Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: laaga, round 2

[Jim Peters]

Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> The current ecasound (2.0.0) still uses threads, but much more sparingly
> than before. In a normal setup, you have four threads running:
>       1) engine thread (_highest_ priority)
>       2) MIDI-thread (high priority - running if MIDI used)
>       3) disk i/o thread (high priority - ... if -z:db specified)
>       4) ui-thread (low priority - ... if a frontend is used)
> 
> ... one benefit of this simple approach is that it is relatively easy to
> identify the performance bottlenecks. But it's also true that this setup
> is not optimal for cpu-intensive tasks like complex dsp-networks. So this
> is clearly a compromise. 

Why is this not optimal for complex dsp-networks ?  Are you talking
about making use of multiple processors, or is there some more
fundamental issue ?

Jim

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