Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 13:32:47 EET
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:07:48 +0100, Tim Goetze wrote:
> Steve Harris wrote:
>
> >Linuxsampler is using a similar approach, but its not blockless (and
> >it wouldn't be noticably better if it was).
> >
> >Still if anyone ever wants to tackle this they can have a fair chunk of my
> >spare brain cycles.
>
> if it's going to run blockless, we'll need all your spare
> cpu cycles as well i'm afraid.
Naah, this isn't true it just requires the the engine to recomiple the
dsp code. It makes changes a bit laggy (<1 sec typically), but its
actually quite efficient.
You could have an interpreted mode, where it tries to evaluate it noramlly,
but that /will/ be slow.
- Steve
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