Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor
From: Fons Adriaensen (fons.adriaensen_AT_skynet.be)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2004 - 00:41:30 EET
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:56:52PM +0000, Simon Jenkins wrote:
> Worse:
>
> JACK -> A -> JACK -> C -> JACK -> B -> JACK
>
> Where C is in a separate client.
>
> Now...
> +-------+
> | |
> +---|<- C <-|<--+
> | | | |
> | +-------+ |
> | |
> | +-------+ |
> JACK ------>|-> A ->|---+
> | | |
> +-->|-> B ->|----------> JACK
> +-------+
>
> Oh dear... C needs to be called between A and B, but even if JACK and the
> two clients know that A->C->B is the correct order (which none of them do)
> it can't be achieved because A and B must be processed in a single callback.
This will 'work', AFAICS, but with one cycle delay. This sets me thinking
about using JACK for insertion points in a mixer. This will always introduce
extra delays...
-- FA
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