[music-dsp] Efficiency of clear/copy/offset buffers

2013-03-08 Thread ChordWizard Software
Ross, Alan, Robert, thanks for the comments. It's all good sense and very helpful as a reality check. I had considered some of these concepts already, it's good to get these validated (and expanded). But some are quite new - I never realised that multiplication ops were more efficient than

Re: [music-dsp] Efficiency of clear/copy/offset buffers

2013-03-08 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On 3/8/13 5:53 PM, ChordWizard Software wrote: Ross, Alan, Robert, thanks for the comments. It's all good sense and very helpful as a reality check. I had considered some of these concepts already, it's good to get these validated (and expanded). But some are quite new - I never realised

Re: [music-dsp] Efficiency of clear/copy/offset buffers

2013-03-08 Thread Ross Bencina
On 9/03/2013 9:53 AM, ChordWizard Software wrote: Maybe you can advise me on a related question - what's the best approach to implementing attenuation? I'm guessing it is not linear, since perceived sound loudness has a logarithmic profile - or am I confusing amplifier wattage with signal

Re: [music-dsp] Efficiency of clear/copy/offset buffers

2013-03-08 Thread Ross Bencina
On 9/03/2013 2:55 PM, Ross Bencina wrote: Note that audio faders are not linear in decibels either, e.g.: http://iub.edu/~emusic/etext/studio/studio_images/mixer9.jpg There is some discussion here: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=348751 Ross. -- dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp