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Re: mainstage CPU,how good is it for live looping?



Hoe gaat het met jou broer!
thats what i thought,i will not even get into it if its CPU hungry and
not stable,ive been really happy using mobius stand alone and x ternal
fx because its really stable that way,but id love to integrate
software guitar FX and perhaps a groove box to sync to the loops and
control everything with a midi pedal
seems that Ableton  would be the answer,dont know how stable it runs with 
mobius
i dont know augustus loop though how does it compare to mobius?
does anybody have recomendations on a cool groovebox plugin to
integrate to a host that has automatic variations with perhaps lo-fi
trip hop samples?
Luis





On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Sjaak Overgaauw <tcplugin@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Hi bro Luis! :)
> I think Mainstage is OK regarding CPU usage compared to other hosts.
> But like Per said, you have to watch the plugins you are using, some
> can be very CPU hungry, for examples the Logic plugin "Space Designer"
> which is a convolution reverb. Regarding latency, for me 128 and even
> 256 is OK, I'm used to a slight delay when looping acoustic
> instruments like piano or guitar.
>
> Btw: I'm no longer using Mainstage with Mobius, both are not running
> stable on my Macbook. I have been using from Jan 2009 till Feb 2010
> but I have noticed serious memory leakes, random CPU spikes and audio
> drop outs causing 100% silcence while performing live...not funny. The
> memory leak was probably caused by Mobius. Upgrading to the latest
> versions of Mainstage and Mobius, OSX 10.6 and Motu firewire drivers
> did not solve the issue. I do know that the CPU spikes issue is a
> known issue in Logic 9, this info can be found on multiple internet
> forums. It's a pity because the Mainstage plugins and instruments are
> really good.
>
> Anyway, I recently switched to Ableton Live with multiple instances of
> Augustus Loop as my live setup and, as an alternative, I have created
> a similar setup in Bidule . Live has been very stable so far, it has
> very good built in plugins and the integration with midi controllers
> is really good. What I also like are the automation options in Live as
> an alternative for scripting. I have to dig into this but my idea is
> to investigate if you can create clips which function as scripts like
> in Mobius, either triggered by playing these clips or trigger them by
> midi. Don't know if the last is possible though.
> --
>
> Sjaak Overgaauw
> http://premonitionfactory.com/
> http://livelooping.be/
>
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