5 Feb
2010
5 Feb
'10
6:57 p.m.
On Thursday, February 4, 2010, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:
Has anyone ever played a plugin in realtime ( live
)...
...and I don't mean a one-finger melody, but a mutli-polyphonic piano
piece, eventually with sustain held down, which resulted in about 20 to 40
simultaneusly processed voices.
I just realized, that I've never been able to do that. Neither almost.
Frustration.
But on my digital piano, I can to it.
That thing is some years old and definitely doesn't have 2 x 2 GHz
processors available.
A musical instrument is something designed and built for playing music. You
can certainly produce sounds with a computer, but a general purpose computer
is best suited for computing... anything.
Anyway.
The answer so far has been: That system is more dedicated, thus it
can, while my PC cannot.
The conclusion:
I'm working with a wrong system ! - It doesn't allow me to work the
way I intend.
Damn. What did I buy this system for ? I don't need those 2 x 2GHz for
word processing - right ??
This makes me wonder:
Which one is the system for my requirements ?
Which one is able to make some softsynths / samplers
process 30 voices in less than 9 milliseconds ?
Could my system be extended or modified in order to suit ?
How then ?
We have dedicated hardware for graphics, why not for audio ?
Exactly. Better start with a good audio interface. You should not expect to
convert a laptop with a cheap integrated Intel HDA sound interface into a
good musical instrument.
Regards,
Pedro