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jar240
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Is n-Track a multi-threaded application? In other words, will n-Track itself take advantage of two CPUs running under Windows NT/2000/XP?
DS_Sultan
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Simpley.... NO.
Slackmaster2K
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ahhhh....I believe that starting with version 2.0 Flavio threaded the interface out at least. The biggest advantage though would be that DX plugins run as individual threads and therefore they should be split amongst processors, which is of course the main reason for wanting multiple processors since n-Track alone doesn't suck too much CPU power. However, you need to be running NT4 or 2000 to take advantage of multiple processors, and to be honest, people have had MINIMAL success do to a) soundcard driver problems with NT b) soundcard driver problems involving multiple processors c) a combination of a and b.
Spend your cash on a single fast processor and you'll leave yourself many more options.
Slackmaster 2000
Spend your cash on a single fast processor and you'll leave yourself many more options.
Slackmaster 2000
DS_Sultan
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Actually I need a mulligan! 
The interface is threaded so that the user and signal processing is seperated. My mistake. I just have never had anyone actually get any benefit from it yet so to me it is an unused feature unless you have an MPC with 3 or 4 processors and lots of memory and a very fast disk sub system.
And not many users are taking advantage of an OS that will also take advantage of an MPC.
I type corrected on this issue. Sorry for the bad info and thanks Slackmaster for pointing it out.
I do however agree with you that it is a complicated issue to get running correctly under NT/2K and that in itself is a reason not many have gone that way.
The interface is threaded so that the user and signal processing is seperated. My mistake. I just have never had anyone actually get any benefit from it yet so to me it is an unused feature unless you have an MPC with 3 or 4 processors and lots of memory and a very fast disk sub system.
And not many users are taking advantage of an OS that will also take advantage of an MPC.
I type corrected on this issue. Sorry for the bad info and thanks Slackmaster for pointing it out.
I do however agree with you that it is a complicated issue to get running correctly under NT/2K and that in itself is a reason not many have gone that way.
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jar240
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I'm running Windows 2000 SP2 (1 CPU), and n-Track runs great (except for one annoyance, see my other post, which may or may not be an OS thing).
I've used the NT line of products since 4.0 came out due to it's increased efficiency and stability.
I suppose what I really wanted to know was whether or not any one has had difficulties running n-Track under SMP, not necessarily whether or not I'll experience a performance boost from it.
Under SMP, typically the I/O operations are offloaded to the idle CPU as a function of the OS, so there may be benefits and or problems.
Still seeking feedback...
Chris
I've used the NT line of products since 4.0 came out due to it's increased efficiency and stability.
I suppose what I really wanted to know was whether or not any one has had difficulties running n-Track under SMP, not necessarily whether or not I'll experience a performance boost from it.
Under SMP, typically the I/O operations are offloaded to the idle CPU as a function of the OS, so there may be benefits and or problems.
Still seeking feedback...
Chris
Slackmaster2K
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Right, but you need to be concerned about both the software and hardware, and moreso hardware. You should probably post the hardware config you're thinking about running, most notably the soundcard you're going to use.
I know I've seen at least one guy using n-Track on a 2 CPU NT4 system, but he had a bunch of problems related to his Wave824 soundcard.
Slackmaster 2000
I know I've seen at least one guy using n-Track on a 2 CPU NT4 system, but he had a bunch of problems related to his Wave824 soundcard.
Slackmaster 2000
