Vista is released - Live Performance on Vista?

glu · Post by **glu** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:41 pm

oooppss

So is it just in parallels that midi controllers don't work in XP?

shaneblyth · Post by **shaneblyth** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:38 am

glu wrote:oooppss

So is it just in parallels that midi controllers don't work in XP?

I am not too sure on this ine but Parallels yesterday did another update and there is suppose to be more improvement in the USB 2.0 area so if it is USB I should imagine the Midi interface will work... Firewire is not supported in Parallels yet so thats a definite no go.

djsynchro · Post by **djsynchro** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:30 am

http://www.pcworld.com/printable/articl ... table.html

* Vista is generally slower than XP, but it's better at multitasking on dual-core PCs.
* Your PC should have 1GB of RAM at the bare minimum.
* Aero won't slow you down if you use a discrete graphics processor and enough memory.
* Apps run slower on the 64-bit version of Vista, but adding RAM closes the gap.

muscleandhate · Post by **muscleandhate** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:03 pm

djsynchro wrote:http://www.pcworld.com/printable/articl ... table.html

* Vista is generally slower than XP, but it's better at multitasking on dual-core PCs.
* Your PC should have 1GB of RAM at the bare minimum.
* Aero won't slow you down if you use a discrete graphics processor and enough memory.
* Apps run slower on the 64-bit version of Vista, but adding RAM closes the gap.

Sounds rubbish lol.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:18 pm

What about VST's and VSTi's? I use Live a lot to host a bunch of VSTs with an m-Audio Firewire Solo interface on a dual core 2 gighz laptop. The laptop clearly says, "Vista Ready" on it but I don't want to upgrade if I'm going to have issues with virtual instruments and effects.

Frankly, interface is important to me and if Vista is easier to look at than XP's horrible look I'm all for it, especially if I can eek out a few extra % of processing power due to my dual core processor. Perhaps it might even look as good as my Duel G5 box.

thanks,

Mark

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:39 pm

It is your audio interface you should be worried about. Check if M-Audio have Vista ready drivers. Everything else should work fine.

But seriously, you don't HAVE to upgrade. XP looks terrible, so I always switch inte "Classic" mode (right click on desktop, properties, Themes, "Windows Classic"). No eye candy, but not fugly either.

If you really care about eye candy, you can skin XP. Tons and tons of very good looking skins out there. Like this:

http://www.xpthemes.com/preview.asp?sou ... b/5999.jpg

(Geeky, but shows how much you can customize plain old XP if you want)

vinkalmann · Post by **vinkalmann** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:31 pm

Using the Vista / Echo Indigo DJ combination does NOT work well. Meters in Ableton as well as VSTs are very slower to refresh. They're basically unusable. This is Ableton specific as there isn't the refresh rate issue in other apps like Sound Forge.

Herne · Post by **Herne** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:26 am

djsynchro wrote:http://www.pcworld.com/printable/articl ... table.html

1 Vista is generally slower than XP, but it's better at multitasking on dual-core PCs.
2 Your PC should have 1GB of RAM at the bare minimum.
3 Aero won't slow you down if you use a discrete graphics processor and enough memory.
4 Apps run slower on the 64-bit version of Vista, but adding RAM closes the gap.

To rewrite this PCWorld FUD:
1. It's only slower because the drivers are less mature. It's actually a lot more efficient code-wise
2. Natch
3. And if your drivers aren't shite, like the current nvidia ones
4. Absolute toss. 64-bit coded apps run 3-40% faster native. 32-bit apps have a 6% overhead to run in wow64.

zazamoth · Post by **zazamoth** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:23 pm

Does anyone know how Rewire works in Vista? Someone was saying to me the other day..that a few people were having problems with it..I know Reason were dealing with it, but i haven't heard anyone mention Live/rewire issues yet?

j24keys · Post by **j24keys** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:29 am

Rewire has to be installed separately for Vista. You can get the latest download from the Propellerheads website.

Hypomixolydian · Post by **Hypomixolydian** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:39 am

Not that this really adds anything to this thread, but I am happy enough with XP. The trouble is that eventually everyone using Windows will eventually have to shift to Vista whether they like it or not particularly if you use internet. For machines that are for music making and no internet then you can stick with XP probably for years and years.

ikke · Post by **ikke** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:06 pm

if you keep ur current setup youll have xp till you or your pc dies!
if you want more and Ableton Live 15.01 beta, you gonna have to switch

glu · Post by **glu** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:20 pm

something tells me Vista's next service pack and Live 7 coupled with the new quad $ drops are going to be the time to upgrade hardware/software. I say Q3.

forge · Post by **forge** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:12 pm

when it matters you'll want to upgrade anyway, for now it doesnt matter so dont stress, XP is fine!

zazamoth · Post by **zazamoth** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:19 pm

j24keys wrote:Rewire has to be installed separately for Vista. You can get the latest download from the Propellerheads website.

Yeah, Cool. i was just wondering if anyone had noticed any problems while running Rewire!