[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Concerning libfst, vstserver, and dssi-vst

[Chris Cannam]

On Tuesday 12 Apr 2005 02:18, Paul Davis wrote:
> >The VST-per-server implementation might not, but there's no very
> >compelling reason not to have multiple VSTs in a single server serving
> >multiple clients.  That would be less reliable than a dssi-vst type
> >service can be, but no less reliable than fst, and it should scale
> >nearly as well.  It's been on my todo list for ages...
>
> i still don't think that scales. the cache might still be warm, since
> the server is repeatedly invoked, but its still 2 context switches
> per-plugin invocation

DSSI has a mechanism for coalescing these (which is what I was thinking of) 
but of course it's for synths only, and makes no sense (in the host) for 
effects.


Chris