Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] One API for everything (first draft)
From: Karl MacMillan (karlmac_AT_peabody.jhu.edu)
Date: Sat May 19 2001 - 20:08:50 EEST
> > > A port is a port is a port.
> > >
> >
> > This is clearly not true - there is a big difference between a port that
> > accepts a single float value occasionally to change a parameter, a port
> > that accepts a midi stream, and a port that accepts a large number of
> > samples.
>
> But, note what... you've called them always "port".
>
What I call them is not important - what is important is that they are
different concepts. Some work on streams and some do not - this is an
important difference that cannot be easily abstracted.
[ discussion about single/multiple sample formats]
All of this has been debated over and over again. I disagree with you,
but see no way to convince you. Perhaps other people will comment at this
point.
Karl
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