Live performance vst host options
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 23 posts since 11 Jul, 2003 from Seattle, WA
Recently I've been using Tracktion as a VST host for live performances. But I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for the best live performce VST (PC) host. I've been using Imposcar, Absynth and Reaktor primarily, but since I'm not recording but rather streaming vst produced audio, what what be a better soultion? I'm using a pc laptop and getting away with it most of the time....
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 15980 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
It depends. If you are talking about "live performance as DJ", like most people do, I have no idea. But we have been using ORION for many years now and it has never let us down. The latest version has been hugely optimised for SSE2 and I can run 8 or 9 instruments at once with less than 10% CPU usage on my Athlon64 3200+ workstation.
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- KVRAF
- 2321 posts since 23 Mar, 2004 from Two lower than LS6
I would say EnergyXT.
Its totally modular, with great routing and CC options, and can be used inside tracktion as a VST(i).
you can do keyboard splits, so can play more than one synth at once, and trigger entire midi patterns from one key. Its astonishingly versitile. It even has a live mode where you can pretty much assign a trigger to anything!
I dont really know much about Ableton Live 5, but that is designed for live work - but is about x10 the price of eXT
Its totally modular, with great routing and CC options, and can be used inside tracktion as a VST(i).
you can do keyboard splits, so can play more than one synth at once, and trigger entire midi patterns from one key. Its astonishingly versitile. It even has a live mode where you can pretty much assign a trigger to anything!
I dont really know much about Ableton Live 5, but that is designed for live work - but is about x10 the price of eXT
Phil
"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise" - William Blake
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"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise" - William Blake
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 23 posts since 11 Jul, 2003 from Seattle, WA
Both interesting comments. To clarify, I'm playing live with two keyboards (one is an edirol pcr 30) with a dj rhythm section and live guitars, vocals. So my laptop is my sound source but triggered from real time playing and knob tweaking.
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- KVRAF
- 2321 posts since 23 Mar, 2004 from Two lower than LS6
you should really check out the demos of all three. Cant vouch for Orion, but people seem to like it a lot, and i remember my cut down version of Live being great fun
Phil
"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise" - William Blake
*No more band for me* | **My Host**
"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise" - William Blake
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- KVRian
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
Live 5 is excellent (and quite easy to use), but very expensive
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- KVRian
- 1283 posts since 13 Nov, 2004
I was really jumpin' on the live 5 bandwagon, but recently I have been running into two problems that I cannot fix/and cannot get help on.......so........
Protools mpowered is now my only real sequencer again, with tracktion and energyxt as backups (mostly for midi)
Protools mpowered is now my only real sequencer again, with tracktion and energyxt as backups (mostly for midi)
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- KVRian
- 665 posts since 7 Jan, 2003 from somewhere between 50 and 60Hz
what problems? i've recently had to solve a couple myself in Live 5...eyeknow666 wrote:I was really jumpin' on the live 5 bandwagon, but recently I have been running into two problems that I cannot fix/and cannot get help on.......so........
