On Thursday 20 February 2003 15.29, Paul Davis wrote: > >On Wednesday 19 February 2003 17.33, Paul Davis wrote: > >> >* midi thread will now try and use SCHED_FIFO. If you run > >> > jackd with > >> > >> why? > > > >Probably to make MIDI control as deterministic as the audio > >processing. (Not much point in running a synth with small buffers > > and SCHED_FIFO otherwise.) > > but this is for JACK Rack, not a MIDI sequencer. we're talking > about controlling things from a control surface. why does it need > to be so "deterministic" when its already inherently sloppy? nobody > suggests that the X server and the GUI thread should be SCHED_FIFO > so that mouse-based control is "deterministic" ...
Well, if that's all there is to it (ie no input from external MIDI h/w or something), I have to agree. //David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate .- The Return of Audiality! --------------------------------. | Free/Open Source Audio Engine for use in Games or Studio. | | RT and off-line synth. Scripting. Sample accurate timing. | `---------------------------> http://olofson.net/audiality -' --- http://olofson.net --- http://www.reologica.se ---
