BFD2 and Superior Drummer 2 : hardware related issues

[kwas]

Reformating using Nlite would be a good idea if my computer was only dedicated to audio applications.

Have a dual boot system one for audio and one that goes slow.

It should be possible to have an audio XP "live cd" using BartPE, but I've not tried it.

This could be your solution! If you don't have tons of files in your everyday work there should be plenty of space on your internal drive. And since you have M audio on FW, you can get one external HDD (but fast, not so big) on USB 2.0 and solve your ploblems for just the cost of ex. HDD.

Live editions tend to read (something) from CD, from time to time and you would most probably get hickups in the performance.
Dual boot is you best way!
Nice one Ken! ( BTW, how did you liked Split? )

[elrules]

Don't mess this guy!

You will probably be fine just by formatting your computer, reinstalling windows and tunning it a bit, with TuneUp Utilities for example.
Remember to set preference for background services over application programs. That reduces the latency. (With TuneUp utilities you have that option easily accessible through the TuneUp System Control

The same things happened to some friends on the spanish forum. Just by reformatting, they got it working

[kwas]

Somehow I go t the feeling it was a guy-ette

Not messing! If you ever saw nLite-d PC, you would belived us how they FLY!
Custom nLite XP is not so hard to make and neither is dual boot.
External drive would just hold BFD and SD samples, since internal is used for every day work.

[kimouette]

Not sure I am skilled enough to use Nlite. I saw a Nlite forum where there were 127 pages of question/problm about what tiny little files not to remove and people answering things like "Now my computer wont boot" or "I dont have any sound preferences anymore"

I finally decided to buy an internal 320Go 7200rpm HDD. I'll make 2 partitions (one for system one for sound libraries). Ill also take a look at TuneUp (thanks elRules for the tip!)... Oh and by the way I'll install Windows 7

[Rubis]

nLite is actually very easy to use for moderate performance increases. It only causes problems when you start messing with things you don't understand. It has a nice wizard to trim the big stuff out, just don't mess with the registry stuff without doing your research. It also lets you install your drivers with the OS, so once it is installed, you are done. I used it to add special sata drivers for my laptop. Of course, all this is coming from someone who installs Gentoo on his computer, so your results may vary.

I would recommend against using any tuneup programs unless you know what they are doing. They mess with the registry and are a good way to bork something if you aren't careful. I haven't personally used TuneUp, and it may be less aggressive than some of the others, but I would still be careful.

Going the dual boot way is probably your safest bet. Make the one with the samples the first partition, so it is farther out and will have very slightly lower latencies.

[gui_999]

Don't mess this guy!

You will probably be fine just by formatting your computer, reinstalling windows and tunning it a bit, with TuneUp Utilities for example.
Remember to set preference for background services over application programs. That reduces the latency. (With TuneUp utilities you have that option easily accessible through the TuneUp System Control

The same things happened to some friends on the spanish forum. Just by reformatting, they got it working

x2!


When I first tried bf2d before I built my megadrum, I was testing the windows 7 beta, almost fresh install.. it was running smootly..

Then I reinstalled my vista.. couple of month of junk installed on my pc.. finally built my megadrum so I decided to install bfd2.. tried it and omg.. it was lagging like hell, even with the ASIO drivers. Unusable!

So I reformated, reinstalled vista, then reinstalled bfd2 before anything else so I could see if it was Vista (since it worked well with windows 7).. guess what? Works great now! (with ASIO)

[elrules]

And if you want your Windows XP to fly, you don´t need to make your own with nLite, a lot of people have spent their time to make it for you. Search for unattended Windows xp installation cds

They are Windows XP (normally with Service Pack 3 included) modded with a lot of performance tweaks and that also have unattended installers of the most common software (winrar, nero, office)

That´s the easiest way to do it. I installed my XP with Windows UE7 SP3 (Unattended Edition) and it flies

[dm9876]

Thinking of getting an original eeePC 701 NetBook to run Superior Drummer 2 for dedicated use with MegaDrum. possibly with upgraded ram

I think they are 900 Mhz Celeron, 512MB RAM
Possible upgrade to 2GB RAM

Is this likely to be sufficient? It would be for dedicated use I could easily NLite it.

[kimouette]

Do you have an audio interface?
Oh and pay attention to the hard drive's speed. It could be helpful to have a fast HDD!

[fuzzysnuggleduck]

512MB of RAM for Superior might (probably is) too low. I hear it loads everything into RAM so if you want detailed samples, 512MB minus what the OS needs isn't going to cut it.

Minimum specs are:

Windows XP or Vista, Pentium IV / Athlon 1.8GHz with 1GB RAM (Intel or AMD multicore CPU with 2GB RAM or more recommended)

Also, that Celeron is below minimum specs as well.