Audacity Forum

So is it using the first mechanism described above? Having read the relevant portion of A Fast Data Structure for Disk-Based Audio Editing (Mazzoni & Dannenberg, Computer Music Journal Summer 2002) I am not so sure... unless the algorithm outlined there no longer applies? Or does Audacity actually ...

Hello, I have recently been experimenting with drawing waveforms, and digging in to the Audacity source code for (invaluable) tips and tricks. I think I now have a good grasp of what's involved in drawing waveforms efficiently, basically: 1. Compute and cache a reduction, by extracting maxima/minima...