KVR Audio

dubbyah · Post by **dubbyah** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:12 am

I am using Live 6, and was thinking of getting a dual core.

Would Reaktor benefit?

smidijack · Post by **smidijack** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:16 am

In my humble experience EVERYTHING likes a Duo Core. Its the best chip I have ever used. You can feel it! (If the software "sees" it, that is.)

dubbyah · Post by **dubbyah** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:18 am

Well, the reason I ask is that I've heard from some people that Reaktor has problems with the dual cores, in terms of utilization. I.e., they were just getting the CPU usage as if they would have been only utilizing one of the cores. I need some firsthand experiance.

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:28 am

If your host supports it (which I believe Live 6 does), then each INSTANCE of the plug-in should go onto a separate core. A single plugin will NOT split between cores. Also, things like in Cubase SX 3, effects on a single channel ( up to 8 ) will all stack up on one core.

Devon

graysonmillar · Post by **graysonmillar** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:32 am

Every piece of software I've used in a dual-core machine, has been nothing but better.

I havn't used Reaktor, but in FL6, I did a little test, and I was able to run 30 instances of Sytrus simultaneously, completely smoothly.

I'm definitly going to be upgrading soon myself, I'm totally sold on the technology.

Does Reaktor work well with dual core cpus?