Reaper and multiple cores?

[Steven Jay Cohen]

Does Reaper really take advantage of multiple cores?

I am wondering if I want to spend money on faster processors or more cores.

[toddhisattva]

Originally Posted by Steven Jay Cohen

Does Reaper really take advantage of multiple cores?

I am wondering if I want to spend money on faster processors or more cores.

Yes, yes, and yes. ;-)

[Andy Hamm]

Originally Posted by Steven Jay Cohen

Does Reaper really take advantage of multiple cores?

I am wondering if I want to spend money on faster processors or more cores.

This depends entirely on what you are doing. If you are writing/recording using vsti and that sort of thing the multiple cores are the way to go. For realtime audio, the fastest core speed possible is more important, and multiprocessing degrades performance in most cases.

Most people do not work with real time however, so multicores will suit most.

[Xenakios]

Originally Posted by Steven Jay Cohen

I am wondering if I want to spend money on faster processors or more cores.

As many as fast as possible cores as possible

[ShunMula]

Okay , I Dont Know if This Is Possible , But I Was Wondering Would I Be Able To Use 2 Outputs At One Time ?

[Mink99]

Originally Posted by ShunMula

Okay , I Dont Know if This Is Possible , But I Was Wondering Would I Be Able To Use 2 Outputs At One Time ?

My configuration #1 is 24 in and 8 out on amd 6 core wxp, #2 is 16/16 on amd 8 core on w7/64

In a word : yes

[Mink99]

There are opinions that 4 core Intel perform better than 8 core AMD . This is "proven" by various benchmark that do not take the situation of a daw into account at all.

But the AMD option is not proven too.

[Steven Jay Cohen]

Thank you so much Andy! This clears it all up.

Originally Posted by Andy Hamm

This depends entirely on what you are doing. If you are writing/recording using vsti and that sort of thing the multiple cores are the way to go. For realtime audio, the fastest core speed possible is more important, and multiprocessing degrades performance in most cases.

Most people do not work with real time however, so multicores will suit most.