Intel-Cakewalk Onward and Upward…
We’re here with Dan Snyder of Intel, and if you’ve been paying any kind of attention to the pro audio industry the past couple of years, you must be aware of the reach that Intel has. We certainly all recognize the speed and power of the quad-core Intel Macs, but their work with Cakewalk has proven the mantra that cooperation is key. Dan, can you tell us about the latest developments, what we have going on at the show?
Hey guys, things are going great here at NAMM — my favorite tradeshow of the year! Being a guitarist I love to check out the show floor and drool all over the new gear! We at Intel just launched sixteen new processors last week at CES and we are thrilled to see how the developers and computer makers use and abuse our stuff. Cakewalk for example has completely optimized Sonar to use all the CPU cores (or “brains”) it sees, so our quad core processors will be kept very busy. No rest for any of you cores, haaha! Check out Cakewalk’s booth here at the show to see them in action.
The computer manufacturers also blow me away, Apple’s ultra sleek notebook announcement this week shows how closely we work with our customers, and most people who want it surely won’t wait for Christmas to ask Santa to treat them to it! In the specialty audio PC space, our friends at PC Audio Labs for example are on display at several booths here at NAMM. These systems are MONSTERS with balanced XLR ins and outs, terabyte+ storage and tested and tuned audio applications out of the box.
It’s never been a better time to be a computer musician than here at NAMM 2008!
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