[Derek]

IMO you hit the  nail on the head. BUT I’d say the Average windblows, macincrap (used to be macintosh before just ‘mac’) users (I use ’em all but these phrases are literally from my days 25+ years ago and still funny/relevant) are just that “users”. Power developers, and users like myself and others need more options than what’s provided in the proprietary cans that small ‘n’ limp and crApple provide. Cheers!

[Derek]

Reezlaw wrote:

MacOS has little to do with Linux, they do share a common ancestor but the kernel is very different

Simply not true as far as “little to do with”… Unix, Linux, MacOS  are the same family is what I was saying.

Different than windblows entirely etc.
Linux/MacOS/Unix OS versions don’t need to worry about compatibility and latency as they don’t use a driver cache like windblows.

This is why in 2023 Linux support is crucial.

There are literally millions of Linux users, and a vast majority of them use Ubuntu and Arch-like distros for their studio/audio needs.

Cheers.

[Derek]

I understand your predicament now. Thanks for the clarification! I wish you well!

[Derek]

Your musical situation is very unique. I personally don’t think it’s fair to blame Toontrack for your musical tastes.

…are you SURE there are no VSTs that would suffice to fit your needs?

[Derek]

Scott wrote:

Richard Winn wrote:

I’m looking to change my setup to Linux and use Ardour.  My main song writing tools are Superior Drummer 2, EZbass and EZkeys.  I would appreciate any comments on how I might best achieve using these with Ardour.  Is there any support from Toontrack to help?

Richie

Linux is not a supported OS for Toontrack products I’m afraid. So we can’t offer any support for its use and it is a “use at your own risk” type of thing.

This is gravely unfortunate. There are so many reasons to switch to Linux for an OS< or at least to include support for it natively. You already use macOS which is Unix/Linux based. I don’t understand why (other than crApples are everywhere) you wouldn’t support Linux, at least as an option. I just don’t get it. Some insight would be great!

[Derek]

Thank you for that info!
Unfortunately no daisy chaining due to only MIDI out; no Ins or throughs, also one’s an Alesis I/O, the other a DDRUM DDTI same thing, different cases, brands etc.

I should be able to map every note in the I/O’s so that I can have one interface for one set, the other a different set. but it will trigger both interfaces simultaneously I would hope

thanks for your time!

DF

[Derek]

Hello.
forgive me bumping this post..

I want to use 2 Alesis I/O Trigger boxes with SD3. will it recognize them separately as long as I do not overlap MIDI assignment #’s?

This would give me 20 TRS/Stereo inputs to use for my A2E Kit.
I hope this will work. Thanks!

[Derek]

If it helps, and thanks to everyone else for this insightful stuff. You’d be surprised how many peeps don’t quite “GET” this. 🙂 Happy New Year!

…Seal…

[Derek]

HUGE HELP!! THANK YOU~

[Derek]

I can appreciate that most people have issues with Vista, however I’ve had a completely different experience since I started using it in 2005. I’ve been building machines so long I attribute it to that I guess…I’ve never had problems with Vista, Ever. HOWEVER, maybe I should go to a 32 bit version, maybe of 7? or just go to the Win XP 32 bit version? do you think that would help? because yes, I have done just about everything I can think of, as well as what you suggested and a few other things…I’m at a loss. Thanks for replying!

…Derek…

[Derek]

Sounds logical. thanks!:)

[Derek]

I have the Alesis Surge cymbals that come with the Alesis USBPro kit myself. I started using EZ Drummer and now I have Superior…I too, have chosen to assign the choke strip to a silenced(choked) cymbal hit. so I don’t have to hit the cymbal at all, I grab it for the sound. I’m still not used to this, and I’m working to find a solution. Naturally I decided to switch machines in the middle of the crossgrade to Superior, and I’m having latency issues. be SURE when I get those issues fixed I will find a solution if there is one and share it here, if someone else doesn’t get to it first:) LOVE the Surge Cymbals! I added 2 more, a 13″ dual to match the one I already had, and then another single zone 13″ for a china! good stuff..

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[Derek]

Hello all! not to bump a topic but this seems to be on the right track…I hope you’re still watching these forums, danv… I’m not exactly new to this, but I’m no pro either, I’m intermediate when it comes to the drumming thing. although I’ve built pc’s for almost 20 years, and hate macs. my problem is I’m using a simple machine but 3 times the hardware power you mentioned, with 64-bit Vista. but I have 8 GIG of ram and a dual core 3.2GHZ cpu.

To cut to the chase, I’m having latency issues. I use an alesis trigger I/o with some alesis brand pads, mixed in with Roland and a few others. IE A complete e-kit. I’m using USB direct from the I/O for the same reasons you touched on, MIDI is slower..so I couldn’t justify purchasing a mini midi cable VS just using a $5 USB cable etc. Previously with the same setup I used an older mac, a 2001 15″ iMac and it worked great ’till I wanted to play music with it or something else while playing drums, hence my decision to go with a PC that’s powerful enough to eat that mac and 20 others like it:) So…I have two problems worked up into one. Maybe you can shed some light or insight, or if not you someone can. I’d definitely appreciate it.

I’m using the On-board HD audio by Realtek. it’s the same codec used in THOUSANDS of motherboards etc. and it’s 7.1 I’m sure full duplex. what troubles me is with the amount of processing power, and ram and SATA2 HDD access, there shouldn’t be any latency at all. Maybe this onboard sound, as sophisticated as it is. isn’t powerful enough or I’m missing something. here’s a few technical details:

1. I MUST use the ASIO dll driver with it’s offline EXE properties program. If I use just the soundcard (onboard) the latency is massive. at least a 1-2 second delay for each pad hit. even using the ASIO though I still get a small bit of latency. JUST ENOUGH to notice it with each strike of the pad and the sounds lag just a bit, and sometimes don’t play correctly.  now I tell you, no antivirus, no internet connection after authorization etc. the machine even using Vista has all drivers and everything clean with no issues, no bloatware as it’s an OEM install, etc. so not only am I having minor latency issues, mixed with miss-hits or miss-fires of the audio files for some reason I think it’s latency related, I have one more problem to go with it.

EVEN IF I DID get the ASIO configuration working with no latency and playing each sound perfectly, I’m not able to use say Media player, itunes, or anything else on that pc as the ASIO program Takes 100% complete control of the Audio codec)card( onboard and will not play ANY other audio from any other source on the computer. now I’m sure you might say . well yeah just use an external source. well if I’d have known this was gonna be an issue, I’d have bought a $400 macbook pro from 2006 and been fine with that. however I haven’t, and I have a very capable machine of both speed and holding as many sound libraries as I can imagine. I really don’t want to change my configuration if I do not have to. I’ve already done that once from mac to pc.  ok enough rambling. now that you have the background data, does anyone have any clue where I should start? I mean I DID try to mess around with the samples settings and other associative settings in the ASIO control panel but nothing seemed to change anything. any insight is definitely appreciated. thanks!

p.s. I’m using both EZDrummer and Superior 2.x.. allthough it doesn’t matter which VPT software I use, I have the same problem for both.

MS…

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