>does anyone know of instances of big computing power going into making >music? Any recordings? Just one of those questions rolling around >the head. Don't they do this on the soundtracks for many big-budget film productions? I remember a fascinating special feature about how they did the sound effects on one of those animated films (I think it was 'Road to ElDorado') I believe they use a number of clusters and what not - and I'll bet you anything at least some of them are running Linux. -M