[LAU] 32 vs 64 bit distro?

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

> Is there any advantage in using a 64 bit distro for audio? Do the
> advantages outweigh the difficulties?

For what I do, live MIDI synthesis, the advantages do outweigh the 
difficulties.  First of all, when I compile application  source, I 
compile -march=native -mtune=native.  This gives significant performance 
increases.  I don't know what would happen if I tried that on a 32-bit 
OS running on 64-bit hardware, but even if the compilation worked, the 
result will not use the full CPU capability.  And second, recompiling or 
not, memory management in general is much more efficient, because larger 
chunks can be moved in single operations.

-- 
Jonathan E. Brickman
http://linuxsynth.ponderworthy.com

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