Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Tony Nunes

Computers effortlessly handle most of the the basic demands in our lives without breaking a sweat. Yet when it comes to DSP-intensive audio apps, native systems haven't been able to compete with the power and speed of hardware-based DAWs. But CPUs have reached whole new levels of performance with such new processors as AMD's Barcelona quad-core and Intel's Core 2 quad processors. In fact, at press time, Apple announced a monster Mac Pro with twin quad-core Intel Xeons. With these advancements, most native DAWs fitted with a few gigs of RAM and a dedicated audio drive should be able to perform quite well during sessions with high sample rates, hefty plug-in loads and high track counts.

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