[music-dsp] A little question about DSP performance

[robert bristow-johnson]

On Sep 27, 2009, at 6:30 AM, victor wrote:

> Why not? It'd be nice to know who did this or that particular
> product or feature. It's like when we like to know who the composer
> of this masterpiece is.
>
>> i'm pushing 54 now.  i don't think i'll ever be other than self-
>> employed.  when i'm contracting, i usually don't wanna say who i'm
>> working for on a list like this (or on USENET).
>
> sorry for the OT

i don't think it's OT.

when i've been an employee with a company and i get biz cards that  
have the company's name and my name on the same document, i can say  
that i represent the company in some manner.  i don't mind at all  
saying that the fruits of my efforts ended up in Eventide or Wave  
Mechanics (now known as SoundToys) or Kurzweil, and the companies  
can't (and don't) deny that fact.  it's different when i consult/ 
contract.

but one thing that is different, although i must (and do) respect  
their trade secrets that i may come upon in the work that i do for  
companies i contract with, the novel contribution *i* make as a  
contractor is not their property, but mine (or in the public  
domain).  i can't go say "I've implemented algorithm X for the work  
I've done for company Y."  but i can say i've done this algorithm X  
and speak publicly about it or, at my own discretion, keep it secret  
and use it again for work that i do for company Y's competitor.

i am told that my name appears (among other engineers) in the power- 
up or "About .." window in the PC3, so i think that it would not make  
any trouble if i said that i designed and implemented some synthesis  
features in the PC3 and they can't sue me for revealing any  
confidential information.  but there are certainly limits to how much  
detail i can go into.

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