KVR Audio

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:49 pm

Only just realised full windows tablets are out there now for silly money (<£100), quad core atom processors, 1gb ram etc.

I guess that would run low-hit apps like Reaper ok (know people run that on netbooks with older atoms) but anyone tried? Maybe other stuff like Synth1 with it's low cpu and resizable gui would work well?

I'm in the market for a tablet for casual browsing etc but if a windows one capable of running the stuff i'm already using is available then so much the better (realise probably best if I leave the likes of reaktor to my laptop

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Cheers.

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:10 pm

Hello,

I just got a tablet like in your description: Atom 1.3, 2g RAM, win 8, only $149.

It's not a bad little tablet, and I have successfully run Tracktion 5 on it. Seemed to be capable of running it modestly.

The real issue with tablets is that the DAW interface is not optimized for touch, and make navigating the DAW a real pain in the ass. I think DJ software may work slightly better just based on its interface.

I'm planning on trying the Windows version of Nanostudio to see if it's a little better optimized, and will try and post my findings.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:45 pm

Seems like buying them direct from Microsoft is a pretty good deal right now

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:52 pm

Well, I tried Nanostudio for Windows, and it was a poor experience. Very sluggish response time, no option to select sound driver, so although I can install Asio4all on the tablet, there is no way to select it within Nanostudio.

I do think that if you ran a CPU light DAW, AND you had a mouse, it could be a small form factor music option. It's the touch screen that is the problem, because nothing is optimized for touch!

Schmidi

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:55 pm

@Robojam: Yeah the Surface Pro's are nice in theory, but at that price point you are getting a very mediocre performing i5 CPU (Mobile version, less cores/cache etc) and I really think you can get a far better "real" laptop for less $. The big draw of tablets (touch) is useless in all DAWs at this point in time, unfortunately.

Diego_C · Post by **Diego_C** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:12 pm

Just curious, as me too I was looking at those windows tablet at the local store.
Anyone tried to run and play with a masterkeyboard some freeware basic vst synth on it?
Such as Synth 1, Dexed, OBXD or Oatmeal and similar...
How was the response about latency and preformance?
(if anyone tried of course)
Any opinon is welcome as I am really interested about it.
Thanks

Schmidi · Post by **Schmidi** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:53 pm

I'll see what I can do and report back.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:32 pm

Schmidi wrote:@Robojam: Yeah the Surface Pro's are nice in theory, but at that price point you are getting a very mediocre performing i5 CPU (Mobile version, less cores/cache etc) and I really think you can get a far better "real" laptop for less $. The big draw of tablets (touch) is useless in all DAWs at this point in time, unfortunately.

It depends what you use it for really though, and the low end models are adequate for what many people want to do.

I think anyone who thinks they're getting a powerful model with they don't pay the big bucks for it is living in fantasy land. Cheap definitely equals less performance.

BiancaNeve · Post by **BiancaNeve** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:12 am

Anyone tried music creator 6 touch on a cheapy tablet? The Linx 10 looks like it should run this.

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:32 am

I saw some deals on Walmart this week.
You might want to check that out.

Cheap windows 8 tablets?