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Parallel processing isn't "interesting" except as a way to do things more quickly. But for 90% or more of the things people do in DAWs (and currently want to d

Parallel processing isn't "interesting" except as a way to do things more quickly. But for 90% or more of the things people do in DAWs (and currently want to do in DAWs), current processors can already do it fast enough. So the sort of innovation your dreaming of/imagining isn't going to come from new algorithms - it's going to come from people wanting to do new things. This is already happening to some extent with things like timbral transfer, but even there, the most important part of it is well within current processing capabilities. > Come on, we need some new algorithms If you don't have a "why", that doesn't make much sense. Start with "Come on, we need to be able to do <this>" and then (maybe) the algorithms will follow. Necessity is the mother of invention, but so is desire. What do you desire?

barkingcat 3y ago
The desire would be to work with sound artists and acoustic designers and product designers and engineers to make certain types of audio spaces. A lot of the cutting edge of acoustic research is from people wanting to make materials and spaces do certain things with sound. For example, this article describes a system that lets sound through one way This was described in https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-one-way-street-for-sound/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-one-way-street-... ("an acoustic circulator") - the need will come from things like this. And for musicians, artists, and instrument makers to make use of materials, devices, and spaces like this. That would be my answer to your question of where the need/why will come from. Imagine needing to write a DAW module to deal with "one way sound" that results from using an acoustic circulator in a musical production or a song.