CppCon 2015: Timur Doumler “C++ in the Audio Industry”

CppCon · 130.8K views · 2015-10-09 · 1:03:44

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Overview

Timur Doumler's CppCon 2015 talk on how C++ is used in the audio industry. It covers the patterns and tools audio developers rely on, including handling real-time constraints.

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HN commenters recommend it as an introduction to real-time and low-latency programming in C++ for people getting into audio.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2016–2026

Topics

C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages Information theory & signal processing

What people said

creatorcoder · 2026-05 · Recommendation
Thx for advice! It seems that the audio industry also faces challenges related to high-speed data processing and display. I'm was found a very interesting talk CppCon 2015: Timur Doumler “C++ in the Audio Industry” [1] [1] [VIDEO]
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CraigJPerry · 2021-05 · Recommendation
I watched CppCon 2015: Timur Doumler “C++ in the Audio Industry” [VIDEO] not long ago and enjoyed it. He was a developer at Roli working on synths and he goes through real time strategies to keep the response time under around 30ms IIRC
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trendia · 2016-12 · Recommendation
This is a bit higher-level than what you're proposing, but a good introduction is the "C++ in the Audio Industry" talk [0] given at CppCon 2015. [VIDEO]
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