[fluid-dev] State of things

[josh]

Hello FluidSynth list,

It seems my break from using the computer went a bit longer than I had  
initially anticipated.  It became apparent to me during this time that  
my habits around computer use have been rather detrimental to my  
health.  Being away from the computer for a while was rather  
refreshing and I'm working on obtaining a balance as I get back into it.

I've also been a bit disappointed in the results of the multi-thread  
work that I did on FluidSynth.  I believe it was a step in the right  
direction, but its not totally straightforward to fix the event  
ordering issues that are plaguing the new versions.  Its likely that  
another redesign of the architecture is required.  Something along the  
lines of what David mentioned before (separating more of the state  
machine from the voice synthesis engine), though I foresee many issues  
that need to be resolved with that as well.  I don't expect this to  
require as much effort as this past phase, since a lot of that was  
code cleanup, re-organization and getting familiar with the code base.  
 Much of that work will likely contribute to new design.

I would like to get back on the right foot with FluidSynth.  I find I  
often feel like I'm neglecting the project and then try to avoid  
thinking about it at all, to try and side step the unpleasant feeling  
there.  My intent is to change this.  After all its a volunteer effort  
and should be fun to work on! :)

I'll be answering some of the past fluid-dev emails in my queue and  
then I think the next step would be to start discussing how to fix the  
event re-ordering issues.  I welcome any thoughts on this.

Cheers.

Josh