Plug-in load balancing
A digital audio workstation software package is provided with computer readable instructions that, when executed, direct a multi-core processor to perform acts comprising accessing an audio signal. The digital audio workstation software package further includes computer-readable instructions that, when executed, direct the processor to utilize, at least in part, pipeline parallelism to enable a plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in an effects rack to process the audio signal utilizing a plurality of available processing cores to create a processed audio signal.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed, direct a processor to perform acts comprising:
receiving an audio signal;
processing the audio signal using a plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in an effects rack, wherein the processing utilizes, at least in part, pipeline parallelism to enable two or more of the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins to utilize two or more available processing cores to create a processed audio signal;
utilizing a task scheduler to enable the two or more of the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins to utilize the two or more available processing cores to create the processed audio signal; and
utilizing one or more private task queues associated with the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins to prevent a re-queuing of tasks by the task scheduler when any of the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins are busy.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 1 , further including instructions to direct a processor to perform acts comprising:
accessing a plurality of settings associated with the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in the effects rack by receiving user input regarding available settings associated with the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 1 , further including instructions to direct a processor to perform acts comprising:
dividing the audio signal into a plurality of segments corresponding to a number of available processing cores.
4. The non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 3 , further including instructions to direct a processor to perform acts comprising:
reassembling the plurality of segments to create the processed audio signal after the plurality of segments have been processed by the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins.
5. The non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 1 , further including instructions to direct a processor to perform acts comprising:
enabling the two or more of the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins to utilize the two or more available processing cores to create the processed audio signal by utilizing pipeline parallelism at an effects rack level.
6. A computing device comprising:
a multi-core processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed, direct the multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
accessing a number of available processing cores in the multi-core processor;
accessing an audio signal;
dividing the audio signal into a plurality of segments corresponding to the number of available processing cores;
utilizing, at least in part, pipeline parallelism to enable a plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in an effects rack to process the plurality of segments utilizing the available processing cores to create a processed audio signal;
utilizing a task scheduler to assign available processing cores to the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins; and
utilizing one or more private task queues associated with the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins to prevent a re-queuing of tasks by the task scheduler when any of the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins are busy.
7. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium further includes instructions to direct the multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
accessing the number of available processing cores by ascertaining a number of processing cores on the computing device available for use.
8. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium further includes instructions to direct the multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
reassembling the plurality of segments to create the processed audio signal after the plurality of segments have been processed by the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins.
9. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the computing device comprises one or more of:
a digital audio workstation;
a personal computer;
a tablet;
a mobile phone;
a laptop.
10. A digital audio workstation software package stored on a non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, direct a multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
accessing an audio signal;
utilizing, at least in part, pipeline parallelism at an effects rack level to enable a plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in an effects rack to process the audio signal utilizing a plurality of available processing cores to create a processed audio signal;
utilizing a task scheduler to enable the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in the effects rack to process the audio signal utilizing the plurality of available processing cores to create the processed audio signal; and
utilizing one or more private task queues associated with the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins to prevent a re-queuing of tasks by the task scheduler when any of the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins are busy.
11. The digital audio workstation software package stored on the non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further include instructions to direct the multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
processing the audio signal using a plurality of settings associated with the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins in the effects rack.
12. The digital audio workstation software package stored on the non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further include instructions to direct the multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
dividing the audio signal into a plurality of segments corresponding to a number of available processing cores.
13. The digital audio workstation software package stored on the non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium of claim 12 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further include instructions to direct the multi-core processor to perform acts comprising:
reassembling the plurality of segments to create the processed audio signal after the plurality of segments have been processed by the plurality of serially ordered plug-ins.