[linux-audio-dev] PTAF link and comments
Steve Harris
S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Feb 3 11:07:00 UTC 2003
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 03:26:26 +0000, ian wrote:
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> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Steve Harris wrote:
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> > > * No mix output mode; only replace. More overhead...
> >
> > But how many hosts use mix? As a plugin author, having to implement both
> > is a pain. I use code generation to make both functions.
> >
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> Mix is very useful for hosts that are running a lot of plugins. Take for
> example a modular soft synth. You can save a lot of memory by having
> plugins mix into buffers rather than allocating an output buffer for each
> plugin. It's not really that much effort to write a mix function as well
> as a replace function when you compare it to the actual plugin development
> time. I would be very sorry to see it go, as it would mean people would be
> able to get less out of their hardware.
Thay can, but do they. Host authors aren't keen on having multiple code
paths either.
- Steve
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