Re: [linux-audio-dev] ardour, LADSPA, a marriage

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ardour, LADSPA, a marriage
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 16:08:15 EET

>The only solution that works on any currently existing OS, except for
>hard RT kernels, such as QNX, RTAI or RTL, is to run everything in a
>single thread. Chains of processes are not possible with these kind of
>latency requirements, so the only option for a modular system is a
>host/plugin design, where the host application loads plugins as
>libraries and executes them through direct calls from it's engine
>thread.

An excellent summary of the reason for using a monolith-with-plugin
architecture. Thanks.

         That is, LADSPA, VST, MuCoS, or whatever plugin API will be
>more suitable and mature when it's time to hack the code.

Errr... its time. :)

--p

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