Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] more on XAP Virtual Voice ID system
From: David Olofson (david_AT_olofson.net)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 23:34:50 EET
On Tuesday 07 January 2003 20.40, robbins jacob wrote:
> >I made a post a while back defining all the XAP terminology to
> > date. Read it if you haven't - it is useful :)
>
> I was hoping something of this sort existed. It would be very
> helpful if you could put the list of XAP terminology on the
> webpage. It would help keep everybody on the same page when
> discussing.;) And it would help people to join the discussion
> without spending the 10-15 hours it takes to read december's posts.
Yep. (I'm maintaining the web page.) I'll try to do find the post(s)
and put something together ASAP. (Oh, and I have another logo draft I
made the other day.)
> >VVID allocation and voice allocation are still two different
> > issues. VVID is about allocating *references*, while voice
> > allocation is about actual voices and/or temporary voice control
> > storage.
>
> I agree entirely. If each VVID=a voice then we should just call
> them Voice ID's, and let the event-sender make decisions about
> voice reappropriation.
Actually, they're still virtual, unless we have zero latency feedback
from the synths. (Which is not possible, unless everything is
function call based, and processing is blockless.) The sender never
knows when a VVID loses it's voice, and can't even be sure a VVID
*gets* a voice in the first place. Thus, it can't rely on anything
that has a fixed relation to physical synth voices.
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