THE TEST (RESULTS POSTED BELOW)

This test code simply tries to send as many wavetable-lookup oscillators as it can to the dsp. To run the test, follow these instructions:

1. Download the source code oscillates.c

2. Compile the code.

$gcc -O2 -o oscillates oscillates.c -lm

3. Run the test.

$oscillates

Audio buffer: 8192

2 oscillators, daddy-oh!

3 oscillators, daddy-oh!

4 oscillators, daddy-oh!

5 oscillators, daddy-oh!

...

4. Listen for when "gaps" occur in the audio output. The number of oscillators you can output without gaps is your score.

SOME TIPS: Free up as many system resources as possible. EG., take down X.

When you're done, please send me some email with the same kind of information you see below. If you'd like for me NOT to include your email, just say so.

THE BENCHMARKS

Name	Email	Operating System	System Description	Date	# of oscillators	Notes
Greg Boduch	gb141@columbia.edu	Linux 2.0.29 (RedHat)	500mhz Dec Alpha PC164 / 1mb L3 / 128 Meg / SB16	4/9/97	115	kernel /dev/dsp
Greg Boduch	gb141@columbia.edu	Linux RedHat ALPHA 4.1	500mhz Dec Alpha PC164 (21164) / 1mb L3 / 64 Meg / AudioTrix Pro	4/15/97	114	OSS-Lite (inc. w/ kernel)
Greg Boduch	gb141@columbia.edu	IRIX 6.3	SGI O2 / R5000 180mhz / 64meg	4/15/97	56	cc -n32 -mips4 -O3 -r5000
Mike Petersen	petersmh@email.uc.edu	Linux 2.0.27	P200 / 32 Meg / SB AWE-32	4/8/97	42	gcc -O6
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	AIX 4.1.1	PPC604-100 / IBMRS6000	4/4/97	40	IBM C -O3 -qarch=ppc -qtune=604
Greg Boduch	gb141@columbia.edu	IRIX 6.3	SGI O2 / R5000 180mhz / 64meg	4/15/97	38	none
David J. Topper	topper@panix.com	Linux 2.0.30	Intel PII 233mHz	8/29/97	37	gcc -O6
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	Linux 2.0.25	P166MMX	4/4/97	36	gcc -O6
Greg Boduch	gb141@columbia.edu	IRIX 6.3	SGI Indy / R4400 200mhz / 32meg	4/15/97	36	none
Mike Petersen	petersmh@email.uc.edu	Linux 2.0.27	P200 / 32 Meg / SB AWE-32	4/8/97	35	gcc -O2
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	AIX 4.1.1	PPC604-100 / IBMRS6000	4/4/97	31	gcc -O6
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	Linux 2.0.25	P166MMX	4/4/97	30	gcc -O2
David J. Topper	topper@panix.com	IRIX 6.2	SGI Indy / R4000 / 32 Meg	7/1/96	30	IRIX cc
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	AIX 4.1.1	PPC604-100 / IBMRS6000	4/4/97	29	gcc -O2
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	AIX 4.1.1	PPC604-100 / IBMRS6000	4/4/97	29	IBM C -O3
Matthew Armour	armour@spirit.net.au	Linux 2.0.29	PPro200 / 32 Meg / SB16	4/3/97	28	gcc -O2
Eric van Dijken	E.vanDijken@PTT-Telecom.NL	Linux 2.0.29	Dual PPro180 / 32Meg / SB16 SCSI	4/4/97	27	none
Matthew Armour	armour@spirit.net.au	Linux 2.0.29	PPro200 / 32 Meg / SB16	4/3/97	26	none
David J. Topper	topper@panix.com	Linux 1.2.13	P100 / 16 Meg / SB16	10/10/96	25	pgcc -mpentium -O6
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	Solaris ?	Sparc 5	4/4/97	25	gcc -O6
David J. Topper	topper@panix.com	Linux 2.0.28	P100 / 16 Meg / SB16	4/3/97	23	gcc -O2
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	BSD/OS 3.0	AMD K5 / PR133	4/4/97	19	gcc -O6
Hannu Savolainen	hannu@voxware.pp.fi	BSD/OS 3.0	AMD K5 / PR133	4/4/97	16	gcc -O2
Dave Phillips	dlphilp@mail.bright.net	Linux 2.0.29	486-120 / 32 Meg / PA16	4/2/97	10	none