Ensenada Guide Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Whats your Fav CPU power hungry software? www.ensenadatourguide.com https://www.facebook.com/ldstourguide Will give tours for Keyboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Depends mainly on the computer you pick for the job and wether or not the software and the DAW/host you are using is designed to make use of multi-core CPUs, the amount of RAM you have and if you went SSD over a spinning drive. Different type of plugins and software have different needs and wherever the bottle neck is - that's where you are going to see your computer break a sweat. A rough one on CPU would be any convolution reverb plugin ie. Logic's Space Designer. A few instances of this plugin at high settings will eat up CPU cycles fast. Multigigabyte Piano Sample Libraries running at low buffers/latency with all the bells and whistles turned on like string resonance, release samples, heavy pedal use. This hits the CPU, RAM, and bandwidth and speed of your storage drive. i.e.. Synthogy Ivory, or VILabs Ravenscroft 275. If you are not playing live and rather in the mix stage of a project, you can typically raise your buffer/latency setting way way up to back off of your system resources. Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensenada Guide Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 I buying parts to make my music/video PC/? i know what i will be running but in the process I was thinking maybe i m missing a really good music production software that had not think about that may need even more power than the software i will be using. BTW thanx to the response .. BTW . the Samsung EVO 850 i got ... boots your computer really really fast!! www.ensenadatourguide.com https://www.facebook.com/ldstourguide Will give tours for Keyboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Well, if you are going to run Windows - Adobe Premiere Pro is a nice one - might as well get the suite if you are into digital creation. I know there are others, but I've grown comfortable with their stuff and it's very well supported. For audio Pro Tools of course - and lots of great plugins. But it's an expensive platform. On PC I like Cubase for composing because it comes with quite a bit (like Logic on a Mac/OSX) right out of the box. Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardware Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Zebra2 HZ using 2 x Diva Filters and max polyphony. Its design was made to use a single core so I can run my i7 4790k @ 4.4ghz and add Oscillators until I hit a steady 85% and hitting 100 on spikes. Magnus C350 + FMR RNP + Realistic Unisphere Mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The multicore/multi-threaded option makes Diva less demanding. I believe u-he is working on a similar solution with Diva filters in Zebra. The Dark Zebra especially looks like fun. [video:youtube]4rBMb2oijyo Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Most definitely the U-He synths set on high quality. This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillplaying Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 All of them. I'm still on XP. You guys left me behind. (Ok - I miss Kontakt the most). I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Adobe CC is killing my 2010 MBP. ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markay Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 MS GS Wavetable Synth is killing my Win 95 machine. Will another 256k of RAM help, or should I upgrade my 20MB HDD? A misguided plumber attempting to entertain | MainStage 3 | Axiom 61 2nd Gen | Pianoteq | B5 | XK3c | EV ZLX 12P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensenada Guide Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 MS GS Wavetable Synth is killing my Win 95 machine. Will another 256k of RAM help, or should I upgrade my 20MB HDD? wow we have come this far ... even watches have more processing power than that! www.ensenadatourguide.com https://www.facebook.com/ldstourguide Will give tours for Keyboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardware Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I think Zebra3 might be for multicolor. Zebra2 HZ will remain as is. Guess I'll get both. The only VI I tried that doesn't sound like a PC Synth on IMAX or large Arrays. Magnus C350 + FMR RNP + Realistic Unisphere Mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (Too much) CPU power hungry software will never be my fav. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalH Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Sample modeling horns. They are a step above pure sample-based but need significant CPU resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadHousePiano Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 PSP L'Otary, B5, and The Hammersmith. I really haven't used B5 or Hammersmith much because of this. L'otary I can get by if it's in Low CPU mode. Korg SV2, Nord Electro 5D, Gigperformer/lots of VSTs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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