[nama] Re: Serialization stuff
- From: "S. Massy" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: nama@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:52:18 -0400
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:17:26AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> I'm still working on this. Last night I tore out
> some ugly old code.
That always feels good. Out with the old, in with the new!
>
> I'm also thinking about a couple other issues:
> * using git to manage project data
> * latency compensation
>
> Latency compensation, if well thought out,
> might even allow you to use a hardware effect
> via the soundcard as an insert, and still
> keep alignment with all the other signals.
That would be seriously cool!
>
> One issue is calculating the latency in
> the different arms of the signal-processing network.
> A second issue is determining the latency of
> other components of the system, such as the
> soundcard input and output, that might need
> to be factored in.
I'm not sure how you would achieve the first, but the second can be
fairly easily done using a utility like Fons adriansen's jack_delay
and a patch cable on the sound card.
>
> Git might help branched development.
> Thinking about syntax, perhaps something like this:
>
> nama> save sax_left -m "mix with sax placed to the left"
>
> If save_state/git-commit is fast enough, every change of
> state could be stored as a commit, useful for undo/redo.
Really funnyyou should mention that. Yesterday I just completed a fairly
big (to me) project for someone, something like 8-10 tracks with loads
of plugins and fades (nama held up relatively well BTW, though I will
follow up with a list of bugs :-) ). Anyway, I saved often, of course
using names like roughmix[1-9], polishedmix[1-9], finalmix[1-9], etc,
but soon started to forget which number was at which stage and wished
for something more like a revision control system with timestamps and
"changelogs". Eventually, I grew dissatisfied with my first
mix/treatment of the vocals and link_tracked to a second, alternate
vocals track and ended up with 2 final mixes to show. At this point, I
would have sold my soul for an RCS style mechanism. So, to cut a long
story short, I'm very interested in this idea.
Cheers,
s.M.
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