The performance matters to that population. Having your system keel over after you load up some virtual instruments would be a deal breaker as would not being able to track a drum kit at 128 samples across 10 or more channels.
Perhaps 95 percent of computer based musicians may not be able to appreciated the differences between a TR2 and an I9 7980XE but these processors are more for the workstation power user crowd.
fluffy_little_something wrote:Well, I have very modest needs, I don't use hundreds of instances at the same time as they do in certain benchmarks. And I bet neither do the majority of computer music makers.Grizzellda wrote:You have mentioned that you got a new Ryzen system, right?fluffy_little_something wrote:Even within the audio niche, 95% of users won't notice the difference between top AMD and Intel processors.
Are you satisfied with it?
I deliberately bought only a 4-core, the 1500X. It works fine and very efficiently with Reaper.