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[LamptonWorm]

Hi all,

First post, be gentle!

I just wondered if anyone had a chance to try out various trackers on a typical netbook spec (e.g. Windows, Atom 1.6, 1G ram, HD tek audio) and what their experiences were?

I've given Renoise a quick whirl and plan to fire up Milky also later, possible FT2 also..and gutted Skale has stalled (if there are other dos interface style trackers with a mixer and basic vsti please yell)..

I'll work my way through but if you have anything to share please shout up also if you know of any easy render vsti -> wav utils (this is coming in Renoise 2.5 iirc) or really really low cpu vsti for chip/synth that would useful to know also.

Cheers,
LW.

[lil0tik]

Well, for chiptune-style sounds, there's just no need for VSTi plugins...  Just draw those waves!

There's a couple good YM and SID plugins, though...  Don't remember what they're called (at the office - will check when I get home)

As for the netbook - I have a Asus eee900 with Xubuntu 9.04 on which I run MilkyTracker and Open MPT (via Wine).  Both work great.  I have Milky installed on a 2gb memory card along with my samples, so I pop it in and *poof* I have an instant DCW (Digital Chiptune Workstation).

For chiptunes, Milky is the way to go.  Easy, fast, fun, functional.  Make sure you have an external (full-size) mouse though.

For everything else, Open MPT is pretty much my favorite...  I use Renoise when I need a VST host.

[LamptonWorm]

Hi,

Thanks for the info. I like to idea of having samples + software on usb stick. I noticed wavosaur runs standalone also, so that's another good tool to add in for the stick.

Have you seen the indamixx 'os' btw?

Cheers,
LW.

[LamptonWorm]

Hi,

Also i found out yesterday that renoise runs right off a memory stick also, just copy program files\renoise over for windows. Cool.

Cheers,
LW.