[linux-audio-dev] XAP and these <MEEP> timestamps...

[Sami P Perttu]

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Tim Hockin wrote:

> * A tempo delay that starts a delayed sound just before the host loops the
> play back in (musical) time does not really want to know about absolute
> musical time, but DIFFERENCES in musical time.  More precisely, it wants to
> be aware of the passing of ticks (where the duration of a tick is defined by
> the host).

It is tempting but I object to having high-level concepts such as musical
time in XAP. It should be the host's responsibility to set and update the
proper delay time for a tempo delay effect. We need another, completely
different plugin system for sequencing and composition.

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