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

[Steve Harris]

On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:43:07PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> Well, if you actually want to implement multicannel synths, all you 
> get with a single event queue is:
> 
> 	* bigger events (more fields in the struct), and
> 	* lots of queue splitting/filtering overhead.
> 	* You also force senders to keep track of which
> 	  Channel to send events to, *as well* as which
> 	  Event Port.
> 
> Where's the advantage to make up for this?

Well, it depends wether your synth resolves all the channels at once or
one at a time.

If you do them one at a time, then agreed, it sucks.

- Steve