Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Sequencer Sync Woes
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Wed Feb 07 2001 - 23:44:54 EET
Today Paul Davis wrote:
>softwerk is a little different. first, song tempo *is* constant, since
>there isn't really a tempo in the usual MIDI sense. and secondly,
>softwerk has at least 2 distinct levels of timing:
>
> internal-clock ticks
> gate and interval units
>
>i don't use the tired, worn out western notions of notes, bars, beats
>etc ;)
i'm still stuck with it ... it fits just too nicely with how worn out
tired me experiences music ;)
>on x86, double is typically measured as adding about 6% to the cost in
>a program that is already very float-math heavy.
eventually rdtscl'ed the work done within the rtc loop to see its just
ridiculously fast. i'll definitely stick to doubles for time values.
.tim
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