File System Tricks for Audio Production

Hlatky M, Heise S, Loviscach J. File System Tricks for Audio Production. In: AES Convention 125. Audio Engineering Society; 2008. Paper 7545. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14697

@inproceedings{Hlatky2008_14697,
  author = {Hlatky, Michael and Heise, Sebastian and Loviscach, Jörn},
  title = {{File System Tricks for Audio Production}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 125},
  note = {Paper 7545},
  year = {2008},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14697}
}

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AB  - Not every file presented by a computer operating system needs to be an actual stream of independent bits. We demonstrate that different types of virtual files and folders including so-called "Filesystems in Userspace" (FUSE) allow streamlining audio content management with relatively little additional complexity. For instance, an off-the-shelf database system may present a distributed sound library through (seemingly) standard files in a project-specific hierarchy with no physical copying of the data involved. Regions of audio files may be represented as separate files; audio effect plug-ins may be displayed as collections of folders for on-demand processing while files are read. We address differences between operating systems, available implementations, and lessons learned when applying such techniques.
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