Here is what made me come up with this idea [LAIC(LinuxAudioInterConnection)=layman]:
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADMEA Prototype From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net) Date: Tue Aug 14 2001 - 15:55:55 EEST ... last night, i thought of an analogy/metaphor) to illustrate the difference between the way i think about "processing networks" and the model used by GLAME, GStreamer and now proposed in Richard's LADMEA. In both cases, we have a bunch of "nodes" that generate and/or process a data stream. My model features a fascist dictator who screams at every node in turn: "hey you brainless idiot in box 1! get busy, and tell me when you're done!" The dictator maintains absolute rigid control over the entire system. The nodes are droids with ***(almost) no knowledge*** of the larger system in which they are embedded. ... Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADMEA revisited (was: LAAGA and supporting programs) From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net) Date: Sun Sep 30 2001 - 21:01:35 EEST ... JACK ***doesn't care***: its only job is to ***interconnect*** and schedule things that need to be scheduled, with the "when" and "how much" of scheduling being left to a "driver". ... There may be nothing linux-specific in terms of code, but where else would you want run (example) Ardour + Laaga/Jack + Alsa...? Anyway, if anyone would ever change his mind, feel free to use laic...;) Marek
