[Arny Krueger]

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Any thoughts on audio software evolving into 64 bit
architectures? That would probably kill the argument that
you need to go analog to mix due to summing issues.

There is a "64 bit" wav file format that has some charm, but it doesn't
require anything but 32 bit XP.

Other than that 64 bit operationg systems and processors are going to start
selling like hotcakes when lots of people can't find the performance they
want without going to 4 GB or more of RAM.

Audio processing tends to be file-oriented, and not necessarily benefit with
tons and tons of RAM. The idea of being able to bring a 1 hour 32 track
session into RAM might be attractive to people who do a lot of heavy
editing.

The current widely-used nondestructive editing paradigm doesn't tend to be
all that memory-hungry.

Maybe stuff involving large wave tables for instrument simulation, or
massive convolutions for acoustical simulations will drive RAM requirements
up past the 4 GB line.

Now, video editing seems to be a different animal - right now even 2 GB of
RAM can be on the slim side.