Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Simple Plugin API: In/Out Ports
From: Paul Winkler (slinkp23_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: ma maalis 06 2000 - 00:36:26 EST
Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> Well, this can be taken in at least a couple of ways. You'll find an
> increasing number of CD's now give credits to the "ProTools
> engineer". Given that as far as I can tell from the non-technical
> stuff I have found about TDM, it doesn't require hard RT functionality
> from plugins, we must either conclude that you are wrong or that
> ProTools isn't reliable enough for serious studio recording :)
> Alternatively, my information is inaccurate, and TDM does require this
> kind of thing.
I'm not sure what the technical ramifications of this are, but as I
understand it, pro studios ALWAYS run ProTools with Digidesign's DSP
hardware installed. So the heavy realtime processing is actually not
done on the general-purpose computer. The way it was described to me
at the studio I recorded at last year, ProTools hardware takes care
of all input, output, and DSP; the Mac is just there to run the
interface and the hard drives.
> i think this is an unrealistic model. if you're "experimenting", you
> should expect pops and clicks. If you making a real recording, why
> would you be messing around doing the equivalent of setting up a new
> F/X rack at the same time ?
Because in my music, at least, there is no hard line between
experimenting and making a "real" recording. If at all possible, I'd
this to be possible. I wouldn't expect instant response to
complicated reconfigurations, but I'd hope not to have dropouts or
bad noises. This would be especially useful for live experimental
performances.
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