12 Jan
2006
12 Jan
'06
11:56 a.m.
exciting, but it will be completely divergent from the intel/ppc world
because of the floating point issue.
so? any particular reason a linux hacker should give a damn? are
intel/ppc the only CPU's worth writing audio software for? should
linux become platform-homogenized, just because of this issue? i
think not!
this is really a great shame.
its not a shame, its an opportunity. nothing less!
floating point versus fixed point samples
will reach deep into most audio/music software, and certainly deep in
JACK. i can just about begin to imagine how one might write a JACK and a
JACK client that could run on fixed or floating point, but beginning is
where i give up.
good thing you aren't the only one writing code then, isn't it .. i
mean, sure, JACK is lovely, Ardour too, but its really a shame you
can only run them on intel/ppc ..
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Jay Vaughan