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Jee
Published on 12/12/04 at 10:01
The installation is done without PBME, except that in the manual to understand it MUST overwrite files when the install asks: this is the normal process (will understand ...).
The config is realtivement easy: you have to assign a tone (KD, SD, ...) to each of its key MIDI keyboard, as some sounds are default under the line "float" (the default programming covers a keyboard 88 keys, so you can access some sounds on a keyboard + short). But this operation is done quickly and easily and allows you to configure the drum map as desired, under his fingers and depending on the extent of his keyboard. If you have a keyboard 88 keys, you can keep the original mapping which is not bad.
Added: since version 1.3.0, a handy MIDI learn function allows you to quickly assign a tone to a key. We can easily use a keyboard + 61 keys.
The English manual is clear and sufficient, although a little cheap (the fôtes) and hit the install and got a bit damp at the time.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
My config: P4 2.8, 120 GB 8MB DD80, 512 Ram, Cubase SX.
I'm pretty questioned whether the software was not oversize for my config, and in fact it goes. Obviously, do not activate at first repisse the microphones because there is the cata provided with 512 MB ram. However, it is not awkward to program in real time. The app provides a preset velocity in order to load only certain layers of each stamp to relieve the CPU. Finally, the bounce will restore all the microphones and therefore the wealth-making sounds.
So I can confirm that the battery can be programmed without pb with this type of config. Now, mind you, if you add over 5 or 6 + VSTi plug as many effects, it might start crachotter. In this case, + to go away, you have to bounce (= audio rendering) of your drum track (and / or others). Once this is done, more power pb.
In general, I still think that 1 GB of RAM is recommended for use of this tool really comfortable, which in some way, be earned.
Added: Today I have 2 GB of RAM, and there it runs trouble-free
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 15 days. Added: 5 mois.Ce since I really appreciate is the sound. It is for this reason that I preferred the soft, the sound is really beautiful: sweet potato, the subtlety, the definition of quality (the cymbals, beautiful, are not cut, the drum is of presence bluffing, microphones repeat all this rich sound in all directions (watch behind the mix ...). Some patches, however, disappoint me a little (or as they like, either because they are not arranged in the different tools proposed: this snare is not available in "broom" for example ...).
The configuration interface of drumsmaps is easy to use even if some choices are downright questionable ergonomics (the fact of not being able to listen to a stamp in his selection, he must go to the next screen, listen back, which is painful ... Added: v1.3.0 fixes this the default) and also there's bad play, the fact that the instruments are not available are still available for selection ... then they will not be charged. So there are improvements to think quickly on this tool also remarkable.
In summary, I would do this choice, but with the proviso that last remark.
Finally, the sound is really excellent, and who knows about how to handle a drum programming is really hénaurme. But do not look here for anything other than the skin, drums, copper. Other soft percussion are varied, but still relatively limited.
The config is realtivement easy: you have to assign a tone (KD, SD, ...) to each of its key MIDI keyboard, as some sounds are default under the line "float" (the default programming covers a keyboard 88 keys, so you can access some sounds on a keyboard + short). But this operation is done quickly and easily and allows you to configure the drum map as desired, under his fingers and depending on the extent of his keyboard. If you have a keyboard 88 keys, you can keep the original mapping which is not bad.
Added: since version 1.3.0, a handy MIDI learn function allows you to quickly assign a tone to a key. We can easily use a keyboard + 61 keys.
The English manual is clear and sufficient, although a little cheap (the fôtes) and hit the install and got a bit damp at the time.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
My config: P4 2.8, 120 GB 8MB DD80, 512 Ram, Cubase SX.
I'm pretty questioned whether the software was not oversize for my config, and in fact it goes. Obviously, do not activate at first repisse the microphones because there is the cata provided with 512 MB ram. However, it is not awkward to program in real time. The app provides a preset velocity in order to load only certain layers of each stamp to relieve the CPU. Finally, the bounce will restore all the microphones and therefore the wealth-making sounds.
So I can confirm that the battery can be programmed without pb with this type of config. Now, mind you, if you add over 5 or 6 + VSTi plug as many effects, it might start crachotter. In this case, + to go away, you have to bounce (= audio rendering) of your drum track (and / or others). Once this is done, more power pb.
In general, I still think that 1 GB of RAM is recommended for use of this tool really comfortable, which in some way, be earned.
Added: Today I have 2 GB of RAM, and there it runs trouble-free
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 15 days. Added: 5 mois.Ce since I really appreciate is the sound. It is for this reason that I preferred the soft, the sound is really beautiful: sweet potato, the subtlety, the definition of quality (the cymbals, beautiful, are not cut, the drum is of presence bluffing, microphones repeat all this rich sound in all directions (watch behind the mix ...). Some patches, however, disappoint me a little (or as they like, either because they are not arranged in the different tools proposed: this snare is not available in "broom" for example ...).
The configuration interface of drumsmaps is easy to use even if some choices are downright questionable ergonomics (the fact of not being able to listen to a stamp in his selection, he must go to the next screen, listen back, which is painful ... Added: v1.3.0 fixes this the default) and also there's bad play, the fact that the instruments are not available are still available for selection ... then they will not be charged. So there are improvements to think quickly on this tool also remarkable.
In summary, I would do this choice, but with the proviso that last remark.
Finally, the sound is really excellent, and who knows about how to handle a drum programming is really hénaurme. But do not look here for anything other than the skin, drums, copper. Other soft percussion are varied, but still relatively limited.