<p>yeah you're a way back in time there, modern audio production work usually involves multiple streams of stereo audio at 24bit / 48KHz (as a minimum, if you're serious) as well as a multitude of audio effects plugins, virtual instruments and MIDI tools. of course it depends on what you're doing, but for the kind of music I make, a 486 certainly wouldn't be adequate. neither would a Intel Core Duo! </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 17, 2011 9:13 PM, "Sebastian Arcus" <<a href="mailto:shop@open-t.co.uk">shop@open-t.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Damn! I thought I was helping here :-)<br>> <br>
> On the other hand, I remember managing to process sound with a lowly 486 <br>> DX4. I was under the impression that compared to video work, sound <br>> doesn't require that much CPU. Am I that far off the mark in my <br>
> estimates ? (not that I suggest a 486 DX4 - but at least one of the <br>> slower current processors, which can be run fanless without special parts).<br>> <br>> Sebastian<br>> <br>> <br>> On 17/06/11 20:59, Andrew Bates wrote:<br>
>> that would introduce too much latency for audio production work ;)<br>>><br>>> On Jun 17, 2011 8:57 PM, "Sebastian Arcus" <<a href="mailto:shop@open-t.co.uk">shop@open-t.co.uk</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:shop@open-t.co.uk">shop@open-t.co.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > On 17/06/11 20:47, Bob Ham wrote:<br>>> >> On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 20:28 +0100, Sebastian Arcus wrote:<br>>> >><br>>> >>> On the other hand, there is another way to get pretty much unlimited<br>
>> >>> power in a totally silent way. Just have all your super-powerful<br>>> >>> hardware (a whole datacentre if you want) in a different room, and use<br>>> >>> some form of remote access<br>
>> >><br>>> >> Aye, I've considered that. However, the reason I want silence is<br>>> >> largely for audio work. In this context, the computer must necessarily<br>>> >> be within short range of the user because of the need to get sound in<br>
>> >> and out with as low latency as possible.<br>>> ><br>>> > I know where you can get some 12M (~36feet) USB extensions ;-)<br>>> ><br>>> > There seem to be plenty USB audio mixers out there.<br>
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