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Pulsar Mixer and I/O DSP Usage Chart

The following tests were performed with Pulsar v1.3.

For details on these results, see the Performance Overview DSP section.

Module

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Single DSP load

     
Big mixer 5.5%
Big mixer V2 6.1%
Big mixer V2B 22.5%
     
Patch source to big mixer in   3-5%
Patch bix mixer out to dest   .3-.4% (insignificant)
Dynamixer 4 22.5%, extra input takes 2.7%, so 8 channels = 34% and 16 channels = 63%
Dynamixer 8 34%
Patch source to dynamixer in   .4%
Patch dynamixer out to dest   .1-.2%
Key Splitter  
Midi Remote < 0.1%
Midi Remote Fader < 0.1%
ADAT Source   8.5%
ADAT Dest   9.1%
ASIO Source   .4-.5% per 2 channels
ASIO Dest   1% per 2 channels
ASIO 24-bit Source   .5-.6% per 2 channels
ASIO 24-bit Dest   1% per 2 channels
EASI Source   37.2%
EASI Dest   25%
TripleDAT Source   12%
TripleDAT Dest   < 0.1%
Wave Source   0.5%
Wave Dest   0.8%
Wave 24-bit Source   0.6%
Wave 24-bit Dest   0.9%
16 Wave Interleaved Source   4.3%
16 Wave Interleaved Dest   8.9%
SPDIF Source   1.9%
SPDIF Dest   3.1
Direct Sound Source  

0.5%

Sound Card Source   0.4%
Sound Card Dest   0.8%
Sequencer MIDI Source   0.4%
Sequencer MIDI Dest   0.9%
Syncplate   2.2%
MTCtoClk   1%
MIDI Merger   <0.1%
Pulsar MIDI Source   0.7%
Pulsar MIDI Dest   <0.1%