[PD-dev] preparing phasor~&Co. for double precision Pd

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jul 27, 2011, at 5:47 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:

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> On 07/27/2011 11:11 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
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>> like you've covered that already.  As for 64-bit floats to output, a
>> quick hack to get things working is to just hammer samples down to
>> 32-bits...
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> i don't think that's such a great idea.
> loads of problems (mainly with granular synthesis or other  
> applications
> where you want to access large tables sample accurately in the  
> signal(!)
> flow) can simply be fixed by making signals be 64bit too.
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> and then, quite some infrastructure code makes no clear separations
> between t_float and t_sample, so it might be simpler to make Pd use
> doubles throughout and not just for one type of numbers.


I'm saying only as the final output stage to portaudio as a temporary  
hack to get things working.  Its not a good idea otherwise.

.hc


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