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DAW utilizing multi core?
CPU speeds seem to be stuck, although
Moore's law may still hold true, allowing more cores in the same space. Of course, we have to change the way we write applications to take advantage of this. There is likely no simple answer to this, but I was curious as to whether most VST hosts for instance, will spread the plugins across cores, or whether this is one point of quality split in the hosts out there. Tobiah |
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Tobiah wrote:
CPU speeds seem to be stuck, although Moore's law may still hold true, allowing more cores in the same space. Of course, we have to change the way we write applications to take advantage of this. There is likely no simple answer to this, but I was curious as to whether most VST hosts for instance, will spread the plugins across cores, or whether this is one point of quality split in the hosts out there. Tobiah Most, schmost. Pick a DAW and research it. I think SONAR and Reaper both do... but I would have to research it... I haven't been CPU bound with a DAW since I got off the Athlon 600 machine I used from 1999 to 2004. Even then, Win95 and FAT32 were much more troublesome than the processor speed. -- Les Cargill |
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Tobiah wrote:
I haven't been CPU bound with a DAW since I got off the Athlon 600 machine I used from 1999 to 2004. Even then, Win95 and FAT32 were much more troublesome than the processor speed. Processor speed has run a good race with what our expectations of power are. But while processor speed now seems to be capped, our expectations will not be. I can run a handful of (meaning five) convolution reverbs in real time now. I'm simply *not* CPU bound. When it was the Athlon 600, when I became CPU bound, I printed stems and master-mixed those. I still do that, more for management-ease than CPU limited-ness. The quality of what we are doing now seems to approach perfection, but I thought my first Nokia phone had achieved that. There will be more consumptive reverbs, real-time lyric transcription, real-time feedback from ambient measurements, plugin cross communication, composition parameter adjustment based on averaged neural feedback of the listeners... My curiosity in parallelization is due to the appearance that it may be the single avenue toward increase in total power for some years to come. I simply can't imagine needing any of that. "Averaged neural feedback..." Really? -- Les Cargill |
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I simply can't imagine needing any of that. "Averaged neural feedback..." Really? I was younger when I first saw the fantastic image of Patrick Stuart playing a Starship captain as he sat in front of a computer display that had little more than 2" in thickness. I was amazed at the technology that had come about to that point, but I shook my head in disappointment, and decided that the writers were ingenious, but that this would never come to pass. I feel that way now about the "Holo-Deck". I feel the same way. I have not yet fully learned my lesson. All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. Tobiah |
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In article , Tobiah wrote:
All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 4/23/2012 5:18 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In , wrote: All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. --scott The larger question sir, although I do take your meaning, is whether human musicians will matter then. |
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"Tobiah" wrote in message ... On 4/23/2012 5:18 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: In , wrote: All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. Pity not everyones perfect. Sometimes their is more to artistic vision that absolute precision of course. The larger question sir, although I do take your meaning, is whether human musicians will matter then. They already don't in Pop music, but people have been predicting the downfall in orchestra's since Walter Carlos released Switched on Bach. Still seems just as far away. Trevor. |
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On 4/23/2012 5:18 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In , wrote: All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. --scott What you point out seems to matter less and less these days, or do you somehow make a reference to a time when it did? I remember them fondly. |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:18:09 -0700, Scott Dorsey wrote
(in article ): And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. ------------------------------snip------------------------------ Or sing! --MFW |
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Soundhaspriority writes:
Even in general use, I find that with more than 4 cores, a lot of basic OS/GUI functions start to behave a little funky. My Tyan Xeon dual processor 8 core machine is very funky. It never crashes, but the GUI misbehaves in minor ways. There are serious contention issues when you have a large number of processors sharing the same memory and other resources. In the worst case, the contention can make eight processors run more slowly than four. In the best case, eight cores will run faster than four, but they will never run anywhere near twice as fast. |
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Tobiah wrote:
On 4/23/2012 5:18 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: In , wrote: All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. The larger question sir, although I do take your meaning, is whether human musicians will matter then. As much as they matter now, and as much as they ever mattered. Which, one could argue, isn't all that much in some genres. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Tobiah" wrote in message
... On 4/23/2012 5:18 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: In , wrote: All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. --scott The larger question sir, although I do take your meaning, is whether human musicians will matter then. I think human musicians and other performing artists will be around as long as there are humans around. Musicians, singers, dancers, actors, and entertainers who's talent and skill in live performance set's them apart from the rest of us mortals causes an emotional reaction in audiences that computer music never will IMO. And we want that rush and will always pay for it. Not all of us, of course, but that was never the case. Steve King |
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On Mon 2012-Apr-23 20:18, Scott Dorsey writes: All of this is off topic, but is to say, that running 64 tracks with plugins, is not all that we will ask of computers, or music in 10 years. And, with all of that, there will still be people who can't play in tune, on the beat. OF course, and though those 64 tracks of wow hey cool make other production jobs easier they'll convince those who can't play or sing in tune, on the beat that they too ought to be able to make music that the rest of us should think is the greatest thing we ever heard. Especially if the folks at karaoke night say 'hey dude you're great!" Autotune anyone? Regards, Richard -- | Remove .my.foot for email | via Waldo's Place USA Fidonet-Internet Gateway Site | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. |
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"Richard Webb" wrote in message ... OF course, and though those 64 tracks of wow hey cool make other production jobs easier they'll convince those who can't play or sing in tune, on the beat that they too ought to be able to make music that the rest of us should think is the greatest thing we ever heard. Especially if the folks at karaoke night say 'hey dude you're great!" You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? Trevor. |
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:18:35 -0700, Trevor wrote
(in article ): You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? ------------------------------snip------------------------------ Jay-Z's net worth is $450 million. Puff Daddy's net worth is $475 million. Dr. Dre is worth at least $125 million. Scary. http://www.therichest.org/celebnetwo...op-cash-kings- 2011/ --MFW |
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On Tue 2012-Apr-24 20:18, Trevor writes: "Richard Webb" wrote in message ... OF course, and though those 64 tracks of wow hey cool make other production jobs easier they'll convince those who can't play or sing in tune, on the beat that they too ought to be able to make music that the rest of us should think is the greatest thing we ever heard. Especially if the folks at karaoke night say 'hey dude you're great!" You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? I do indeed, but they're not looking for somebody that does waht I do anyway, and it's just as well. i did a couple of hip hop projects back in the '90's. NEver had an appreciate for the whole thing. One they had somebody else producing, he had all the samplers, etc. and they hired me because I could do sync betwen midi and the tape machine adequately. Just not something i have an appreciation for. If one can make an adequate living from them, and one enjoys the work, more power to ya. IT isn't even something I care to listen to, let alone be subjected to for a day or two in teh studio thankyouverymuch. I never considered a fifty cent or a li'l Wayne or the Black Eyed peas as having any real talent. Duke Ellington or MIles DAvis, or jImmy Page this isn't. Regards, Richard -- | Remove .my.foot for email | via Waldo's Place USA Fidonet-Internet Gateway Site | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. |
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"Richard Webb" wrote in message ... You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? I do indeed, but they're not looking for somebody that does waht I do anyway, and it's just as well. i did a couple of hip hop projects back in the '90's. NEver had an appreciate for the whole thing. One they had somebody else producing, he had all the samplers, etc. and they hired me because I could do sync betwen midi and the tape machine adequately. Just not something i have an appreciation for. If one can make an adequate living from them, and one enjoys the work, more power to ya. NOT me, I can't stand it, I was just pointing out that time already came a while back, it's *not* something futuristic. Trevor. |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:14:56 -0700, Tobiah wrote:
I was curious as to whether most VST hosts for instance, will spread the plugins across cores, or whether this is one point of quality split in the hosts out there. I don't know about plugins, but Ardour 2.x (OSX/Linux DAW) will use two cores if available, one for audio processing and the other for the graphics. Ardour v.3 will make sensible use of more than 2 cores, but I don't know exactly how it divides the work between them. -- Anahata --/-- http://www.treewind.co.uk +44 (0)1638 720444 |
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Marc Wielage wrote:
Jay-Z's net worth is $450 million. Puff Daddy's net worth is $475 million. Dr. Dre is worth at least $125 million. Sheesh, they should have learned to play football, then they could have made real money. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Trevor" wrote in message
... "Richard Webb" wrote in message ... OF course, and though those 64 tracks of wow hey cool make other production jobs easier they'll convince those who can't play or sing in tune, on the beat that they too ought to be able to make music that the rest of us should think is the greatest thing we ever heard. Especially if the folks at karaoke night say 'hey dude you're great!" You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? Perhaps, Trevor, by your definitions. What they can do is connect to an audience, touch the emotions of that audience, hold an audience, control an audience, something that is rarer than rare. Thousands of singers and players that are never off pitch, never miss a note, can't get to first base in the industry, because, for whatever reason, when they play and sing not enough people are emotionally gobsmacked. Steve King |
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On Wed 2012-Apr-25 13:29, Steve King writes: You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? Perhaps, Trevor, by your definitions. What they can do is connect to an audience, touch the emotions of that audience, hold an audience, control an audience, something that is rarer than rare. Thousands of singers and players that are never off pitch, never miss a note, can't get to first base in the industry, because, for whatever reason, when they play and sing not enough people are emotionally gobsmacked. INdeed, which is why I say if someone enjoys it have at it, it just isn't a type of work i choose to seek out. I find the music extremely unmusical imho, the "artists" not pleasant to work with, etc. But, it obviously connects with people. As for me, I'd just as soon listen to musicians who can play and sing. I can emotionally connect with Duke Ellington, MIles Davis, the Beatles, Harry Chapin, or mErle Haggard, to name a few. Regards, Richard -- | Remove .my.foot for email | via Waldo's Place USA Fidonet-Internet Gateway Site | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. |
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"Steve King" wrote in message ... You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? Perhaps, Trevor, by your definitions. What they can do is connect to an audience, touch the emotions of that audience, hold an audience, control an audience, something that is rarer than rare. Well they obviously have something which touches there audience, but still can't see how that sells millions of records and not just concert tickets. But I have no problem with peoples different tastes in "music" though. Thousands of singers and players that are never off pitch, never miss a note, can't get to first base in the industry, because, for whatever reason, when they play and sing not enough people are emotionally gobsmacked. Or unfortunately their audience just doesn't buy records in the same numbers. I work with many artists like that, some with gold records from a few decades ago, still wonderful musicians, still wow their audiences, but except for the odd festival, struggle to get a decent audience at gigs, and struggle to sell CD's. That's the nature of the music industry unfortunately. I bet money that Puff Daddy and Jay-Z struggle to get an audience 20 years from now, but I'd certainly be happy to retire on their money :-) Trevor. |
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"Jeff Henig" wrote in message ... Having chops doesn't guarantee having a soul that can touch a heart. It's something I've long wished some of my more talented and gifted friends would learn. What's the point of all of that talent if you can't connect with your audience and make them fellow participants? True, but totally ignores the rapidly changing or fickle nature of public admiration. An artist doesn't suddenly have " a soul that can touch a heart" one minute, and lose it the next, and yet they often go from millions of fans, to nothing, and sometimes back again. That's the nature of show biz in general. When you're hot you're hot, and when you're not you're not! :-) Trevor. |
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Marc Wielage wrote:
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:18:35 -0700, Trevor wrote (in article ): You do realise that some of the highest earning "musicians", (or recording artists anyway), on the planet already are gangster rappers who can't sing or play a note right? ------------------------------snip------------------------------ Jay-Z's net worth is $450 million. Puff Daddy's net worth is $475 million. Dr. Dre is worth at least $125 million. "Worth" ? geoff |
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On Thu 2012-Apr-26 03:55, Trevor writes: "Jeff Henig" wrote in message -septembe r.org... Having chops doesn't guarantee having a soul that can touch a heart. It's something I've long wished some of my more talented and gifted friends would learn. would agree with that, so far as it goes, but then ... True, but totally ignores the rapidly changing or fickle nature of public admiration. An artist doesn't suddenly have " a soul that can touch a heart" one minute, and lose it the next, and yet they often go from millions of fans, to nothing, and sometimes back again. That's the nature of show biz in general. When you're hot you're hot, and when you're not you're not! :-) Right, and remember that these days "public admiration" is manipulated byu those with the capability to manipulate it. Many of these 'stars" are admired because they've been heavily marketed. YEt note that people still rediscover Hank Williams, or the Beatles even today because they're exposed to it by older generations, and find it to be good music that does indeed touch them somewhere. YEs, when I do find myself exposed to a lot of thi stuff that's been shoved at me by the marketing folks I endeavor to keep an open mind, but often I find myself wishing for the off switch, or escaping the aural bombardment of junk as soon as possible. I'll admit to being somewhat of a snob. Unless you can entertain and connect with that audience using just your talents I'm probably not likely to take you seriously as an artist or performer. Forget the 40 foot video screen adn the flying pig, if you ain't got the chops, then you ain't got the chops. Regards, Richard -- | Remove .my.foot for email | via Waldo's Place USA Fidonet-Internet Gateway Site | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. |
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