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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 8:59 am
by Omb
ibought recently my pulsar2 and until now
i'v worked with win98 and i can upgrade my win98 to win2000 .
im wokinh with soundforge6 VST 5.1 recycle etc...
my DAW is:
p3 700mhz
256 sdram
20gig HD
matrox g450 agp for dual display
even a yes or no will be a good answer.
Cheers
omb
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2002 10:04 am
by alfonso
hi,
keep 98se if it works well. i still have the sensation that pulsar is more confortable with 98se. the same for vst 5.1 . sx (from 1.02) runs very well too, but it seems to use less memory in 2000/xp.
ciao.
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 3:45 am
by garyb
98se or xp is the common wisdom.nix on 2000
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:45 am
by at0m
Hi,
If I weren't a dual user -dual cpu needs NT4/Win2k/XPpro-, I'd go for Win98SE and install Winlite. Winlite restores some files from Win95 to get rid of the Internet Explorer etc, it's the biggest improving tweak you can do on Win98SE. For DAW only.
I heared Neutron say great things about WinME's MIDI timing.
So if you primarily do audio, get Win98SE with Winlite, if you're gonna use the machine as a sequencer, get WinME.
Oh, Win98 (and Win2k if I remeber well) is limited to 8 (or 10?) MIDI ports. So if you have an 8x8 patchbay and CW MIDI drivers, you possibly have to disable some ports in Device Manager to get the right ports to work.
XP (and probably 2k after SP3) is for me the most stable OS made by M$, but it needs thorough tweaking. I got it down to 32MB RAM used after boot. Win98 is easier to make so lean, but it's far from the stability XP offers IMHO.
Every OS has it's pro's and con's, you'll have to see what fits your setup best... You could also make initially 2 boot partitions, and compare.
Good luck!
at0mic.
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 6:17 pm
by astroman
you might check this one
http://www.connectix.com/index_win.html
and get the trial to see how it works.
cheers, Tom
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 7:15 pm
by Omb
thank's atomic
sorry for my ignorance but what do you mean by writing:" wi98 is limited to 8 (or 10?) MIDI ports .
what is midi port ?
omb
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:24 pm
by at0m
Re: 'MIDI port'
A MIIDI port is used to transfer MIDI data from/to a sequencer (Cubase, Logic, Sonar,..) to/from MIDI devices (synths, samplers hard or soft). If you don't know what that is, then you shouldn't care too much about the limitation either
No worries.
What is MIDI?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 5:26 pm
by Omb
thank's atomic .
some time i find my self digging into subject's like this but this is our nature.
cheers
omb
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 6:36 pm
by davo
Oh, Win98 (and Win2k if I remeber well) is limited to 8 (or 10?) MIDI ports.
Win98 can handle a few more than 10 ports
I'm currently using an 8x8 patchbay + 4 CW midi I/O devices, oh and Hubi's Midi LB, so that's 13 - never tried more
I can't say enough about 98lite though
it's perfect for a DAW IMHO
Davo