So why haven’t we seen this before?
This makes it incredibly fast for certain tasks, like shifting graphics or computing Bitcoins.
GPU Audio
“GPUs have many more cores than CPUs, which means they can handle more tasks simultaneously.
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So why not just use GPUs for everything?
And that’s the problem thatGPU Audio is solving with its plugins.
But it’s the fact that they are running audio effects on graphics chips that is the big news.
GPU Audio
By their nature, GPUs are highly optimized for the tasks they performmassive parallel processing of computer graphics.
They are not suited to audio.
“I’m 99% sure the reason GPU audio isn’t widespread yet is because of high latency.
GPU Audio
It’s probably doable on modern hardware, though,” electronic musicianskinpop said in the same forum thread.
But that could easily change if this technology takes off.
Finally, for most people, there may not be much point in even bothering with GPU audio processing.
And computer GPUs themselves are already more than powerful enough to handle most musical demands.
You just don’t need that room of onion-chopping assistants.
That’s not to say GPU audio won’t be a thing in the future.
