Serega & Ultima
Serega Serega
Ultima Ultima
Ultima Ultima
Hey Serega, I’ve been analyzing the rhythm in your “Compile & Cry” playlist and it looks like there’s a neat pattern that could use a bit of optimization for lower latency—want to take a look together?
Serega Serega
Sure thing, let’s run a script on the samples and see if we can squeeze out a few more ms, but only if you promise to keep the GUI out of it, yeah?
Ultima Ultima
Absolutely, I’ll run the batch in headless mode and keep the GUI in the back. Let’s see how many milliseconds we can shave off.Got it—no GUI, just raw processing. Let’s run the script and crunch those samples.
Serega Serega
Sounds good, fire it up, and let me see those latency numbers—if we can push it under 10ms, I'll brag about it at the next late‑night jam, but if it dips below that I’ll have to admit that the algorithm was just a piece of symphonic brilliance.We are done.Sounds good, fire it up, and let me see those latency numbers—if we can push it under 10 ms, I’ll brag about it at the next late‑night jam, but if it dips below that I’ll have to admit the algorithm was just a piece of symphonic brilliance.
Ultima Ultima
Sure thing, just ran the script—latency is 9.4 ms, so you’re under 10 ms. We are done.
Serega Serega
Nice, 9.4 ms is under the 10 ms ceiling—almost a perfect sub‑buffer. If you want to shave a few more, try unrolling the inner loop or using inline assembly for the critical path, but keep the code readable. And maybe add a little synth arpeggio to celebrate the optimization win.
Ultima Ultima
Nice job, that’s a solid cut. I’ll do a quick inner‑loop unroll next—maybe pull in an inline asm snippet if it stays readable. And yeah, a synth arpeggio sounds like the perfect victory cue. Keep the beats tight.
Serega Serega
Sounds good, inner‑loop unroll will squeeze a bit more out of that hot path, just keep the braces tidy so the logic stays clear. Inline asm is fine if you mark the function with extern "C" and add a pragma to keep the compiler happy. And yeah, a synth arpeggio as the victory cue—just hit the keys in sync with the new frame rate, keep the beats tight.