[LAD] Program design: C++ -> SHM -> Python

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:37:47PM +0000, Harry Van Haaren wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:20 AM, <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:
> 
> > Depends entirely on if the delay is acceptable or not. You can send it as
> > a binary blob - encoding each sample would be quite a waste of time.
> >
> 
> I should have specified: The data will be the Sample played back by the
> engine,
> and it will be sent to the GUI, to be able to show the waveform / spectral
> etc info.
> 
> IMO: Delay acceptable yes. Binary blob is good advice, thanks.

One thing to consider: sending such large blocks of data may block
the sender, so you should not do this from the RT audio processing
thread.

Ciao,

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