any reason not to use windows XP now?

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:32 pm

I still have windows ME on my machine with creamware cards. i really hate it but it has excellent MIDI timing.

also i had an OASYS card in there but i am going to sell it so i took it out. it does not have XP drivers
(creamware + FS1R can do anything i need like that now)

is the MIDI timing on XP good like ME or crappy like windohs NT? i think thats about the only thing that would stop me upgrading unless anyone can think of another reason i may want to hold off.

the way i tested the midi timing was to sequence a hihat playing so fast that it was a "tone" in win98 the tone was all jittery but in ME it was solid

thanks for any help on this.

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Shayne White · Post by **Shayne White** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:45 pm

I haven't had any problems. I think XP is great! What sequencer are you using?

Shayne

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:47 pm

its logic 4.5 but im thinking of changing to something else now logic for PC has been abandoned.

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:03 pm

WinXP, wave drivers and CW cards is said to be a bad combo. That is all, I can think of. It will a little mroe RAM too, but you can disable quite a lot of services if you are brave enough.

interloper · Post by **interloper** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:21 pm

It works great for me. Best is the protected memory for each application. You can have apps bomb out, shut them down, and relaunch them again. In ME that would lead to system instabililties.

Post by **hubird** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:39 pm

Neutron asks:
any reason not to use windows XP now?

the only reason I can imagine is the presence of Mac OSxx

(what a joke ehh?

)

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:56 am

Neutron, Why haven't you updated to Logic 4.8? Lots of bug fixes in there...

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:47 pm

i just use logic for editing midi tracks and it work(ed) fine for me i did not want to risk screwing up something with an upgrade.

ME on the other hand...

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Micha · Post by **Micha** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:39 am

I think ME still has best MIDI. XP, used with DirectX 9b, has better MIDI as 98.
For my setup it's ok+stable, but I'm less nervous about MIDI.