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Mini Moog Voyager, Access Virus Ti, Or V-synth Xt?, Going hardware or upgrade the laptop |
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Sun 19 Nov 2006, 11:08
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You mix 3 very different synths together and broil them is a performance/softsynth issue… not easy. External synth are their own dongle, they rarely let you down, once OS stable, they don't need upgrades, and you don't need the computer for the fun of it. You have to meddle with audio interface though with them. Softsynths eat CPU like buns at tea time, and you're always in balance with upgrades and OS versions. I'd say, if you want a real synth really, go for one, presumably one of a kind you don't have on your soft rig, or adding something really new over things you already have. Now, I don't think that because you've hit the wall with your laptop you will stop once you have a new hardware baby in, you'll have anyway to change for a new one anytime soon. I'd look first to see if the requisite versions of your software/drivers are available in universal binary, check the price of upgrades, of the mac and see. Either you buy an hardware synth and you'll be still hitting the wall, or you upgrade and you'll still look for an hardware synth, maybe the solution is to have both if you can, choose the easy path as it'll be a financial decision in the end. It's not because you'll have an hardware synth that you'll use your laptop less, it's bound to be another source of sound, not really heaving out some CPU strain out of the laptop. On the hardware synths themselves, it'd be better to debate over them in a dedicated thread in the relevant sub-forum.
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