Hardware for SC (was: Re: new macbook pros... )

[Michael Zacherl.]

for interested parties, this line came from: http://www.batuhanbozkurt.com/instruction/recreating-the-thx-deep-note

On Apr 17, 2010, at 03:49 , Michael Zacherl. wrote:

> Hi Jonny, 
> 
>    how's the impact of this code on your system?
> 
> (
> play{Mix({|k|k=k+1/2;2/k*Mix({|i|i=i+1;Blip.ar(i*XLine.kr(rand(2e2,4e2),87+LFNoise2.kr(2)*k,15),2,1/(i/a=XLine.kr(0.3,1,9))/9)}!9)}!40)!2*a}
> )   //THX-logo sound-a-like
> 
> on my MBP (2x2.6GHz, 4GB, 10.6.3) I get a peak cpu value of about 28% on the local server with some peaks of up to 53%.
> Starting that two times was ok (as long as the peaks of this two synths didn't occur simultaneously) a third synth started to glitch noticbly.
> This also matches the information I get from Activity Monitor.
> 
>      m.
> 
> 
> On Apr 15, 2010, at 13:42 , Jonny Stutters wrote:
> 
>> My plan is to keep half an eye on the CPU meter at the gig tonight, if
>> it doesn't get higher than 20% or so then I'll pick up a small form
>> factor PC and see what I can come up with.  If it doesn't pan out then
>> I can always repurpose it as a media server.
> 
> 
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