[linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:07:35 +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> > I'm not sure how this can be handled easily, there are lots of 
> > things like loading samples that will be impossible to handle in an 
> > RT way, but I'm not sure that something like a sampler belongs in 
> > this kind of API. I know there are VSTi samplers, but windows people 
> > dont have jack.
> 
> This is actually a current problem with spiralsynthmodular, the sampler is rt
> safe, except when loading/saving samples. I'm thinking that it's solvable by
> using a async loader on a different thread that the plugin can poll. As long
> as it does something sane until the sample is loaded (play silence) it should
> be Ok.

Yes, this will work in a system like SSM, but I'm not sure how well
generic .so plugins and threads will play together... I guess theres
nothing to stop you from cloning a new thread inside a .so, but it may
come as a supprise to the host ;)

- Steve