On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 12:45:47PM +0100, Kjetil Matheussen wrote:
> > Possible, but not as simple as you imagine.
>
> Just allocate an extra buffer for each port when creating the port.
> The extra memory used by this doesn't matter. But maybe for your
> usage, it could, so perhaps there should be a compile time option to
> disable it.
Yes, it would need an option to disable it. It's not unusual to have
a few hundred ports in a complex setup. A single MADI interface uses
128 ports just for the hardware in/outs, for example.
Agreed, I am in the business of using an increasingly large number of ports and wringing as much audio execution time out of the system as possible. even small memory/execution overheads add up quickly in this context.
Additionally it is my opinion that a well written JACK client must include its own volume adjustment. in fact, I have yet to encounter one I use that does not.
Furthmore I do not believe it can be That much trouble to insert some manner of volume adjustment, eg those found in patchmatrix or mentioned so far, between those that dont.