SynthMaker

High performance FFT (4 times higher than optimized intel)

Archive · 2006 7 old posts

From the original SynthMaker forum (2004–2014), with its members’ names and dates.

skOre ·

Well worth checking out

Can I get an Implement? 😀

Shifrin ·

😮

That's fast!

Shif.

angstrom ·

can I get a small pile of money to buy a modern video card ? 😮

Actually, I'm not sure if I posted this idea before, but ...

I've thought that SM could develop a good niche market by branching into hardware. With dedicated DSP seemingly now back in favour over CPU based aproaches (Waves APA, Focusrite liquid mix, etc )- selling SM with an optional DSP box that upgrades performance would be quite a feature. Obviously the advantages of the open source GPU based system kick in here.

This idea dates back to the old 'how much will SM1 cost' thread on the EA forum - how to make SM viable (though it's not my problem of course!).

I have an idea Jorge has a background in hardware/chip design/ or something ? So perhaps this is not too far-fetched. Especially now this GPU thing has finally come off. I've been hearing about GPU DSP for what seems like a decade, without fruit!

Anyway, if you like the idea - I hope you post me a free SM logo-ed black box with a GPU in it 😉

infuzion ·

angstrom wrote: I've thought that SM could develop a good niche market by branching into hardware.

hmmm, I don't think so; it will nix people using laptops (even if you go USB/FW, it's still an extra big dongle to carry around), & you can easly add extra performance by adding an older computer with WormHole etc. It would be cool to have plugins (DLLs) for SM to have SM to use the audio processing power of a GPU, the new Creative audio chip, dedicated audio processing cards, etc.

Untill then, let's just get to 1.0, OK? 😉

angstrom ·

I don't mean for SM to use an external hardware box exclusively - just that it could use it if it is there. An add-on

infuzion ·

angstrom wrote: I don't mean for SM to use an external hardware box exclusively - just that it could use it if it is there.

Ah! I agree 🙂

infuzion ·

angstrom wrote: I don't mean for SM to use an external hardware box exclusively - just that it could use it if it is there. An add-on

...another way to look at it; another good reason for a SDK 😉

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