[Jack-Devel] graph simplification using mathematics?

[Thomas Brand]

On Sun, July 3, 2016 00:44, Stéphane Letz wrote:
> Yes indeed : a starting point here : Sarah Denoux, Yann Orlarey,
> Stéphane Letz, Dominique Fober, CALCUL D’UNE EXPRESSION FAUST
> ÉQUIVALENTE À PARTIR D’UN GRAPHE D’APPLICATIONS
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> http://jim2016.gmea.net/actes
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> (although in french)
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> And in function here : http://faust.grame.fr/faustplayground/ when you
> export the final equivalent patch.
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> Stéphane
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very interesting, thanks for the pointers

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>> Le 3 juil. 2016 à 00:20, Thomas Brand <tom at trellis.ch> a écrit :
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>> On Sat, July 2, 2016 23:14, Stéphane Letz wrote:
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>>> Faust :  http://faust.grame.fr
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>> Faust was the first thing that came to mind indeed. The introduction
>> paragraphs in the documentation says
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>> -specification language
>> -describe signal processors from a mathematical point of view
>> -free from implementation details
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>> But right after that:
>> -FAUST programs are fully compiled, not interpreted.
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>> I can imagine to bundle FAUST code from different processors
>> semi-automatically or handcrafted to one unit relatively easily. However
>> i was thinking in a direction where the units live in a host still as
>> single units, to be connected in different ways, and the host would
>> dynamically derive a single math operation of the current graph. I
>> understand this would include recompilation or some kind of JIT
>> compilation in order to work. If possible at all, i think Faust would
>> currently be the best fit, since it already offers some of the
>> fundamental concepts needed to even think about doing something like
>> this. That would allow large graphs with almost no context switches
>> (this is pure speculation).
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>> Greetings
>> Tom
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>>>> Le 2 juil. 2016 à 22:58, Thomas Brand <tom at trellis.ch> a écrit
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>>>> Hi,
>>>> i wondered if the following scenario could work. Assuming DSP is
>>>> basically maths, and the formula and variables for every plugin
>>>> would be known, would it then be possible to magically simplify all
>>>> formulas of all plugins to one single formula doing all in one step?
>>>> Does this sound
>>>> weird? Greetings Tom
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