Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.10-rc3-mm1-V0.7.33-0

[Paul Davis]

>When I use Cakewalk Home-Studio to record Music from my MIDI piano,
>I notice that the clock-resolution shown is several orders of
>magnitude better than anything a PC can generate! I haven't got

incoming timing is a solved problem. the problem is scheduling
outgoing data, which requires an interrupt source of some kind.

>a clue where this information comes from. It is in seconds, starting

they almost certainly use either the sample clock of the audio
interface interpolated/estimated using a DLL (Delay Locked Loop).

>I'm pretty sure that if Cakewalk decided to port Home Studio
>to Linux, they would be able to do it with no technical hurdles.
>Its just that, for Music, most use Apple and cheapskates like
>me use PCs running M$.

Real cheapskates would use Linux with Rosegarden, Ardour et al :)

--p
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