Hard Disk Speed You need a hard disk with 9.5ms or less access time and a 512K cache to get the full performance from the GigaSampler. The new EIDE drives are fine as long as they meet the spec. Most of the new SCSI drives are fast enough for the GigaSampler. On systems with PCI multi-channel audio cards, in some cases Ultra DMA drives are preferred over SCSI hard drives due to data bandwidth on the PCI bus. Slower hard drives If you use a slower hard drive, the GigaSampler will probably play but with lower polyphony and possible clicks and pops.
System crashes are also possible with hard drives that are below spec.
Click 'Yes' to reboot your computer. We have found this high speed DMA setting to greatly improve disk performance and eliminate occasional poping on systems that exhibited occasional popping. Set it to 3ms. Higher settings result in a helicopter like noise when the GigaSampler plays. Some video cards are known for conflicting with sound cards.