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On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> By the way, if you don't mind, I think it would be nice to centralize the

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> discussions on the andraudio thread.

Agreed, but I think this particular aspect needs a little

LAD input (*cough*torben*cough*).  :-)
>> Is this a Real Problem?

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> It depends. First, usage. Offline processing (my case, I develop a sample

> editor) is okay, it just takes a little more time. You can use floats, it's not

> an issue. But if you want to do realtime effects, then you may need to limit

> which or how many plugins you use.

I'm all about Real Time.  :-)
And that's the thing... we use 32-bit FP here because it's

easier to program and desktop has Lots Of It.  But similar

algorithms can be adopted to handle S16 data and it'll have

better performance on a mobile device.
When I deliver a plugin... I want it to be Instant Awesome.

Not, "Oh... yeah... about that:  your phone sux.  Not

enough floating point power.  Sorry.  All sales are final."
> Maybe that some plugins could easily be modified to use fixed-point optionally

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> (LV2 extension?). As an example, KissFFT can be compiled for floats or fixed

And this is what I'm wondering... could/should this be

done with an LV2 extension?
-gabriel
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