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[exs] Re: Xtreme Analog

2001-12-14 by highlandsource

haha! i bought a new 512 meg chip just 2 days ago, i wasnt sure 
why really, just its cheap right now...now i know:)

ill give that a go

thanks

andy

--- In exs-users@y..., "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@s...> 
wrote:
> highlandsource wrote:
> > hmm, and possibly aha! the 32 bit float is a mac preference? 
i
> > was under the impression it needed to be set before
> > conversion?..see, i know about the 32 but float situation, but 
id
> > converted everything before i knew! i mean EVERYTHING!
> 
> This preference setting has got nothing to do with converting.
> The EXS's internal processing is allways going on in 32bit 
float, so every
> loaded sample has to be converted. If you're using "source" 
quality this has
> to happen on the fly => using up more CPU power.
> If you are however using "32bit float" samples will be converted 
when the
> EXS loads them into your RAM. This of course means a bit 
more RAM will be
> used (double amount if the source is 16bit, 1/3 more if it's 
24bit), but
> you'll get quite some better performance with it (I'd even buy 
some more RAM
> to get the benefits of saving up CPU power).
> Just give it a try!
> 
> Regards,
> Sascha

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