5 Jul
2016
5 Jul
'16
9:39 a.m.
On Sun, July 3, 2016 10:55, Harry van Haaren wrote:
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Thomas Brand
<tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote:
"Freeze" would only affect the graph, not the parameters that are still
dynamic.
Given that a processing graph doesn't change
constantly (except in some
special cases),
But parts of the FX chain are often bypassed.
i'd imagine to kind of "freeze" the
plugins setup to a single instance
to gain more room per cycle.
Can't freeze everything - because then you can't bypass...
And FAUST comes with one complication in this area - there is no "turn
off" switch. To "bypass" something in FAUST, you compute it anyway, and
then multiple the output by zero. Although this works, it is not a viable
solution for complex synths - Sorcer[1] only has 3 wavetables
because adding more means more CPU per voice.
On/Off and Bypass would be parameters. I'm not sure i get the scenario you
describe, but "off" would be a switch at the front that doesn't do
anything with incoming data and does output a fixed zero while "bypass"
would act like a bridge, just feeding input to output (*1 if you like).
Don't get me wrong - I really like FAUST, and it
is extremely powerful
for certain use cases - but building DAWs or "configurable" audio
processors is not one. Building DSP blocks that can be used by a DAW or
configurable audio processors is its strength - and its awesome for that.
DAW would be a set of widgets, controls and views "orchestrating" the
blocks. I know that's too much simplified still not completely crazy to
think about IMHO.
Cheers, -Harry
[1] http://openavproductions.com/sorcer/
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