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> Just hours ago I said Android would absolutely suck as a base OS for a musical instrument and in general any general purpose OS would be inferior to something
by DiThi 10y ago
> Just hours ago I said Android would absolutely suck as a base OS for a musical instrument and in general any general purpose OS would be inferior to something created from the ground up to have tight audio and MIDI timing.
I'd like to see that thread to see if some of my counter arguments were made (if it's a public thread at all).
- dep_b 10y agoHere's the mayhem: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/12262310-post249.html https://www.gearslutz.com/board/12262310-post249.html
- DiThi 10y agoIt seems you were the most knowledgeable about Android in the thread. I don't particularly like Android as an OS, but recently I discovered that there are APIs specifically for low latency that are on par with what I could accomplish with Linux without custom kernels. And I saw it work in one of my devices (literally hitting the screen hard not being able to tell apart the hit from the output sound). Apparently it's 9 ms of latency for my device. However, there are several problems: * There is few audio apps that make use of this API, and virtually none making proper use of it. All other audio apps are as laggy as always. * You can't expect to run well on any random device. * Regular development is awkward and constrained. One must be able to strip or personalize android to skip most of its development hell. * Since it needs customization and custom apps, you may as well use GNU/Linux instead, with more battle tested solutions. It is perfectly possible. Whether it's a good idea is another thing altogether.