Real-Time Software Synthesis on Superscalar Architectures
Roger B. Dannenberg, Nick Thompson · Computer Music Journal · 1997
Advances in processor technology will make it possible to use general-purpose personal computers as real-time signal processors. This will enable highly-integrated "all-software" systems for music processing. To this end, the performance of a present generation superscalar processor running synthesis software is measured and analyzed. A real-time reimplementation of Fugue, now called Nyquist, takes advantage of the superscalar synthesis approach, integrating symbolic and signal processing. Performance of Nyquist is compared to Csound.