Windows Laptop for Hise

[dannytaurus]

The advantage of virtual machines, if you have a powerful enough computer, is that you can load multiple different OS versions. This would be the equivalent of having a handful of laptops, each running a different version of Win/Mac/Linux OS.

Another advantage of something like Parallels on Mac is you can drag and drop between the main macOS and the virtual machine. Very handy for moving files, installers, etc to the virtual machine.

[d.healey]

Most of my videos for the past few months have been recorded on a virtual machine.

If you really want to buy a new system I recommend getting a system you can setup as a Proxmox server to run virtual machines. I'm using an Intel NUC, but there are cheaper options with more CPU/RAM.

VMs are also very useful when it comes to customer service, you can spin up a system with roughly the same configuration as the user and that can often help to narrow down system specific issues.

[xxx]

okay cool .

any videos on getting started?

when running a virtual machine, does it work like a normal laptop?

i’d install windows hise on it etc

files still saved on my mac?

[d.healey]

@xxx said in Windows Laptop for Hise:

any videos on getting started?

Setting up a VM? Or Proxmox specifically?

@xxx said in Windows Laptop for Hise:

when running a virtual machine, does it work like a normal laptop?

Yep, it's just like using real hardware.

@xxx said in Windows Laptop for Hise:

files still saved on my mac?

They'd be saved in the VMs virtual drive. You can create a shared drive between your real system and virtual one to transfer files, or some VM software allows you to drag n drop files between the host and VM.

[xxx]

@d-healey

alrighty, i'll try parallels then

so, i install hise just as i would on a normal windows computer?
then open hise up and compile it ?

[d.healey]

@xxx said in Windows Laptop for Hise:

so, i install hise just as i would on a normal windows computer?
then open hise up and compile it ?

You need to compile HISE from source before you export your project.

[xxx]

yup got it!

i can follow this video for installing hise on the vm ?

[d.healey]

@xxx Yes, but that video will be deleted soon as I had to rework the part about fftw which has changed recently in HISE. New video will be uploaded soon.

[xxx]

alright i'll give it a shot thanks

[xxx]

@dannytaurus

Hi Danny, Are you able to get Hise and Faust working on Parallels?

Hise works fine for me until I try using the faust node, then it crashes completely

[dannytaurus]

@xxx I haven't touched Faust yet I'm afraid.

Maybe check David's new Bootcamp videos on Windows compilation? Not sure if he mentions Faust though.

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