[linux-audio-dev] Wave Editors

[Steve Harris]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:18:43 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> *if* sweep uses floats or ints to represent audio data in memory (a
> big *if*) then 10 minutes of 48kHz 2 channel audio is about 219MB:

Its float internall IIRC.

> i would consider a much more fundamental problem with sweep (which the
> author has plans to fix at some point) is the assumption that the
> audio data will fit in memory. this just isn't viable for working with
> "music" rather than "audio clips".

Agreed. 

> gnoise doesn't do this, and neither does snd. i am not sure about
> audacity, but i suspect it doesn't either.

Audacity, and glame use disk paging.

IMHO sweep has the best UI (speed, clarity, usability), its a shame about
the RAM thing, but maybe thats why its so fast.

- Steve