On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 14:18 +0100, Stefano D'Angelo wrote:
> > How often are more than one plugin with the same control inputs used in
> > paralel? I was rather thinking of colapsing (or swapping) plugins in
> > series. They'd have to be linear and time invariant, of course.
> > Or maybe plugins could 'know' how to colapse themselves, sort of like
> > overriding Plugin::operator+(const Plugin&), to use a C++ metaphor.
>
> Well, stereo sounds passing through mono plugins is one case.
nope. thats not a linear arrangement of the two mono plugins, but a
parallel arrangement. the signal going to each instance of the mono
plugin is different.
> However as Jeff describes this optimization, it is applicable when
> output signals are summed, and I don't know how often it happens.
> Anyway it is another idea to optimize processing for linear plugins,
> definitively not something to discard.
> This makes me think that some common basic "pieces" like mixers and
> delay filters can have special properties which involve even more
> aggressive optimization. Maybe it's worth considering how this special
> blocks could be developed and used.
you can think all you want. unless there a plugin->host callback that
allows the plugin to determine its operating environment in huge detail,
this kind of idea is pretty impossible to make use of.
--p
Received on Mon Feb 19 20:15:01 2007
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