KVR Audio

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Wed May 11, 2022 2:12 am

So I got a new computer and now Diva and Serum doesn't seem that hungry, what has come out in the last 4 -5 years that is hungry and is a fixed or semimodular architecture synth?

I guess falcon and reaktor can be more hungry since you can add infinite modules until they eat all the CPU, but apart from those what Synths are using "state of the art" what ever "processes" to showcase what current technology can do, cpu cycles be damned?

Or maybe we are past that point and everything sound superb just with a minimum cost to CPU?

Korg Supporter · Post by **Korg Supporter** » Wed May 11, 2022 2:21 am

Generate is one of the hungriest. It takes up over 30% CPU on my AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. However, thanks to its multiple cores and threads, I can run numerous instances on separate tracks or thereads.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed May 11, 2022 2:36 am

Not sure if it’s the hungriest, but Arturia’s Pigments 3 has got to be in contention.

emef · Post by **emef** » Wed May 11, 2022 7:23 am

OnePingOnly

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Wed May 11, 2022 7:53 am

The hungriest synth ever was the RePro Beta.

Nowadays several synths provide user selectable oversampling, and at 8x can become pretty CPU intensive.

sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Wed May 11, 2022 8:05 am

emef wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 7:23 amOnePingOnly

you obviously haven't tried the beta of Fourteen Pings Only!?!
jeepers
talk about a pig

Boy Wonder · Post by **Boy Wonder** » Wed May 11, 2022 9:25 am

When I load up either Pigments 3, Chromaphone 3 or Massive X, my laptop starts shaking and smoke starts billowing out from the rear.

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Wed May 11, 2022 9:28 am

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Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Wed May 11, 2022 9:59 am

OPsix Native has a higher CPU amount than several I've tried.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed May 11, 2022 10:10 am

rod_zero wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 2:12 am So I got a new computer and now Diva and Serum doesn't seem that hungry, what has come out in the last 4 -5 years that is hungry and is a fixed or semimodular architecture synth?

As I've just acquired a new PC 2 1/2 weeks ago, I can tell you that that is a pretty frustrating experience.

After all, we bought a new PC to be able to run more instruments, right?

Well, try this: Load Pigments, create a pad sound with long release time and loads of unison voices, run it through Softube Fix Phaser, NI Dirt, and NI Raum, and look if you can't max out your CPU that way. I'm pretty sure you can.

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Wed May 11, 2022 12:19 pm

Super 8 seems pretty hungry, it puts me off spending more time with it.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed May 11, 2022 1:28 pm

Super 8 R2 is less demanding. The Reaktor version was pretty heavy.

fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Wed May 11, 2022 1:50 pm

i feed my synths regularly so they won't turn on me and eat me...

vertibration · Post by **vertibration** » Wed May 11, 2022 2:02 pm

None, get an M1....problem solved

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Wed May 11, 2022 2:43 pm

fisherKing wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 1:50 pm i feed my synths regularly so they won't turn on me and eat me...

LULZ

Which is the hungriest Synth CPU wise nowadays?