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Anyone here who is using sampled content will be glad to see that after decades of PC Manufacturers ignoring audio, we get our due attention.
They have a nice demo using SpuBase and PLAY instruments, which is really good news. When you see these massive overbloated resource wasting apps running stable, it means Reaper and Kontakt will be twice as cheap, twice as fast and even respond to realtime messages if you are wise enough to use a soundcard like Scope, which doesn't have the word latency in it's manual.
Notice the 64GB's of RAM spitting out audio @ 50GBps bandwidth........ What's even more fascinating is that Cubase didn't crash..

http://youtu.be/JxLreKO_m80

Check out the LCD w/ SpuBase showing in the jpeg. below. 1200 USD for 64gb RAM kit, 1000 USD for a CPU, and 250 USD for the UD5 from Gigabyte, or 225 USD for the MSI X79A-GD65.
Now for common sense realtime users, 200 USD for the MSI X79A-GD45 w/ 4 x PCI-e 1X slots for the upcoming Intel SSD's using SMT caching, 400 USD for 32GB's of DDR3-1600, and 300 USD for the 3.6GHz Quad since most realtime users choose better synths than the ( yawn, yawn ) NI Komplete collection. Omnisphere or Zebra come to mind.

fascinating and cool... BUT! what on earth is he doing audiowise that takes up 64Gigs!?!?!?! is he running EVERYTHING through a sampler??
I mean, i have been doing sounddesign on a 94 channel session on a 12 core mac, 12gig WITH video running and TONS of heavy impulse reverbs, and i have plenty of cpu/ram to spare...
It really seems overkill to me! I am still on windows 7 32 bit in my own studio (not sounddesign, but normal recording/mixing), with 4 gigs of ram and i NEVER hit the limit... Guess i dont really use samplers - is that why?

I dont mean to sound condescending or anything, i just dont understand it.. Do you know why Jimmy?
thanks

I know why he's got 64GB ram...why have a baby grand when you can spend 12 grand a year to have a cutting edge 'virtual baby grand'? On a semi-serious note, doing orchestral work for film can probably use 32-64GB but the funny thing about a lot of that work is that you're typically just making draft comps that will be replaced with live orchestration.

I've got 16GB in both my dual Xeon and Mac Pro and am able to hit the limits of that with Softimage, After Effects, Nuke and a few other video/3d apps. Logic can use 10GB if I load up enough large sampler programs but that's the most I've ever seen my audio apps use...

Just using the EW Guitar using PLAY took 4GB's by itself.
That's why I don't use their stuff.
I prefer better apps where I'm not forced to buy RAID 0 SSD Arrays.
They always have nice sounding instruments, but still do not incorporate a Sostenuto, yet hail their Pianos are used by famous artists, etc.
Yepp, I believe that as much as the " experts " sitting in front of SSL 4000G+'s explaining why they prefer Console Plug Ins over the hardware...........
Kids love the stuff.

64GB's is over the top for most wise guys. Such folks know that bandwidth benchmarks aren't reality, so let the suckers get the most expensive, largest fastest, and the wise guys can get a 32GB rig at 3.4GHz for 1/4 the price.
Gotta love the free BETA thoughs though. I use to be one...