A DVD-ROM drive is also required, as the software installs from a DVD, along with several Gigabytes of sample content from Yellow Tools, Wizoo, Groove Criminals, Gforce and others. A minimum of 384MB RAM is required, while 512 is recommended. Guru is available for both Windows 2000 and XP, provided you have an 800MHz or better CPU, and Mac OS 10.3 or above, running on a 733MHz G4 or better.
It also has the associated disadvantage of not actually existing in any tangible, material form, and is consequently not quite as well suited to physically banging out a rhythm on as an Akai MPC or similar hardware beatbox. As such, it has the advantage of offering near-seamless integration with your preferred sequencing applications, via the VST, RTAS, Rewire, Audio Units and DXi interfaces. The beatbox in question is FXpansion's Guru sampling drum machine, which is constructed in software rather than hardware. I was wondering when that was going to turn up. "The beatbox of your dreams is here!" the brochure proclaims. FXpansion's software drum machine takes the 'pad sampler' concept pioneered by Akai's MPC range to new levels.
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