> > Must be the reason that Electrum Drum
> > Machine (the only other Android drum sequencer I've seen) doesn't give
> > the user any visual indication of playback position.
>
Hi,
As the dev of Electrum Drum, I'll tell you the reason - I chose not to
show the position mainly to save precious CPU cycles for the audio
generation thread. Otherwise I can simply post a handler to the UI to
show the current position.
Also, because of the audio buffer there is a small delay from when the
data is actually "ready" vs. when it plays. So I would have to code to
fit that delay properly.
I just didn't believe it was important enough of a feature at this
time to bother with using more CPU and having more complex code as
well. But it certainly would be possible to show the position from
another thread (which is what I use). Take a look at Electrum's live
mode, it DOES show the current pattern, etc. while it's playing.
-niko
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