[Liverpool] Silent PCs

[Sebastian Arcus]

Interesting. I did not realise audio work is so processor intensive 
nowadays.


On 17/06/11 21:17, Andrew Bates wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>  >> <mailto: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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