[Liverpool] Silent PCs

[Andrew Bates]

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!
On Jun 17, 2011 9:13 PM, "Sebastian Arcus" <shop at open-t.co.uk> wrote:
> Damn! I thought I was helping here :-)
>
> On the other hand, I remember managing to process sound with a lowly 486
> DX4. I was under the impression that compared to video work, sound
> doesn't require that much CPU. Am I that far off the mark in my
> estimates ? (not that I suggest a 486 DX4 - but at least one of the
> slower current processors, which can be run fanless without special
parts).
>
> Sebastian
>
>
> On 17/06/11 20:59, Andrew Bates wrote:
>> that would introduce too much latency for audio production work ;)
>>
>> On Jun 17, 2011 8:57 PM, "Sebastian Arcus" <shop at open-t.co.uk
>> <mailto:shop at open-t.co.uk>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On 17/06/11 20:47, Bob Ham wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 20:28 +0100, Sebastian Arcus wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On the other hand, there is another way to get pretty much unlimited
>> >>> power in a totally silent way. Just have all your super-powerful
>> >>> hardware (a whole datacentre if you want) in a different room, and
use
>> >>> some form of remote access
>> >>
>> >> Aye, I've considered that. However, the reason I want silence is
>> >> largely for audio work. In this context, the computer must necessarily
>> >> be within short range of the user because of the need to get sound in
>> >> and out with as low latency as possible.
>> >
>> > I know where you can get some 12M (~36feet) USB extensions ;-)
>> >
>> > There seem to be plenty USB audio mixers out there.
>> >
>> >
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