> manages to do things that are really CPU intensive on a normal OS Dedicated circuits. This isn't all in CPU - the CPU on these synths mainly sets parameter

> manages to do things that are really CPU intensive on a normal OS Dedicated circuits. This isn't all in CPU - the CPU on these synths mainly sets parameters for the sound generating chips. not the same chips, but something like this probably: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_chip#Yamaha_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_chip#Yamaha_2