John Sayers Posted January 6, 2001 Share Posted January 6, 2001 I was chatting with an academic the other day who told me of a CSIRO (our gov research centre) project where they bought 100 PCs at $1200 each and strung them all together. I understand that the result was a computer as fast and efficient as a multi-million dollar Cray for $120,000. (sorry searched for info but couldn't find it) We are still only playing with computer toys in the music biz. Our use of tracks, sample rates, bit depth, pluggins etc is still governed by the speed of our computers yet if we had a superfast Cray type system the sky could be the limit. For example compare the Soundforge Time/stretch programme with Prosoniq Timefactory. The SF will process the track in 3 - 5 minutes and has glitches in it. The Prosoniq takes 30min and is cool. It's just a matter of computing power. If we were to suddenly have the power of a Cray at our disposal for around $120,000 look out! cheers john Studio Design Forum Studios Under Construction Home Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted January 6, 2001 Share Posted January 6, 2001 unfortunately i dont think they will ever let us have them. they deem them weapons... i sonder if a ufo crashed in my yard if i could tell the govt to fuck off, they cant have it? alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 It won't be long before today's machines look like Z80s with 1 MB of RAM. Once you start having multiple processors running at 4 GHz, well, let's just say I can hardly wait! Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 >>It won't be long before today's machines look like Z80s with 1 MB of RAM. Once you start having multiple processors running at 4 GHz, well, let's just say I can hardly wait!<< I give it within one year from now. Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 That will totally happen. xoxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulferpacific.net.sg Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 "i wonder if a ufo crashed in my yard if i could tell the govt to fuck off, they cant have it?" Sure, you could tell 'em. I'd stick up for you too. Then Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith would show up, look all cool, and then after the little flashy thing went off we'd be left wondering where the time goes and whose turn is it to get the beer, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormhole Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 I think it was last months Wired that had an article about networked machines being the next supercomputers. An exellent example is the Seti@home project. I think this is the future of supercomputing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 i'd tell em they could have it for "1 million dollars" alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudyba Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 You may only need to wait 18 months, at least according to Moore's law, which states, " 18 months, processing power doubles while cost holds constant\" . And, as far as "networks" go, Metcalfe's Law states, usefulness, or utility, of a network equals the square of the number of users\" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 bob metcalfe is a nut. one of the nicest guys around. alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Sayers Posted January 9, 2001 Author Share Posted January 9, 2001 Thanks guys - it appears we all believe it will happen very soon ...so by the law of "What you see is what you get" http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif cheers John Studio Design Forum Studios Under Construction Home Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 i remember like it was yesterday getting my 2400 baud modem to access the bbs' quicker [to get illegal games... piracy has been around a lot longer than napster] i remember watching a crane drop a 1GB drive through a hole in the roof of my dads office since it was far too big to get through the door. i remember getting my 486/66 thinking it smoked and my first color scanner [4 pass] for $700 thinking it was the deal of a lifetime. i remember telling bands that people would be able to DL their music anywhere in the world. i think weve already taken some pretty big leaps. in another 20 years, there will be some awesome things happening. and the computer will look nothing like it does today. alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Sayers Posted January 9, 2001 Author Share Posted January 9, 2001 Yeah - i can remember being told that the 486/66 was prone to blowing up cos it was so fast http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif cheers john Studio Design Forum Studios Under Construction Home Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 Amazing stuff! If only musical content and audience sophistication would advance and develop as fast as recording technology... imagine using this incredible tech to record the next Eminem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted January 10, 2001 Share Posted January 10, 2001 I used to work for Chevron Oil Field Research Co. years ago (late '80's - early '90's) and we had a Cray. Very fast for certain things but it took up an entire room and was a cast iron BI*CH to program (FORTRAN / COBAL). Then we got our first parallel processor - ran UNIX, was the size on a small fridge, and for certain things, it SMOKED the Cray, and it cost considerably less. Howdya like to be the NSA and have 11 acres of supercomputers? Hmmm, if only there was a way to network all of that and break down tasks into discrete elements and run Pro Tools on it... Hey, I can DREAM, can't I? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html email: pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Aragon Posted January 10, 2001 Share Posted January 10, 2001 I think it was 1986 or 1987 when I had my trusty Commodore 64 hooked up to a service called Q-link. I used the bulletin boards and also downloaded tons of sounds for my Roland D-50. I think it was a pay by the minute fee for the service. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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