Musicians everywhere can grab the free GPU Audio SDK, which lets music software tap into graphics card power instead of maxing out the computer processor. CPUs handle most music production work on both Macs and PCs, growing stronger each year. Still, these processors hit walls when you stack up heavy plugins during a session.
Most computers contain untapped graphics processing units with tons of extra horsepower that music programs never touch. GPU Audio, based in Switzerland, spent years figuring out how to redirect this wasted power toward sound processing tasks.
Several companies, like Vienna Power House, already use this tech successfully. The recent free SDK marks a huge breakthrough that makes GPU audio processing available to...