On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:40:00 +0100
Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On 10/05/2011 11:36 AM, Renato wrote:
> > On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:09:43 +0100
> > Rui Nuno Capela<rncbc@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Qtractor 0.5.1 (bravo yankee) is out!
> >
> > what exactly do these two mean?
> >
> >> * Linked (aka. ref-counted) audio/MIDI clips (NEW)
>
> previously on qtractor, each clip had a complete independent data
> object (buffer) from each other. now the clip data buffer is shared
> for all clips in a track that refer to the same filename, offset and
> length.
>
> for audio clips this can be a huge resource optimization. for midi
> clips it also means that editing or changing events on one of the
> "linked" clips will also affect all the others that refer to the same
> midi sequence (ie. same midi file, channel, offset and length, of
> course).
>
> in practice, it means that all copy&paste-repeated clips will refer
> to very same internal data buffer/sequence. you change one, you'll
> change all. got that?
yes, that sounds good
> >> * MIDI-fx plugin support (NEW)
>
> midi-fx plugins are that special kind that takes midi processing
> exclusively. they take midi input, eventually transform it and throw
> the result as midi output for consumption by the next plugin in
> chain, which might be another midi-fx or ultimately a midi-instrument
> one (often a synth plugin). there's no audio signal involved. only
> midi going in, thru and out. eg. pizmidi plugin collection (vst). cf.
> audio-fx plugins, where audio is the only processing subject (eg.
> ladspa)
cool stuff!
cheers
renato
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