What are the system requirements for MOTU Symphonic Instrument?
System Requirements for MOTU Symphonic Instrument
MOTU Symphonic Instrument (MSI) has the following system requirements:
- A minimum of 256MB of RAM is required. However, since Symphonic Instrument loads samples (or a portion of the samples) into the computer's RAM add as much RAM as possible to your computer; at least 1024 MB (1 GB) is highly recommended. Note: MSI version 1.1 allows samples to be streamed directly from disk thus freeing up RAM.
- A large hard drive (preferably at least 40 GB). See below for Mac and Windows specific hard drive requirements.
- iLok USB key which must be purchased separately. iLok NOT included.
- An available 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 Macintosh:
- A G4 500 MHz Power Macintosh or faster, with G4 800 MHz or faster preferred. A G5 or Intel-based Mac is recommended (MSI 1.1.2 or later is required for Intel Mac support); dual processor machines are also highly recommended.
- Mac OS X v10.2.4 - 10.6.8 is required; v10.4.11 - 10.6.8 is recommended for MSI 1.1 and above. MSI is not officially qualified for OS X v10.7 or later.
- A hard drive with enough space to hold the 8 GB sound files. The drive 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/HTDM instrument plug-ins. As MSI has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. Alternatively, MSI can be used as a standalone application.
For Windows:
- An 800MHz Pentium III-based PC compatible or faster.
- MSI 1.0 requires Windows 2000 or XP; MSI 1.1 and later require Windows XP or later.
- A hard drive with enough space to hold the 8 GB sound file. The drive must be formatted as NTFS.
- An Open GL-compatible video card with the latest graphics drivers (support for OpenGL 1.2 is required, with support for 1.5 or 2.0 preferred).
- An audio sequencer package that hosts DXi, VST, or RTAS/HTDM instrument plug-ins. As MSI has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. Alternatively, MSI can be used as a standalone application.