I confirmed that the currently used real FFT code in RealFFTf.cpp is faster
than the old one with a quick benchmark that calls PowerSpectrum() on 4-minute
audio file, with different sizes of computation windows:
Window_size: 256 method: new FFT time_s: 0.393
Window_size: 256 method: old FFT time_s: 1.065
Window_size: 1024 method: new FFT time_s: 0.38
Window_size: 1024 method: old FFT time_s: 0.958
Window_size: 4096 method: new FFT time_s: 0.413
Window_size: 4096 method: old FFT time_s: 1.084
Window_size: 16384 method: new FFT time_s: 0.518
Window_size: 16384 method: old FFT time_s: 1.338
Window_size: 65536 method: new FFT time_s: 0.655
Window_size: 65536 method: old FFT time_s: 1.524
Window_size: 262144 method: new FFT time_s: 0.735
Window_size: 262144 method: old FFT time_s: 1.873
... the preference is independent of those in Interface and Recording
preferences, which affect meters, sound activated recordings, time track,
and Plot Spectrum
... and SelectedRegion, and not ViewInfo or zoom level as a double.
Also some leftOffset arguments.
Assumptions of uniform zoom level persist in TrackArtist::DrawClipSpectrum and
in TrackArtist::DrawClipWaveform but no longer in the rest.
Non-linear effects now process tracks before mixing.
This will be slower when multiple tracks are selected
but the preview should now match the applied effect.
SetLinearEffectFlag(true) allows linear effects to
preview more quickly when multiple tracks selected, by
pre-mixing selected tracks.
Simple generators like Tone and Noise may be marked as
'linear' so that they only preview a few seconds.
Generators that vary over time (such as Chirp) must use
the full duration that is set. As this currently
requires calculating the full duration, preview for
'non-linear' generators are not limited to the preview
length.
As this is a reversal of change committed in 2007 with no real
explanation or history behind that change other than it was
done for Export, we should probably give exporting a bit of a
workout.
This brings the builtin, LV2, and VAMP effects inline with the
Audio Units, LADSPA, and VST effects. All effects now share
a common UI.
This gives all effects (though not implemented for all):
User and factory preset capability
Preset import/export capability
Shared or private configuration options
Builtin effects can now be migrated to RTP, depending on algorithm.
LV2 effects now support graphical interfaces if the plugin supplies one.
Nyquist prompt enhanced to provide some features of the Nyquist Workbench.
It may not look like it, but this was a LOT of work, so trust me, there
WILL be problems and everything effect related should be suspect. Keep
a sharp eye (or two) open.