Latency is not a problem.
Kind of depends on your application, but either should be fine with either.
Are those of you using a laptop using a USB or a Firewire connection and is this via a sound module? I see so many reports of USB connections having high total route latency that to me it seems that Firewire is the only solution?
Ian
I use a laptop with a Presonus audio interface via USB and have no real latency problems. And of course I am doing this via ASIO.
Confirmed: even if technically Firewire should perform (a tad) better, nowadays USB or Firewire deliver about the same performances. There are some drivers who perform better than others, but it's more a matter of being well written than a technology (USB vs Firewire) choice. And most of them are good if not very good, as long as you use ASIO (on a PC, of course). You should typically get (much) less than 10 ms, which is OK.
For me Indigo xpress card in my laptop, but FA-101 Roland and Prodipe Studio 12 are good also.
And it's ok with the audio card of the laptop with Asio4all.
For me Indigo xpress card in my laptop, but FA-101 Roland and Prodipe Studio 12 are good also.
And it's ok with the audio card of the laptop with Asio4all.
Hello Lylo,
I after your reply I researched the Echo Indigo Express card interface. I already have an Echo Mia Midi but it is in my desktop. The original price of the Indigo is £187 but I have now bought a used one for almost a third of that.
So that sorts out my DAW interface but I need to buy a USB to midi interface to connect my Kurzweil midi keyboard.
I don't need the complexity of the FA-101 (Firewire) but I do need a usb/Midi interface that has drivers that work with Windows 7 pro 64 bit.
Hello, this one : http://www.roland.com/products/en/UM-1G/ very good, no problem.
Hello, this one : http://www.roland.com/products/en/UM-1G/ very good, no problem.
Hello Lylo,
Many thanks for your help again. I have just bought this Roland interface for £29 and already downloaded the Windows 7 64 driver.
I'm looking forward to buying Pianoteq
Ian
........and thanks to Roger here I now have bought his Pianoteq 4.5 Studio
So all I need now is talent!
Ian