On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:14:00 +0000 Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 01:16:32PM -0600, Chris Caudle wrote: > > > Even staying silent is not a zero cost operation. > > But very close. All the process function has to do is to > write zeros to the output buffer. That can be done very > fast. If having to do this is a problem, then actually > generating some sound would be a much bigger one. Which > means that things would fail anyway. > > It is of course up to the synth to be aware of inactive > voices and reduce its own processing effort for those. > Maybe some don't do that. > > Ciao, > However one must make the distinction between an inactive voice and a non-sounding one. In the latter case processes will still be running to check if there are any notes to deal with, and any in-line effects will be fully operational - reverb being one of the heavyweights. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
