20 Feb
2010
20 Feb
'10
8:46 a.m.
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:23 AM, <fons(a)kokkinizita.net> wrote:
For example it would be quite hairy to use discrete
events to create a C1 continuous control signal -
C1 means no 'jumps' and no 'corners'. It can be done
but would require a level of complexity that breaks
the charms of the basic idea and would make most
potential users run away screaming. Just combining
(adding) two such streams with non-coincident events
would be a real nightmare.
i don't think that anyone is suggesting that a continuous control
signal is a bad idea. the issue is whether its worth providing an
intermediate level of resolution between "audio rate" and "arbitrarily
timestamped events", since the latter case can be used to provide the
exact same level of data "density" as anything else.
Having non-power-of-2 period sizes complicates the
picture. When and why was this allowed ? I'm pretty
sure it will break a lot of code (including some of
mine, including probably Aeolus and Jconvolver).
USB devices function much better with periods based on the h/w period
size of 1msec.