[PlanetCCRMA] System Requirements For Good Performance?
joey.a
joey.a" <joey.a at accelerators.co.uk
Mon Oct 15 08:55:18 2007
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Hi
I used to be actively engaged in computer music research in the late =
70's early 80's, when dedicated hardware was the only way to synthesise =
computer music in real time.
I am planning to get back into this area now, and would have thought =
that real time synthesis should now also be possible with purely =
software synthesis modules, in view of the subsequent improvements in =
computer speeds.
Consequently, I was wondering if anyone could give me a rough indication =
of how many voices can be synthesised in real time using the now =
available software, run on, say, a 1.8 GHz Celeron processor (in a new =
system).
Would I be correct in assuming that it is, as yet, too early to fully =
exploit the potential of top of the range multi-core processors, =
because the associated threading driver software has not yet been =
written? (If purchasing a more expensive processor is going to make a =
substantial difference to me in this application, I would, of course, do =
so.)
Sincerely
James Harris
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I used to be actively engaged in =
computer music=20
research in the late 70's early 80's, when dedicated hardware =
was the=20
only way to synthesise computer music in real time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am planning to get back into this =
area now, and=20
would have thought that real time synthesis should now also be possible =
with=20
purely software synthesis modules, in view of the subsequent =
improvements in=20
computer speeds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Consequently, I was wondering if anyone =
could give=20
me a rough indication of how many voices can be synthesised in real time =
using=20
the now available software, run on, say, a 1.8 GHz Celeron processor (in =
a new=20
system).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Would I be correct in assuming that it =
is, as yet,=20
too early to fully exploit the potential of top of the range=20
multi-core processors, because the associated threading driver software =
has not=20
yet been written? (If purchasing a more expensive processor is going to =
make a=20
substantial difference to me in this application, I would, of course, do =
so.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><BR>Sincerely</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>James Harris</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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