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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>> </span>Do the rest of you have the same problem?<span
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color:#1F497D'>Gosh, not at all. One of the biggest sessions I recorded was on
a 1 Ghz Celeron processor with 1.2Gig ram onto a dedicated SATA (SATA1, not
SATA-2) drive. I got around 20 tracks and 8 buses sampling at 24/96 from my
Delta 1010. Granted, this was back on Ardour 0.99 and Fedora Core 3 and I didn’t
care about latency so I maximized the buffers. But I did have EQing (TAP
10-band) on over half the tracks and buses, along with some compression (TAP
dynamics). A couple of the tracks were stereo, but most were mono. I don’t remember
the exact counts on it, but I do remember that on playback it would put the CPU
around 60%. And I do remember being impressed with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>--Brett</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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ardour-users-bounces@lists.ardour.org
[mailto:ardour-users-bounces@lists.ardour.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tiago
Tavares<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 07, 2008 10:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ardour-users@lists.ardour.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ardour-Users] Processor load on ardour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello<br>
<br>
I have been using ardour for some time now, but I have found that some
tracks (about ten...) are enough to overload my processor (I start hearing
those clicks that happen when you don't produce samples as fast as you play
them). I am considering changing my athlon xp 2100+ (five years old!) to a
newer one.<br>
Do the rest of you have the same problem? Those dual (or quad) core
processors are better for this specific job (managing a lot of tracks)?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Tiago<br>
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-- <br>
Tiago F. Tavares<br>
<a href="mailto:tiagoft@gmail.com">tiagoft@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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