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nih-plug/src/buffer.rs
Robbert van der Helm bb3175f68e Return -> Returns at the start of a docstring
The imperative tense doesn't make any sense when the function is a mere
getter and doesn't actually perform a nontrivial task.
2022-04-26 19:39:51 +02:00

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//! Adapters and utilities for working with audio buffers.
use std::marker::PhantomData;
mod blocks;
mod samples;
pub use blocks::{Block, BlockChannelsIter, BlocksIter};
pub use samples::{ChannelSamples, ChannelSamplesIter, SamplesIter};
/// The audio buffers used during processing. This contains the output audio output buffers with the
/// inputs already copied to the outputs. You can either use the iterator adapters to conveniently
/// and efficiently iterate over the samples, or you can do your own thing using the raw audio
/// buffers.
///
/// TODO: This lifetime makes zero sense because you're going to need unsafe lifetime casts to use
/// this either way. Maybe just get rid of it in favor for raw pointers.
#[derive(Default)]
pub struct Buffer<'a> {
/// Contains slices for the plugin's outputs. You can't directly create a nested slice form
/// apointer to pointers, so this needs to be preallocated in the setup call and kept around
/// between process calls. And because storing a reference to this means a) that you need a lot
/// of lifetime annotations everywhere and b) that at some point you need unsound lifetime casts
/// because this `Buffers` either cannot have the same lifetime as the separately stored output
/// buffers, and it also cannot be stored in a field next to it because that would mean
/// containing mutable references to data stored in a mutex.
output_slices: Vec<&'a mut [f32]>,
}
impl<'a> Buffer<'a> {
/// Returns the numer of samples in this buffer.
#[inline]
pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
if self.output_slices.is_empty() {
0
} else {
self.output_slices[0].len()
}
}
/// Returns the numer of channels in this buffer.
#[inline]
pub fn channels(&self) -> usize {
self.output_slices.len()
}
/// Returns true if this buffer does not contain any samples.
#[inline]
pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
self.output_slices.is_empty() || self.output_slices[0].is_empty()
}
/// Obtain the raw audio buffers.
#[inline]
pub fn as_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [&'a mut [f32]] {
&mut self.output_slices
}
/// The same as [`as_slice()`][Self::as_slice()], but for a non-mutable reference. This is
/// usually not needed.
#[inline]
pub fn as_slice_immutable(&self) -> &[&'a mut [f32]] {
&self.output_slices
}
/// Iterate over the samples, returning a channel iterator for each sample.
#[inline]
pub fn iter_samples<'slice>(&'slice mut self) -> SamplesIter<'slice, 'a> {
SamplesIter {
buffers: self.output_slices.as_mut_slice(),
current_sample: 0,
samples_end: self.len(),
_marker: PhantomData,
}
}
/// Iterate over the buffer in blocks with the specified maximum size. The ideal maximum block
/// size depends on the plugin in question, but 64 or 128 samples works for most plugins. Since
/// the buffer's total size may not be cleanly divisble by the maximum size, the returned
/// buffers may have any size in `[1, max_block_size]`. This is useful when using algorithms
/// that work on entire blocks of audio, like those that would otherwise need to perform
/// expensive per-sample branching or that can use per-sample SIMD as opposed to per-channel
/// SIMD.
///
/// The parameter smoothers can also produce smoothed values for an entire block using
/// [`Smoother::next_block()`][crate::prelude::Smoother::next_block()]. Before using this, you
/// will need to call
/// [`Plugin::initialize_block_smoothers()`][crate::prelude::Plugin::initialize_block_smoothers()]
/// with the same `max_block_size` in your initialization function first.
///
/// You can use this to obtain block-slices from a buffer so you can pass them to a library:
///
/// ```ignore
/// for block in buffer.iter_blocks(128) {
/// let mut block_channels = block.into_iter();
/// let stereo_slice = &[
/// block_channels.next().unwrap(),
/// block_channels.next().unwrap(),
/// ];
///
/// // Do something cool with `stereo_slice`
/// }
/// ````
#[inline]
pub fn iter_blocks<'slice>(&'slice mut self, max_block_size: usize) -> BlocksIter<'slice, 'a> {
BlocksIter {
buffers: self.output_slices.as_mut_slice(),
max_block_size,
current_block_start: 0,
_marker: PhantomData,
}
}
/// Access the raw output slice vector. This needs to be resized to match the number of output
/// channels during the plugin's initialization. Then during audio processing, these slices
/// should be updated to point to the plugin's audio buffers.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// The stored slices must point to live data when this object is passed to the plugins' process
/// function. The rest of this object also assumes all channel lengths are equal. Panics will
/// likely occur if this is not the case.
pub unsafe fn with_raw_vec(&mut self, update: impl FnOnce(&mut Vec<&'a mut [f32]>)) {
update(&mut self.output_slices);
}
}
#[cfg(any(miri, test))]
mod miri {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn repeated_access() {
let mut real_buffers = vec![vec![0.0; 512]; 2];
let mut buffer = Buffer::default();
unsafe {
buffer.with_raw_vec(|output_slices| {
let (first_channel, other_channels) = real_buffers.split_at_mut(1);
*output_slices = vec![&mut first_channel[0], &mut other_channels[0]];
})
};
for samples in buffer.iter_samples() {
for sample in samples {
*sample += 0.001;
}
}
for mut samples in buffer.iter_samples() {
for _ in 0..2 {
for sample in samples.iter_mut() {
*sample += 0.001;
}
}
}
assert_eq!(real_buffers[0][0], 0.003);
}
#[test]
fn repeated_slices() {
let mut real_buffers = vec![vec![0.0; 512]; 2];
let mut buffer = Buffer::default();
unsafe {
buffer.with_raw_vec(|output_slices| {
let (first_channel, other_channels) = real_buffers.split_at_mut(1);
*output_slices = vec![&mut first_channel[0], &mut other_channels[0]];
})
};
// These iterators should not alias
let mut blocks = buffer.iter_blocks(16);
let (_block1_offset, block1) = blocks.next().unwrap();
let (_block2_offset, block2) = blocks.next().unwrap();
for channel in block1 {
for sample in channel.iter_mut() {
*sample += 0.001;
}
}
for channel in block2 {
for sample in channel.iter_mut() {
*sample += 0.001;
}
}
for i in 0..32 {
assert_eq!(real_buffers[0][i], 0.001);
}
for i in 32..48 {
assert_eq!(real_buffers[0][i], 0.0);
}
}
}