[linux-audio-user] swh plugins - multiband eq problems

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Jul 7 05:28:50 EDT 2005


On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:30:18 -0400, Peter Lutek wrote:
> Peter Lutek wrote:
> >greetings!
> >
> >is anyone else having problems with steve harris' multiband eq plugin? 
> >always, when using it, there are xruns on playback start and stop -- 
> >that i can deal with. but, occasionally (i suppose it's related to a 
> >certain combination of settings, but i've not narrowed it down), it 
> >starts a massive xrun cascade (into the tens of thousands in a few 
> >seconds, continuing even after playback has stopped) and that blocks 
> >playback --- i'm using it in ardour. when i remove the plugin and reload 
> >the session, everything is fine.
> >
> >i've got swh plugins v0.4.13-1, from the planet-ccrma repository.
> >
> 
> ok, this is just wierd.
> 
> i've just had the same issue with a session which has the 10-band eq 
> from the CAPS plugin collection, rather than the swh multiband. again, 
> removing that plugin solves the problem.
> 
> is there common code between these two plugins, or is there something 
> about multiband eq plugins in general which is problematic?

There quire CPU hungy.

Mine in particular will not work well if your running with low period
sizes its best around 256+ I think.

- Steve



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