Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 14:29:24 EET
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:43:07PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> Well, if you actually want to implement multicannel synths, all you
> get with a single event queue is:
>
> * bigger events (more fields in the struct), and
> * lots of queue splitting/filtering overhead.
> * You also force senders to keep track of which
> Channel to send events to, *as well* as which
> Event Port.
>
> Where's the advantage to make up for this?
Well, it depends wether your synth resolves all the channels at once or
one at a time.
If you do them one at a time, then agreed, it sucks.
- Steve
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