As MSI has 34 outputs (stereo main outs + 16 stereo aux outputs), the host needs to support instruments with greater than 32 outputs. An audio sequencer package that hosts DXi, VST, or RTAS/HTDM instrument plug-ins.An Open GL-compatible video card with the latest graphics drivers (support for OpenGL 1.2 is required, with support for 1.5 or 2.0 preferred).A hard drive with enough space to hold the 8 GB sound file.MSI 1.0 requires Windows 2000 or XP MSI 1.1 and later require Windows XP or later.An 800MHz Pentium III-based PC compatible or faster.Alternatively, MSI can be used as a standalone application. An audio sequencer software package that hosts MAS, AU, VST, or RTAS/HTDM instrument plug-ins.The drive must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (also known as HFS+). A hard drive with enough space to hold the 8 GB sound files.MSI is not officially qualified for OS X v10.7 or later. A G5 or Intel-based Mac is recommended (MSI 1.1.2 or later is required for Intel Mac support) dual processor machines are also highly recommended. A G4 500 MHz Power Macintosh or faster, with G4 800 MHz or faster preferred.Note that if you have multiple products which use iLoks for authorization you can consolidate multiple authorizations onto a single iLok see this tech note. An available USB port for the iLok USB key.iLok USB key which must be purchased separately.See below for Mac and Windows specific hard drive requirements. A large hard drive (preferably at least 40 GB).

Note: MSI version 1.1 allows samples to be streamed directly from disk thus freeing up RAM. However, since Symphonic Instrument loads samples (or a portion of the samples) into the computer's RAM add as much RAM as possible to your computer at least 1024 MB (1 GB) is highly recommended. A minimum of 256MB of RAM is required.MOTU Symphonic Instrument (MSI) has the following system requirements:

10.6.8 software preferred