What are the system requirements for Electric Keys?
System Requirements for Electric Keys
Electric Keys 1.0.1 and later has the following system requirements:
- A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is required. However, since Electric Keys loads samples (or a portion of the samples) into the computer's RAM add as much RAM as possible to your computer; 2 GB is recommended.
- Large hard drive(s). See below for Mac and Windows specific hard drive requirements.
- A free USB port for the iLok USB key. Note that if you have multiple products which use iLoks for authorization you can consolidate multiple authorizations onto a single iLok; see this tech note.
- A CD/DVD disk drive for installation.
For Mac:
- G4 1 GHz Power Mac or faster, with multiple processors/cores highly recommended; a G5 or Intel Mac is recommended
- Mac OS X version 10.8, 10.7, 10.6, 10.5, or 10.4; Electric Keys 1.0.2 or later requires Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later.
- Hard drive(s) with at least 42 GB free to hold the sound files, plug-in, and application. The drive(s) must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (also known as HFS+); journalling can be on or off.
- An audio sequencer software package that hosts MAS, AU, VST, or RTAS instrument plug-ins. As Electric Keys has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. Alternatively, Electric Keys can be used as a standalone application.
For Windows:
- Pentium 4 1 GHz or faster (or AMD equivalent), with multiple processors or multiple cores highly recommended. For native 64-bit support, a 64-bit processor is required.
- Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, or XP. For native 64-bit support, a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or Windows Vista is required.
- Hard drive(s) with at least 42 GB free to hold the sound files, plug-in, and application. The drive(s) must be formatted as NTFS.
- An audio sequencer package that hosts VST or RTAS instrument plug-ins. As Electric Keys has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. Alternatively, Electric Keys can be used as a standalone application.