Best host for Cyclone?

[Vectron]

What is the least expensive and least CPU intensive host for Cyclone?

 

[lopie]

instead of sonar?

what do you mean

 

[moskus]

Are you looking to run Cyclone live or something? Allthough it's not the most liteweight application, I've done a few concerts running Sonar 4 without any problems (on a Athlon 1.6 GHz, 1024 MB ram, 2.9 ms latency).

So you can pretty much run it on whatever program you like, as long as you have the CPU-power to do it.

What is the specs on your setup?

 

[Vectron]

From what I understand, Cyclone will only run with Cakewalk products. Is this
true?
If it is, are there any hosts, less expensive than Sonar, that could
host it?
Yes, I would like to use it live. I have a powerful enough PC, but will hopefully be getting a hand me down laptop in the future (PII 300Mhz), which would,
of course, no way, run Sonar with Cyclone, but perhaps in some other host?
Do you know if Ableton Live is less CPU intensive than running Sonar with
Cyclone?

 

[moskus]

I have a powerful enough PC, but will hopefully be getting a hand me down laptop in the future (PII 300Mhz), which would,
of course, no way, run Sonar with Cyclone, but perhaps in some other host?

I'm sorry to say, but there is no way that you will be able to run any host on that machine (I know, I have a PII 350 MHz laptop). Cyclone is a DXi so you will need a host that is able to handle DXis. Perhaps FruityLoops or Project 5 (HomeStudio and Music Creator is also possibilities).

BUT running synths is demanding. And if you want low latency, it's even more demanding.

I don't even completely trust my Celeron 2.2 GHz laptop while performing live (I mostly run the NI B4). But after Sonar 4 arrived, it has been surprisingly stable.

 

[Jim Y]

Console is a stand-alone host that can run DXi.
http://www.console.jp/eng/index.html
It can also work as a Dxi wrapper in a VST host (Cubase etc).
You arn't limited to just one plug, you can patch up an entire virtual studio in it from vst/dx plugs.

 

[moskus]

Hey hey! I'm trying that one out!

 

[Vectron]

Console is a stand-alone host that can run DXi.
http://www.console.jp/eng/index.html
It can also work as a Dxi wrapper in a VST host (Cubase etc).
You arn't limited to just one plug, you can patch up an entire virtual studio in it from vst/dx plugs.

Thanks for all the info. Could you please tell me if Cyclone will run in Console?
I know it is a DXi, but someone must actually see if it will run in a host
that is not Cakewalk.

 

[Jim Y]

Not a big user of Dxi in Console, but they do work. However, Console doesn't yet support automation inputs with Dxi; you only get all of that with VSTi at the moment.
I've tried Cyclone in Console and it does function, at least as a sample pad player which is all I could figure out of it.

 

[Vectron]

Not a big user of Dxi in Console, but they do work. However, Console doesn't yet support automation inputs with Dxi; you only get all of that with VSTi at the moment.
I've tried Cyclone in Console and it does function, at least as a sample pad player which is all I could figure out of it.

That's good news. Thanks Jim.

 

[Vectron]

Not a big user of Dxi in Console, but they do work. However, Console doesn't yet support automation inputs with Dxi; you only get all of that with VSTi at the moment.
I've tried Cyclone in Console and it does function, at least as a sample pad player which is all I could figure out of it.

I tried Cyclone in Console, and seems to work fine.
I'll see if I can try Console as a DXi wrapper and use it in other VST-only
hosts.