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SubjectRe: real-time threaded IO with low latency (audio)
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In message <3799D135.B58ADB4@swipnet.se>you write:
>> that my friend has. why are you requiring the computer based solutions
>> to have properties not shared by their inspiration ? i'm not saying
>> its wrong, but i just don't understand the insistence on this ...
>
>Hard disk recording.

Do you know anyone who does professional HDR on a computer ? I don't,
and everything I've read in EM and Mix suggests that nobody in their
right minds does this. Protools interfaced with a computer, Paris
interfaced with a computer, yes, but thats not what we're talking about.

>Audio/MIDI sequencers.

MIDI sequencing is not a problem, or rather, its certainly not a deep
problem. Audio is, however.

>"Cool" Windoze/Mac DAW style

These all rely on external hardware if they do the job
right. Furthermore, many of these packages are soundfile editors
and playback systems, not real-time processing systems. Linux can do
this stuff OK already, though I guess there are still playback
problems to be fully solved.

>Yeah, Kyma/Capybara looks pretty nice. Can you send me a system? ;-)

I'm about to buy one. I'm setting up the first semi-pro Linux-based
recording studio :) We'll be using Windows or Mac stuff for a while
and then gradually move into a 100% Linux configuration as I manage to
get Creamware (Scope) and Symbolic Sound (Kyma) to co-operate :)

>BTW, do you think you can expect a UN*X-like programming environment
>when programming Kyma plug-ins?

No. Its a graphical system. You build stuff with the mouse, then the
Mac/Windows software compiles it down to 56309 code, and ships it over
the wire to the Capybara.

>Well, off course it all depends on what you want to do. I want rock
>solid recording and editing with real time monitoring through the
>virtual mixer. Preferably, everything should be running as long as the
>audio apps are running. The feel of analog machines and dedicated boxes
>with the advantages of having it all in the same environment.

I want the same things. I'm just not sure that I want to use RTL to do
it. But I'll think more about it.

>need buffering in the order of seconds, unless you want to grab the
>fastest drive money can buy

thats my general plan, yes :) i think seagate cheetahs are about it
for now (5ms seek time, they fly!)

--p




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