Softsynths are getting better arent they.......
 

To my ears the new ARP 2600 and Minimoog emulations are sounding very pretty. Non-aliasing oscilators do make all the difference.

Although im a strict hardware user....the following are genuinely starting to catch my eye:

ImpOscar
CS80v
Minimonsta
Fm7

Personally i wont bother considering softsynths until Intel release a 5ghz processor......

DS

64 bit operating system and sequencer 64 support will accualy make colculating much more accurate.

How do you justify that?

Apple G5, OSX and Logic ?

In fact this has nothing to do with the algorithm quality. There are already many plugins which work @ 64bit resolution altough they run on 32bit processor. 64 bit os and processors won't give a noticable performance boost in calculation either. The biggest change will be the amount of memory which the programs can use. Don't wait wonders from 64 bits. :)

Intel 3.4 64 bit Prossesor,Windows Longhorn and SX 3 :wink:

It may take ages untill this combination will operate without bugs,
Apple will already release a 128bit CPU+OS+Logic...

didnt know that..

I don?t see why 64 bit processing would make the sound calculations more accurate. It will only make them faster (and more softsynth and VST plug-ins can be run at the same time). Of course the softsynth manufactures could with 64 bit technology make new softsynths that take advantage of the higher calculations speed and therefore make more advanced softsynths that require more calculation power. That would of course take the VST market to a higher level.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but one aspect of a 64 bit machine that I have read is that it will support a significantly larger amount of RAM than a 32 bit machine can.

I can't find the article I read but I seem to remember that in theory a 64 bit machine can utilize up to a terabyte of RAM.

Besides the ridiculous cost (that will not come doen to managebale level until we are all in diapers again) wouldn't having access to that much memory improve the performance of any sequencer/VST combo?

Isn't the combined power of CPU/RAM a huge factor in DAW stability regardless of what is hogging resources?

Again, I'm not arguing, only stating bits of what I have read and trying to better my understanding of this issue.

Peace!

-Alex