Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: my take on the "virtual studio" (monolith vs plugins) ... was Re: [linux-audio-dev] ardour, LADSPA, a marriage
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 16:06:43 EET
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:37:16PM -0500, Paul Winkler wrote:
> > I'm not get convinced that this is a good feature for something which
> > requires such speed. In theory I agree that a good design would support
> > any language that you cre to use, but in practice?
>
> I wonder if this would be useful for prototyping -
> cook up your FX algorithm in python, probably using the
> NumPy extension; when it sounds cool, rewrite it in C.
Personal bias noted ;) and I'm not sure what NumPy offers, but is it
really that much easier than C that it's worth prototyping and rewriting?
<stupid-example>
rm_output = input * sin(2PI * time * lfo_frequency / sample_rate);
</stupid-example>
is the same in most languages.
- Steve
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