[LAD] Good Mixer Library

[Patrick Shirkey]

On 04/01/2011 11:20 AM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thursday, March 31, 2011 04:25:45 pm Conrad Berhörster
> wrote:
>    
>> Hi gerald,
>>
>> Op den Middeweken 30 März 2011 Klock 09:45:16 hett Gerald
>>      
> Mwangi schreven:
>    
>>> Thanx all, tritium looks very much like my own
>>> preliminary design. One question, does it mask JACK so
>>> that I only have to use the Tritium API (only
>>> JACK-Audio, not Midi)?
>>>        
> Well, yes and no.  :-)  Tritium is very modular (and
> becoming more so).
>
> For example, the Tritium::MixerImpl class we talked about --
> it just manages and mixes buffers.  It doesn't directly
> interface to any audio API's.  The audio API's are pretty
> modular, but not quite ready for "general purpose" use.
>
> Meanwhile Tritium::Engine sets up the whole sequencer engine
> and takes care of JACK for you... but that's not what you
> want.
>
>    
>>> I also don't see any support for Inserts/plugins in the
>>> channel class. Am I wrong?
>>>        
> At the moment it's handled like an old mixer board where you
> have 4 send/returns and you mix in each channel to go to it.
> This is inherited from Hydrogen, and I haven't decided if I
> want to do per-channel pre/post insers.
>
>    
>> i think, tritium is a little bit to big for your needs.
>>      
> Too big?  I disagree.
> Too immature?  Yes, indeed!  :-)
>
>    
>> further , it depends on QT,
>>      
> It only depends on QtCore and QtXml... which isn't /that/
> bad.  :-)
>
>    
>> has all this midi stuff an
>> lots of song/player logic.
>>      
> ...which can be omitted if you application doesn't use it.
>
>    

Having worked extensively with tX and Hydrogen I think Tritium is the 
perfect library for extending tX functionality.

Given that tX is very close in terms of *basic* user interface and 
features to that other app which shall remain nameless and given that 
Tritium is designed expressely to bridge the gap in Linux Audio that 
needs to be filled from a modularity PoV in order for us to achieve the 
more advanced features of the nameless app and given that this seems to 
be where Gerald is heading anyway it would be a reasonable idea to 
combine forces to

1: Enhance modularity of tX by integrating it with Tritium
2: Enhance modularity of Tritium by integrating it with tX
3: Get additional people involved in the development of Tritium
4: Not have to reinvent the wheel again.

Hydrogen is one of the most advanced compositional tools we have round 
here. Tritium is designed to provide a modular way to integrate with 
that functionality and extends it to be compatible with LV2. Integrating 
that functionality into the tX interface and workflow will be a good 
thing(tm) and beneficial to everyone.

There is a lot of good code and "live performance" interface ideas in tX 
that would be perfectly suited to integration with the best parts of 
Hydrogen. That is effectively what Tritium enables.

I am hard pressed to come up with a more powerful combination than a 
modular tX integrated with Tritium. That would really be a useful tool 
for live performance. Combined with xwax and we have a complete solution 
for live DJing. Sampling, Drums, Midi connectivity, Turntables, Lv2 
modularity, live plugins and all in realtime via JACK.

Having those tools completely integrated and modular would be a huge 
achievement!

-- 
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.