Hardware vs software for drum triggers
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
"Kontakt on a Mac" isn't really enough information.
If it's a very well setup machine with low enough latency achievable (which is a complex and subtle issue owing to how well it is responsive in real time which is hard to know), well, know this, that there's a little bit of latency with that hardware in all likelihood.
If your input method for MIDI is a keyboard, well that's not the best for drums, nor are pad controllers.
This being said, those of use who need a whole_lot_more drums than is contained in a single box like that will use software drum libraries and a DAW and put up with a less-than-perfect situation probably. I don't use Kontakt for this, but that's another issue.
If it's a very well setup machine with low enough latency achievable (which is a complex and subtle issue owing to how well it is responsive in real time which is hard to know), well, know this, that there's a little bit of latency with that hardware in all likelihood.
If your input method for MIDI is a keyboard, well that's not the best for drums, nor are pad controllers.
This being said, those of use who need a whole_lot_more drums than is contained in a single box like that will use software drum libraries and a DAW and put up with a less-than-perfect situation probably. I don't use Kontakt for this, but that's another issue.
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- KVRist
- 128 posts since 18 May, 2016
What is the Spark edrumkit? Nothing came up for it on google. Anyway if it's a hardware module it's likely to be pretty low latency.yinbell wrote:Is it your opinion that Kontakt on a Mac would not trigger drum samples just as fast as the hardware drum module that comes with the Alesis Spark edrumkit?
I use triggers with software at 64 sample buffer (around 1.5ms latency) and it's pretty good. Using an RME PCIe card. It does use a lot of CPU running with a buffer size this low. I tend to run a standalone version of the software (BFD) set to a lower buffer size alongside the DAW, so that the entire DAW project doesn't have to run at the lower buffer size. Anyway, test if it's possible to get reliable performance at a buffer size this low with your setup (reliable performance = solid playback without clicks/pops) and if not maybe post what your hardware is and someone might be able to suggest improvements. You can use any software to test - it doesn't have to be Kontakt if you don't have it. Any software should respond the same.
