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Look I'm a fan but until I see it running some real heavy artillery (Ableton Live 9 Suite, Massive, AmpliTube, and a half-dozen VSTs) in real-time vs. the compe

Look I'm a fan but until I see it running some real heavy artillery (Ableton Live 9 Suite, Massive, AmpliTube, and a half-dozen VSTs) in real-time vs. the competition, then it's just another hollow claim. Sure, hardware and performance are getting better. Sure, the Surface Dial is a massive game changer in the long term. But, look, the problem with marketing to creative people is that they take it sort of as a challenge to prove you wrong. It's like ingrained. Kind of a bad habit, but, hey, it is what it is and I will happily admit I want one of these new devices and would consider it a major upgrade from my current gear.

noahbradley 9y ago
I'm a fairly professional creative myself and have been using Surface products to do my work for the last 4~ years almost exclusively. Heavy Photoshop work, lots of video editing, 3D modeling & rendering, etc. Sure, I'd love to have 32GB of memory and an even more powerful machine in general, but I've been damn happy with all of the Surface products I've owned.
- fumar 9y ago
  I would love to hear your feedback on the new Surface Pen features. Keep up the great work!
exodust 9y ago
You might want to check out 'molten music tech' youtube channel. He has tons of info about the surface pro and music making... he puts it through paces and provides a good analysis. Recent videos he looks at the surface book. Much better to watch people actually using the software rather than just reading reviews... Surface Book review for music production https://youtu.be/jqPhTDM-uBg?t=1m21s https://youtu.be/jqPhTDM-uBg?t=1m21s surface pro 4 https://youtu.be/NwpebBvLBSI https://youtu.be/NwpebBvLBSI
smilekzs 9y ago
I run FL Studio and a bunch of VSTs, and I agree with you on at least this: the processor still can't meet the need if you use a lot of synth, and 16GiB RAM is still too small if you replace the synths with samplers instead.

noahbradley 9y ago

I'm a fairly professional creative myself and have been using Surface products to do my work for the last 4~ years almost exclusively. Heavy Photoshop work, lots of video editing, 3D modeling & rendering, etc. Sure, I'd love to have 32GB of memory and an even more powerful machine in general, but I've been damn happy with all of the Surface products I've owned.

fumar 9y ago
I would love to hear your feedback on the new Surface Pen features. Keep up the great work!

exodust 9y ago

You might want to check out 'molten music tech' youtube channel. He has tons of info about the surface pro and music making... he puts it through paces and provides a good analysis. Recent videos he looks at the surface book. Much better to watch people actually using the software rather than just reading reviews... Surface Book review for music production https://youtu.be/jqPhTDM-uBg?t=1m21s https://youtu.be/jqPhTDM-uBg?t=1m21s surface pro 4 https://youtu.be/NwpebBvLBSI https://youtu.be/NwpebBvLBSI

smilekzs 9y ago

I run FL Studio and a bunch of VSTs, and I agree with you on at least this: the processor still can't meet the need if you use a lot of synth, and 16GiB RAM is still too small if you replace the synths with samplers instead.