Re: [microsound] Max/MSP sound quality

[illegal art <illegalart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>MSP is not sounding as good as Kyma or SuperCollider and not as
>>cpu-effective as SC.
>
>I've heard other people say that Max/MSP doesn't sound as good as
>SuperCollider and I seem to remember Gregory addressing this issue some
>time back either on this list or on the Max list...but I do notice that
>SuperCollider sounds very 'present'...sorry, I know that's a subjective
>phrase but can't think of any other way to describe it...I have not A/B'd
>Max/MSP and SuperCollider but was wondering if anyone has done any
>comparison type experiments?
>KIM
>


i've used both.. and while i'm not sure if this falls under "sound
quality".. i found then SC could handle very smoothly a lot of audio
channels mixed together + MIDI data streaming all at once.. whereas with
MAX the more you add the more likely it is to choke.  SC is so clean!

philo

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