It could be, it's just a matter of someone writing the code :) That's why I proposed the 'cleansound' library.
.hc On Mar 9, 2008, at 2:01 PM, bsoisoi wrote: > Well, why couldn't Pd be as "clean", processors are fast enough these > days, and one could always crank up the sample rates of their DSP > blocks. Isn't the internal resolution at least 32bit anyway (is it > 64bit under any circumstances?) > > cheers, > ~brandon > > > On Mar 8, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Andy Farnell wrote: > >> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:08:45 -0500 >> marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Frank Barknecht wrote: >>>> Hallo, >>>> Andy Farnell hat gesagt: // Andy Farnell wrote: >>>> >>>>> Both use the same patch (the undulating diffraction effect). It's >>>>> comparable because I translated the Csound version directly to >>>>> Pd, both >>>>> are 64 oscillator banks and it's clear that the Csound one >>>>> sparkles while >>>>> the Pd one sounds a bit muddy. >>>> >>>> Csound also is known as "CleanSound" in some circles. >>> >>> so why is then "pure" data not equally clean? >>> marius. >> >> >> Because it's optimised for real-time performance. >> >> Max/Pd strike a careful balance between for real-time capability. >> The amazing sound quality of Csound comes about because it was >> designed >> for offline rendering, and it got realtime by dint of increased CPU >> speeds. >> >> Like the difference between a 3D games engine and rendering a >> raytracing >> scene in 3DMax. >> >> In a way, it's not really a fair comparison at all, or at least we >> could >> say "what did you expect?!" >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >>> listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> -- >> Use the source >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >> listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "[W]e have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are deliberately throwing it away to benefit those who profit from scarcity." -John Gilmore _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list