The authorization key was in my email box in about 2 minutes. The process this time took only a matter of minutes as I am already a registered NI user and doesn't really take much longer if you have never registered before. Stand alone, VSTi, DXi, AU, and RTAS plugins.Īs with all Native Instruments software you will need to run the registration tool, which sends a finger print of your system to NI for registration and in turn sends you the authorization key via email. This synth can be installed as one or all of the following. An absolute must for those of us who run separate drives for samples and the like.

As with most software synth's using separate libraries for there sound file's Bandstand as well offer's to let you install the sound library to another disk or folder of your choosing.

It is a single disk install and really didn't take too long at all.

This is due to the 2+ gig sound library included. I think most of us are getting used to the size of some of these install's for software synth's and the like so it should come as no surprise that even this GM synth software is on a DVD.

For use on a Mac it requires Mac 10.3.x, a 1.5 Ghz G4 with 512 MB Ram but recommends a 2 Ghz G5 or better with 768 MB Ram.

For use on Windows systems it requires Windows XP, 512 MB of Ram and at least a 1.4 Ghz processor but NI recommends at least 768 MB Ram and a 2 Ghz processor.

The application works as a Stand-alone, VST, Audio Units, RTAS, DXi, ASIO, Core Audio or DirectSound application on Windows or Mac computers. The sound's as well have been updated with some very good sample's from 9 different sample developer's including Big Fish Audio, modo bierkamp and Native Instruments to name a few. This app takes those bog standard sound's and goes a step further with some nifty tool's not commonly found in a GM application or hardware synth. If you are familiar with the GM sound set you know it was related to game sounds and the like for many years. Having spent several year's authoring way to many GM sequences to count for several different companies I found this to be a tool I would have liked back then. One of Native Instruments newer releases Bandstand is a little different take on a very standard General Midi Synth.

A software sound module with a General MIDI compatible sound library.

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