On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:06:21PM +0000, alex stone wrote: > >> Fons, a question. In the framework you've described, would it feasible >> or possible to run the host and plugins as a "backend" on a headless >> rig, and run the gui on the main daw box, in an attempt to offload >> some of the grunt work? > > In the normal case the host would be e.g. the DAW which I > suppose is running on 'the main daw box', so the plugins > will run there as well - they run inside the host process, > this is not a 'jack rack' even if it looks like it. > > It would be possible to make a 'jack-rack' style host > (i.e. and app that does nothing but being a plugin host), > and very probably the 'reference host' will be something > like that. But even on the same machine that would mean > extra latency, and if you go over a digital audio link > or the network even more. > > The whole point of 'plugins' in contrast to e.g. standalone > Jack apps, is that they run *inside* the host. > > In the current design the 'rack' (the GUI application) has > to be on the same machine as the host (the DSP part). But > you can always forward the X11 connection and have it display > where you want it. > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > O tu, che porte, correndo si ? > E guerra e morte ! >
Aah, riight. I misunderstood the structure of what you're doing. Alex. -- www.openoctave.org [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
