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Karma180 · Post by **Karma180** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:24 am

Hi ... I'm new to the VST scene; my band Karma180 wants to play live synth using a laptop, host and plug-ins. Right now we're using a Dell Latitude with a 2 gig processor and 2 gigs of RAM running WinXP, for a host we're using VST Host 1.45 (a Steinberg freebie) and for sounds we've downloaded a bunch of demo plug-ins like Absynth, Minimogue, etc ... are we doing things right ??? How could we improve our soft synth approach. The synth parts play an important role in our Eno/Floydish sound. Thanks, Karma

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:18 am

Forte' or EnergyXT.

Greg

allofdrab · Post by **allofdrab** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:20 am

Do you have a controller / MIDI keyboard?
Does it have assignable knobs or sliders?
How much time do you have for using the mouse while playing?
Do you want to explore ways of using the computer by itself (without a MIDI controller)?
Do you want to try using multiple synths at once?
Have you used synths before?
What kind were they?
Have you tried out any free or donationware synths?
Here are a few free ones you may want to try:
Oatmeal
Atlantis
Synth1
xhip synth
PolyIblit
Here are some more hosts to consider:
Bidule
AudioMulch
MiniHost
SaviHost
Cantabile
Usine

umd · Post by **umd** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:36 pm

Forte +1

MaliceX · Post by **MaliceX** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:40 pm

www.toptensoftware.com/cantabile/

I personally use this, and is most certainly robust in live performance.

Karma180 · Post by **Karma180** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:25 pm

allofdrab wrote:
Do you have a controller / MIDI keyboard? ... Yes, Oxygen 49

Does it have assignable knobs or sliders? ... yeah, a bunch but I haven't figured out yet how to "make them go" LOL

How much time do you have for using the mouse while playing? ... a few seconds

Do you want to explore ways of using the computer by itself (without a MIDI controller)? ... No

Do you want to try using multiple synths at once? Yes

Have you used synths before? yes, but in the 80s, moog, arp Poly61, Split8

What kind were they?

Have you tried out any free or donationware synths? just a fewe plug-ins

Here are a few free ones you may want to try:
Oatmeal
Atlantis
Synth1
xhip synth
PolyIblit
Here are some more hosts to consider:
Bidule
AudioMulch
MiniHost
SaviHost
Cantabile
Usine

Thanks, I'll download those synths and try a few of the suggested Hosts

Jake Jackson · Post by **Jake Jackson** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:08 am

1+ for Cantabile. Loads fast and is stable.

But you should be aware that the host imay not be the thing to worry about when playing live--most hosts are stable these days. The problem is having hardware that can keep up. You'll want a fast hard drive, much more ram than you could possibly need, and a fast processor. And more than a little time to test it out for hours and hours, so you're absolutely sure that things won't crash on stage.

nay-seven · Post by **nay-seven** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:24 pm

+1 for Usine in the way that this soft is really made for Live situation .

i mean not always easy to work on a laptop on stage ,but with Usine you can built your own interface and see for example only
a big knob for the cutoff of the vsti 1 ,
a big fader for the volume of this audio in ,
2 more big knobs for the effect and so...

just my 2 cents..

ew · Post by ew » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:14 pm

Kore. Try the demo...

ew

Best host for live playing of VST?