And what about those of us that don't have "decent-ish" (whatever that means)? As I noted, I left the sever, so I cannot cite specifics, but they all seem rather gung ho about things that will ultimately feed a more-is-better purchasing behavior which often escalates and makes older technology less desirable if not obsolete.
The interesting thing is, a graphics card that can handle what they are talking about is in the $100 range at entry level. The important thing is that there is interest in harnessing the peculiar way that GPUs process data and perform calculations. Personally, I'm kind of blown away that this isn't already a thing. I'm the kind of person that will use a discarded paper towel roll and a hand towel to rig a shotgun mic.
I'm certain someone is going to write a generic ASIO driver or something that will be a man-in-the-middle for this. The plug-in doesn't meddle directly with your CPU or DSP. The audio driver is the magic telephone that abstracts the hardware. So, I wouldn't fret that you'll have to buy 'specialized plugins.'
For those that may not know, the short story is that graphics cards are purpose-built to process pixels as a scene...it's sort of like a combat shotgun (the GPU) versus a sniper rifle (the CPU.) This is why Bitcoin miners and AI engineers are crazy about them. I can't believe it's taken this long, although (in NVidia's case) their RTX line is still only about five to seven years old. (I know this is an oversimplification...I'm a software engineer (25 years) by trade, so the actual metal-machine interface isn't something I've kept up with as much.)
While I totally get where you are coming from, I'm looking forward to a time where latency and overburdening the CPU are distant memories. Nothing takes the wind out of my sails more than dealing with performance issues while making music.
Cheers,
Justin Stroud
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