WillStG wrote:
On Jun 15, 9:04 pm, Mike Rivers wrote:
You could make a great synthesizer if you used that modern CPU and wrote
a dedicated program for it, particularly using the programming style
that they used to use that made efficient use of the resources. Because
we have 2+ GHz processors and gigabytes of memory, we can use tools that
make it easier to write programs, but which don't produce very efficient
code, so you don't have all of those gigahertz working toward playing
the sounds. Most of them are working toward executing the program.
Oversimplification, I know but show me a computer-based instrument that
responds faster than a dedicated synth of the last century (at least the
last few years of the last century).
Mike, ever play around with a MUSE Receptor?
http://www.museresearch.com/ It is supposedly optimized for
VSTi's. I just wish it had more than 2 analog outputs.
Will Miho
NY TV/Audio Post/Music/Live Sound Guy
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits
The Muse receptor is an amazing device. I wouldn't mind having one, I
just couldn't justify buying one for the very little I do with synths.