Join Us For ADC23 - London - 13-15 November 2023
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Taming Real-Time Logging: Lessons Learned From the Trenches - Chris Apple - ADCx SF
As audio programmers, we know the cardinal rule: "Thou Shalt Not Use Unbounded System Calls in the Realtime Thread". However, it can be useful to have log statements for debugging, posting periodic analytics, or monitoring the status of a long-running audio thread.
By combining open source libraries, we can create a simple logger that is lock-free, allocation-free, and wait-free. This logger allows us to use printf/cout/spdlog even from our rendering thread. This talk will provide a practical look at the design and creation of a real-time logger and how to avoid potential time-unbounded booby traps.
Slides: https://data.audio.dev/talks/ADCxSF/designing-smart-algorithms/slides.pdf
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Chris Apple
Chris Apple is the Lead Audio Software Engineer at Spatial Inc. He has spent the last 8 years specializing in immersive audio at Dolby and Roblox, including working on the first implementation of Dolby Atmos Music. He has contributed to the development of immersive audio in the Roblox Game Engine, the Dolby Atmos Music Panner, and the integration of Atmos into Apple Logic Pro X.
Recently, Chris has focused on streamlining the audio pipeline at Spatial. He is passionate about modern audio programming best practices when writing performant, real-time safe code.
Edited by Digital Medium Ltd - online.digital-medium.co.uk
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Organized and produced by JUCE: https://juce.com/
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Special thanks to the ADC Team:
Sophie Carus
Derek Heimlich
Andrew Kirk
Bobby Lombardi
Tom Poole
Ralph Richbourg
Jim Roper
Jonathan Roper
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