[LAD] accepted use of sync callback

[torbenh]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 04:45:51PM +0100, Lieven Moors wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> I'm not sure my program would satisfy the realtime constraint.
> But I'll have a look at both options again...

using the sync callback to detect a skip in the transport is
not adequate usage of it.
an arpegiator is NOT a slow sync client. so... do not use the sync_cb !!!!


> 
> Greets,
> 
> lievenmoors
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:18:20AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Lieven Moors <lievenmoors at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > I have a question.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to figure out how to deal with transport locate changes
> > > in my arpeggiator "flarps". I am generating MIDI events only when
> > > necessary, so I'm not able to rewind the state of the program.
> > > I only keep track of Note-off messages, because they can be sent
> > > out in the future, to allow overlapping notes. All the MIDI notes
> > > are calculated relative to each other. So I keep track of time
> > > internally.
> > >
> > > So I only need to know the first frame of the period,
> > > when somebody does a jack_transport_locate, and I need to know
> > > when this happens so I can initialize the program state.
> > >
> > > My question is, if it would be acceptable to use the sync callback
> > > to do this, because strictly speaking, my client wouldn't be a
> > > slow sync client.
> > 
> > its entirely appropriate.
> > 
> > > Is there a more preferable way to do this, or should I do major
> > > redesign, and use the time jack provides with each period directly.
> > 
> > if you can do this in a way that still more or less meets the realtime
> > constraint:
> > 
> > 	T = F(nframes) + C
> > 
> > (that is, time per process cycle is a linear function of the nframes
> > value, plus a constant)
> > 
> > then simply doing it in every process call is fine. if not, then use
> > the sync callback.
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