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Question: I just started a software company, any helpful advice? Asked by Pipsqueak (67.88.171.x) on November 9 2009, 6:51am Reply on November 9 2009, 6:06pm (edited at November 9 2009, 6:07pm): Umm... That's pretty open ended.. I guess, use whatever it is you make as much as possible... Comment... Question: Briefly compare pros/cons of waveout, directaudio, ASIO, kernel streaming, etc.? Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on November 7 2009, 12:59pm Reply on November 8 2009, 9:42am: The practical pros and cons are that (on non-cheapo hardware) ASIO typically has the most well developed drivers, most readily configurable access to those, is the easiest to implement from a programmers perspective. WDM KS and WASAPI can provide similar performance to ASIO, though aren't as easy to work with. DirectSound and WaveOut(MME) are pretty old, and relatively straightforward to support, though their architectures make it difficult to use them with really low latencies. This isn't really specific to their APIs, but more just a factor of how they are implemented everywhere. Comment... Question: Best coffee to buy?? Asked by mattfury (59.167.212.x) on November 6 2009, 10:08pm Reply on November 7 2009, 8:43am: Currently my favorites are Americanos from Blue Bottle (in SF), or Stumptown (in Portland, OR, and NYC). Comment... Question: How to add xp theme support for given window?(without manifest) Asked by ruchira (202.129.234.x) on November 6 2009, 6:43pm Reply on November 7 2009, 8:42am: SetWindowTheme() can be used to remove theme, so perhaps you can use it to add a theme rather than using a manifest... Not sure ;) Comment... Question: What is the record for REAPER downloads in one 24 hr. period? Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on November 5 2009, 3:03pm Reply on November 5 2009, 6:26pm: Honestly I don't really look at those sorts of statistics.. I think one day we were linked from some big warez site and got hundreds of thousands (and presumably the crack got a similar number...) Comment... Question: when avs 2 Asked by reyhan (118.96.83.x) on November 4 2009, 4:40pm Reply on November 5 2009, 6:25pm: Haha.. I suppose we could do something using LICE and EEL2.. but with people having invested so much on exploiting AVS for what it was, making a "next-gen" AVS would be a long uphill slope... Comment... Question: How to draw unicode text using lice? Asked by ruchira (202.129.233.x) on November 2 2009, 8:19pm Reply on November 3 2009, 8:45am (edited at November 3 2009, 8:46am): LICE_CachedFont::DrawText() takes UTF-8 input. So you can convert to UTF-8, then call it. :) Or, if you have a LICE_SysBitmap you can just call DrawTextW(), too.. (using LICE_IBitmap::getDC()) Comment... Question: When are you going to visit Australia? Asked by Malcolm (118.208.122.x) on November 1 2009, 1:46am Reply on November 1 2009, 6:33pm: Someday I'll go to more than 2 continents... no idea when that'll be tho. Comment... Question: is it normal to crap blood after eating sushi on kaua'i? Asked by Bob Wondernut (72.234.86.x) on October 31 2009, 11:58am Reply on October 31 2009, 10:20pm: :( I'd get that checked out, oww. Comment... Question: I want to write the ultimate decentralized messenger (like Waste but w/ more features & 1000+ users). Is this feasible? Asked by Newbie_programme (66.90.73.x) on October 31 2009, 2:12am Reply on October 31 2009, 10:22pm: Probably, but probably also would require a lot of careful design decisions and a ton of work... Comment... Question: Is the VU meter animation done with basic GDI calls? Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on October 30 2009, 10:50am Reply on October 30 2009, 7:54pm: In REAPER (on Windows), currently, it is done using LICE, then BitBlt() using GDI. In 1.x and early 2.x it was composed using BitBlt() from prerendered bitmaps. Comment... Question: How big is the Cockos Inc. office? (no rude innuendo intended) Asked by schmoe (154.20.97.x) on October 30 2009, 6:55am Reply on October 30 2009, 10:07am: Much bigger than it needs to be, considering some of us work from home most of the time... But we have a nice music space, which lends itself to extensive testing. :) Overall I'd say around 3000sqft. Comment... Question: Hi, Justin. First of all thank you for all you've did. Can you give some advances for a man who can start new software company? Asked by Alex (83.149.3.x) on October 29 2009, 8:17pm Reply on October 30 2009, 10:08am: Advances or advices? I'll assume you meant advice: Make stuff that you want to use, and will use a lot Make stuff that will be used often, not just once. Stuff people will use just once is probably best made as a perl script or something. Try to make things as close to free as possible. Umm, be sure to enjoy the process, too... Comment... Question: Please do make AVS work in iTunes! Compared to the current shitty vis, it'd def put AVS back on the map!!! Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on October 29 2009, 12:47pm Reply on October 29 2009, 3:56pm: Please only ask questions. Point taken. Comment... Question: Justin, did you get my email and the password? Asked by unfrankly (24.43.17.x) on October 28 2009, 1:53pm Reply on October 28 2009, 2:56pm: Yes, I'll email you back in a bit. Comment... Question: Is there any (practical) software that you really wish existed but doesn't? PS, love the q&a's Asked by tacotime (170.146.20.x) on October 28 2009, 11:54am Reply on October 28 2009, 2:56pm: Hmm, that's tough to answer off the top of my head. Usually if it's something I wish existed, and it's practical (i.e. possible without too much work), I'd probably just do it... Comment... Question: Do you follow RSS feeds? If so, what is your reader of choice? Asked by Michael (75.38.129.x) on October 28 2009, 7:45am Reply on October 28 2009, 2:54pm: Not really, no. Sometimes I think I should, but I never bother. Comment... Question: Not sure if this project is an example or not: www.imagomat.de/vizkit/ Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on October 28 2009, 12:03am Reply on October 28 2009, 2:54pm: Ah nice, that would work.. Looks like doing a Windows port wouldn't be too bad.. I'll see if I can find some time. OS X is pretty much out of the question, unless someone has a script to replace inline MSVC asm with gcc/at&t syntax... Comment... Question: Why it takes a couple of seconds to the changes in Winamp's EQ make effect? Asked by Joseph (200.17.243.x) on October 27 2009, 4:29am Reply on October 27 2009, 5:33pm: Winamp keeps a bit of audio around after decoding before playing it back, to lessen the likelyhood of playback being interrupted if you open a browser/etc. You can tweak this in the output plug-ins. It might not be as necessary today as it was 10 years ago... Comment... Question: Could you make AVS work in iTunes? :-) Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on October 26 2009, 7:16pm Reply on October 27 2009, 5:33pm: Does iTunes have a vis API? Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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