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> Is there any advantage in using a 64 bit distro for audio? Do the

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> advantages outweigh the difficulties?

For what I do, live MIDI synthesis, the advantages do outweigh the

difficulties.  First of all, when I compile application  source, I

compile -march=native -mtune=native.  This gives significant performance

increases.  I don't know what would happen if I tried that on a 32-bit

OS running on 64-bit hardware, but even if the compilation worked, the

result will not use the full CPU capability.  And second, recompiling or

not, memory management in general is much more efficient, because larger

chunks can be moved in single operations.
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Jonathan E. Brickman

http://linuxsynth.ponderworthy.com
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            Is there any advantage in using a 64 bit distro for audio?

            Do the

            advantages outweigh the difficulties?
    For what I do, live MIDI synthesis, the advantages do outweigh the

    difficulties.  First of all, when I compile application  source, I

    compile -march=native -mtune=native.  This gives significant

    performance increases.  I don't know what would happen if I tried

    that on a 32-bit OS running on 64-bit hardware, but even if the

    compilation worked, the result will not use the full CPU

    capability.  And second, recompiling or not, memory management in

    general is much more efficient, because larger chunks can be moved

    in single operations.

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Jonathan E. Brickman

http://linuxsynth.ponderworthy.com
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