[Liverpool] Silent PCs

[Andrew Bates]

well again, it really depends on what you're doing. if you're doing more
"traditional" sounding stuff, then you're likely to be just working with
mono audio channels and minimal use of effects. however, I personally have
been known to bring a G4 Power Macintosh to it's knees, and that was while I
was just experimenting.
 On Jun 17, 2011 9:23 PM, "Sebastian Arcus" <shop at open-t.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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