I'm still patiently waiting for future digital mixing consoles to do all processing in software on inexpensive x86 or ARM processors. Currently due to latency and reliability requirements all DSP work is done on dedicated chips or FPGA which brings up the BOM and engineering cost. They often have a small ARM/Linux module which is used for the displays and network control.
The CPU tech is here today, and modern general purpose processors do a good job of handling low-latency audio. Someone just needs to put all that together in a unified and stable package...
The CPU tech is here today, and modern general purpose processors do a good job of handling low-latency audio. Someone just needs to put all that together in a unified and stable package...