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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Sincerely</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>James Harris</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>