Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] GUI thoughts

[Steve H. <S.W...@ec...>]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:20:06 +0100, Matthias Weiss wrote:
> I think linuxsampler should also have the ability to create a sample
> instrument/set. Therefore it will be necessary to edit wave files, set
> loop points etc. Now the first problem that occures to me: how do I
> generate the waveview of the sample data when the samples are on one
> machine and the GUI on the other? Should I pregenerate the sample view
> data on the plugin machine and send it to the GUI machine? And if I edit
> the sample, should the edit commands be send over the net to the plugin
> machine, the plugin calculates the result, obtains the new sample view
> datas and sends them back?

I would say that you only send graphical inforamtion to the GUI, and it
sneds instructions back to the engine, which executes them. This will
reduce the bandwidth over the pipe, and reduce the locking problems etc.
The ammount of data in a visible lump of waveform is acutally pretty low
if you think about it, you cant see more than a couple of thousand samples
at once.

- Steve