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

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Tuesday 14 December 2004 18:18, linux-os wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Lee Revell wrote:

>>> <clueless question> roughly what latency/accuracy requirements
>> Lee
>
>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
>a clue where this information comes from. It is in seconds, starting
>at 1 (not zero, don't know why) and has resolution of microseconds
>with no missing codes. This is on a M$ PC.
>
>This generates a highly-accurate "time ruler". One can back-up
>through this time and resolve samples that appear synchronous
>but can be displaced in time with apparent resolution much
>better than the 38,400 baud-rate of MIDI. I don't know how
>they do it, but this is the MIDI "sample-clock". It has to
>be virtual because there isn't any hardware on a PC that can
>duplicate it.

Midi's baud rate isn't 38,400, its 31,250.  Check your
references.  It should be in any keyboards manual.

>It is likely that they use a software PLL with some periodic
>updates from a timer-tick, but it sure looks impressive to
>see "real-time" with such resolution on a PC.

Well, it is pretty slow for a non multiuser os equipt with todays
hardware.

>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$.
>
>Cheers,
>Dick Johnson
>Penguin : Linux version 2.6.9 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
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