[linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Jan 20 00:04:00 UTC 2004


On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:41:30 +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > Oh dear... C needs to be called between A and B, but even if JACK and the
> > two clients know that A->C->B is the correct order (which none of them do)
> > it can't be achieved because A and B must be processed in a single callback.
> 
> This will 'work', AFAICS, but with one cycle delay. This sets me thinking
> about using JACK for insertion points in a mixer. This will always introduce
> extra delays...

Yes, unless the front half and back half of the mixer are seperate jack
clients, but I dont think thats a good idea :)

The same will be true in any modular system where the process() methods
are atomic.

- Steve



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