Before I purchase. what do I need to know what hard ware and soft ware will put my system in use?
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It depends how ambitious you are. To get the best sound quality you need good speakers or a good heaphone of course. Although the built in sound circuitry of most newer computers will probably work, you may want to get a better soundcard, or sound module with USB connection to your computer (such as Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6). It makes sense to first see how well the built in sound circuitry works and be sure to use an ASIO driver (ASIO4All is free) to decrease the latency (time delay between playing a note and actually hearing it, otherwise you may experience some annoying delays.
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Luckily the EWI comes with all the hardware and software you'll need to plug and play. It includes the USB-to-EWI cable, and a disc containing the Akai software that you can use to play right away. The EWI can also be used as a MIDI controller for other programs, so if you'd rather use it like you would with a normal keyboard for Sibelius, Finale, GarageBand, Sonar, etc. it can do that as well.Be sure to check that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements to run the programs.
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The EWI plugs into the computer USB port. It will play using the computer speakers. Or using the headphone jack on the computer as the output port, the audio can be run to an amplifier and speakers. The hardware needed is a computer with USB port. Software is provided with the EWI. A cord from the computer headphone jack to an amplifier and speakers.
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The USB EWI is a midi controller and connects to the couputer through a USB cable, so you need a USB port. It also draws its power thru the USB port. It comes with Garritan software that generates the sounds for the different instruments. Has LOTS of sounds and they are excellent! It helps to have a good quality sound card, but is not necessary. You can upgrade your computer sounds and speakers later if you want. Most modern computers have plenty of processing speed. The software runs under Windows so you need that. I run mine on a desktop computer with a SoundBlaster card and speakers. I also run it on a laptop with a Soundblaster plug in. The instrument sounds range from very good to excellent. My favorites sounds are the clarinets, flutes, and violins. The brass instruments are quite good as well. There are some good online sites to get help. ewiusb dot com is very good and you can google "Bernie Kenerson" for lessons. He will give live lessons via Skype and is an outstanding EWI musician. I had Bells' Palsy for two years and was unable to play my clarinet and saxophones because half of my face was paralyzed. I COULD play my EWI though and used it in my church orchestra. I ran it with my laptop and plugged the sound into the sound system and no one could tell the difference between my EWI and my clarinet. There are also additional sound libraries you can get later to expand your number of available instruments.
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The included software will run on just about anything made in the last 5 years, even a netbook. If you want to run third-party sound software, you may need better hardware.
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See answer from V. Caarlson. I think the computer needs to be reasonably up to date and fast. I use a new Macbook and it works well.
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You would need a valid (unused) Windows 7 key, so most likely you'd need to buy a copy. I just did this, there are a few changes you need to make in bios to get it to install, too.
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7 ultimate x64 should be just fine. Make sure its updated to Power Pack 3 (on the server). I have zero problems.
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3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo 4gb ram 250 gb hard drive, windows 7 or 8 you choose. 8 already installed but I have disks for 7
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Once installed, you will have to load an operating system (Windows Vista,7,8 so on).Hope that helps, good day.
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Legally when you buy a computer with an OS you have to include the disc. It sounds like what you need is a custom built PC.
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Yes and no. This is for a new install. You will need to back up your data, and confirm all your software, hardware will work. There is a free program that will check your unit out at Microsoft. Download it run it and it will tell you what will or will not work. (Never had a problem upgrading a machine) Hope this helps.
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You have to buy MSO. I bought the $95.00 version from Soft Ware King. Gerald
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I think you can set any software you want inside the case and it should run it....just dump all your program discs with any directions into the side panel...
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NO, it is barebone so it needs a hard drive and memory. It requires an operating system as well whether you want to go open source with Linux or use Windows. I
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You will need: RAM + SSD Drive + Monitor + Mouse + Keyboard + Headphones that's all ;)
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The hardware itself should work perfectly find. The software I'm not sure but to be honest I never use it
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On the new computers the OS is Windows 8. Other soft ware depends on the machine itself.
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You do not need the software. But you do need the driver "only" during install select drive only. In your case have soneone copy the disc to a memory chip. etc.
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The system builder is really for installing on blank machines. If you already have XP, you should just get the upgrade version, which is cheaper anyway.
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This is just the computer case. Which components you plug into it (e.g., processor, graphics card, and the like) will determine how well a particular software application will run.
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do I need anything else with this I am buying for my son so i have no idea want to make sure he can install it on Christmas and not need anything else he has a gaming computer he wants to play a certain game and his graphics card won't play the game