Speed up time stretching ~3x on Linux with FFTW3.

.github/workflows/all.yml

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: jidicula/clang-format-action@v4.13.0
         with:
           clang-format-version: 14
+          exclude-regex: 'vendors/'
           fallback-style: LLVM
 
   # Build the native module with ccache enabled so we can share object files between builds:

README.md

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ To cite via BibTeX:
 
  - The core audio processing code is pulled from [JUCE 6](https://juce.com/), which is [dual-licensed under a commercial license and the GPLv3](https://juce.com/juce-6-licence).
  - The [VST3 SDK](https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vst3sdk), bundled with JUCE, is owned by [Steinberg® Media Technologies GmbH](https://www.steinberg.net/en/home.html) and licensed under the GPLv3.
- - The `PitchShift` plugin uses [the Rubber Band Library](https://github.com/breakfastquay/rubberband), which is [dual-licensed under a commercial license](https://breakfastquay.com/technology/license.html) and the GPLv2 (or newer).
+ - The `PitchShift` plugin and `time_stretch` functions use [the Rubber Band Library](https://github.com/breakfastquay/rubberband), which is [dual-licensed under a commercial license](https://breakfastquay.com/technology/license.html) and the GPLv2 (or newer). [FFTW](https://www.fftw.org/) is also included to speed up Rubber Band, and [is licensed under the GPLv2 (or newer)](https://www.fftw.org/doc/License-and-Copyright.html).
  - The `MP3Compressor` plugin uses [libmp3lame from the LAME project](https://lame.sourceforge.io/), which is [licensed under the LGPLv2](https://github.com/lameproject/lame/blob/master/README) and [upgraded to the GPLv3 for inclusion in this project (as permitted by the LGPLv2)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility).
  - The `GSMFullRateCompressor` plugin uses [libgsm](http://quut.com/gsm/), which is [licensed under the ISC license](https://github.com/timothytylee/libgsm/blob/master/COPYRIGHT) and [compatible with the GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#ISC).
 

pedalboard/TimeStretch.h

@@ -226,12 +226,14 @@ timeStretch(const juce::AudioBuffer<float> input, double sampleRate,
       sampleRate, input.getNumChannels(), options, 1.0 / initialStretchFactor,
       pow(2.0, (initialPitchShiftInSemitones / 12.0)));
 
-  rubberBandStretcher.setExpectedInputDuration(input.getNumSamples());
-
   const float **inputChannelPointers =
       (const float **)alloca(sizeof(float *) * input.getNumChannels());
 
+  size_t maximumBlockSize = rubberBandStretcher.getProcessSizeLimit();
   if (!(options & RubberBandStretcher::OptionProcessRealTime)) {
+    rubberBandStretcher.setExpectedInputDuration(input.getNumSamples());
+    rubberBandStretcher.setMaxProcessSize(maximumBlockSize);
+
     for (size_t i = 0; i < input.getNumSamples();
          i += STUDY_BLOCK_SAMPLE_SIZE) {
       size_t numSamples =
@@ -242,7 +244,6 @@ timeStretch(const juce::AudioBuffer<float> input, double sampleRate,
       bool isLast = i + numSamples >= input.getNumSamples();
       rubberBandStretcher.study(inputChannelPointers, numSamples, isLast);
     }
-    rubberBandStretcher.setMaxProcessSize(input.getNumSamples());
   }
 
   juce::AudioBuffer<float> output(input.getNumChannels(),
@@ -254,8 +255,6 @@ timeStretch(const juce::AudioBuffer<float> input, double sampleRate,
                  /* keepExistingContent */ false, /* clearExtraSpace */ false,
                  /* avoidReallocating */ true);
 
-  size_t maximumBlockSize = rubberBandStretcher.getProcessSizeLimit();
-
   float **outputChannelPointers =
       (float **)alloca(sizeof(float *) * output.getNumChannels());
 

pedalboard/_pedalboard.py

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 def strip_common_float_suffixes(
     s: Union[float, str, bool], strip_si_prefixes: bool = True
 ) -> Union[float, str, bool]:
-    if not isinstance(s, str) or (hasattr(s, "type") and s.type != str):  # type: ignore
+    if not isinstance(s, str) or (hasattr(s, "type") and s.type is not str):  # type: ignore
         return s
 
     s = s.strip()

setup.py

@@ -100,11 +100,130 @@
 ALL_CPPFLAGS.extend(
     [
         "-DUSE_BQRESAMPLER=1",
-        "-DNO_THREADING=1",
         "-D_HAS_STD_BYTE=0",
         "-DNOMINMAX",
+        "-DALREADY_CONFIGURED",
     ]
 )
+
+
+def ignore_files_matching(files, *matches):
+    matches = set(matches)
+    for match in matches:
+        new_files = []
+        for file in files:
+            if match in str(file):
+                # print(f"Skipping compilation of: {file}")
+                pass
+            else:
+                new_files.append(file)
+        files = new_files
+    return files
+
+
+# Platform-specific FFT speedup flags:
+if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DUSE_BUILTIN_FFT")
+    ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DNO_THREADING")
+elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+    # No need for any threading code on MacOS;
+    # vDSP does all of this for us and these code paths are redundant.
+    ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DNO_THREADING")
+elif platform.system() == "Linux":
+    # Use FFTW3 for FFTs on Linux, which should speed up Rubberband by 3-4x:
+    ALL_CPPFLAGS.extend(
+        [
+            "-DHAVE_FFTW3=1",
+            "-DLACK_SINCOS=1",
+            "-DFFTW_DOUBLE_ONLY=1",
+            "-DUSE_PTHREADS",
+        ]
+    )
+    ALL_INCLUDES += ["vendors/fftw3/api/", "vendors/fftw3/"]
+    fftw_paths = list(Path("vendors/fftw3/").glob("**/*.c"))
+    fftw_paths = ignore_files_matching(
+        fftw_paths,
+        # Don't bother compiling in Altivec or VSX (PowerPC) support;
+        # it's 2024, not 2004 (although RIP my G5 cheese grater)
+        "altivec",
+        "vsx",
+        # We're not using FFTW in multi-threaded mode:
+        "mpi",
+        "threads",
+        # No need for tests, tools, or support code:
+        "tests",
+        "tools",
+        "/support",
+        "common/",
+        "libbench",
+        # Ignore SSE, AVX2, AVX128, and AVX512 SIMD code;
+        # For Rubber Band's usage, just AVX gives us the
+        # largest speedup without bloating the binary
+        "sse2",
+        "avx2",
+        "avx512",
+        "kcvi",
+        "avx-128-fma",
+        "generic-simd",
+    )
+
+    # On ARM, ignore the X86-specific SIMD code:
+    if "arm" in platform.processor() or "aarch64" in platform.processor():
+        fftw_paths = ignore_files_matching(fftw_paths, "avx", "/sse")
+        ALL_CFLAGS.append("-DHAVE_NEON=1")
+    else:
+        # And on x86, ignore the ARM-specific SIMD code (and KCVI; not GCC or Clang compatible).
+        fftw_paths = ignore_files_matching(fftw_paths, "neon")
+        ALL_CFLAGS.append("-march=native")
+        # Enable SIMD instructions:
+        ALL_CFLAGS.extend(
+            [
+                # "-DHAVE_SSE2",
+                "-DHAVE_AVX",  # Testing shows this is all we need!
+                # "-DHAVE_AVX_128_FMA", # AMD only
+                # "-DHAVE_AVX2",
+                # "-DHAVE_AVX512", # No measurable speed difference
+                # "-DHAVE_GENERIC_SIMD128", # Crashes!
+                # "-DHAVE_GENERIC_SIMD256", # Also crashes!
+            ]
+        )
+
+    ALL_SOURCE_PATHS += fftw_paths
+
+    ALL_CFLAGS.extend(
+        [
+            "-DHAVE_UINTPTR_T",
+            '-DPACKAGE="FFTW"',
+            '-DVERSION="0"',
+            '-DPACKAGE_VERSION="00000"',
+            '-DFFTW_CC="clang"',
+            "-includestring.h",
+            "-includestdint.h",
+            "-includevendors/fftw3/dft/codelet-dft.h",
+            "-includevendors/fftw3/rdft/codelet-rdft.h",
+            "-DHAVE_INTTYPES_H",
+            "-DHAVE_STDINT_H",
+            "-DHAVE_STDLIB_H",
+            "-DHAVE_STRING_H",
+            "-DHAVE_TIME_H",
+            "-DHAVE_UNISTD_H",
+            "-DHAVE_DECL_DRAND48",
+            "-DHAVE_DECL_SRAND48",
+            "-DHAVE_DECL_COSL",
+            "-DHAVE_DECL_SINL",
+            "-DHAVE_DECL_POSIX_MEMALIGN",
+            "-DHAVE_DRAND48",
+            "-DHAVE_SRAND48",
+            "-DHAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN",
+            "-DHAVE_ISNAN",
+            "-DHAVE_SNPRINTF",
+            "-DHAVE_STRCHR",
+            "-DHAVE_SYSCTL",
+        ]
+    )
+    if platform.system() == "Linux":
+        ALL_CFLAGS.append("-DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY")
+
 ALL_SOURCE_PATHS += list(Path("vendors/rubberband/single").glob("*.cpp"))
 
 ALL_SOURCE_PATHS += list(Path("vendors").glob("*.c"))
@@ -142,13 +261,15 @@
         ALL_LINK_ARGS.append("-flto=thin")
     ALL_LINK_ARGS.append("-fvisibility=hidden")
     ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DJUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_audio_devices=1")
+    ALL_CFLAGS += ["-Wno-comment"]
 elif platform.system() == "Linux":
     ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DLINUX=1")
     # We use GCC on Linux, which doesn't take a value for the -flto flag:
     if not DEBUG and not os.getenv("DISABLE_LTO"):
         ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-flto")
         ALL_LINK_ARGS.append("-flto")
     ALL_LINK_ARGS.append("-fvisibility=hidden")
+    ALL_CFLAGS += ["-Wno-comment"]
 elif platform.system() == "Windows":
     ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DWINDOWS=1")
     ALL_CPPFLAGS.append("-DJUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_audio_devices=1")

tests/test_external_plugins.py

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def test_preset_parameters(plugin_filename: str, plugin_preset: str):
     # plugin with default params.
     plugin = load_test_plugin(plugin_filename)
 
-    default_params = {k: v.raw_value for k, v in plugin.parameters.items() if v.type == float}
+    default_params = {k: v.raw_value for k, v in plugin.parameters.items() if v.type is float}
 
     # load preset file
     plugin.load_preset(plugin_preset)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def test_initial_parameters(plugin_filename: str):
         # or "gain" to 0, which slows down the re-initialization of a plugin.
         k: (v.max_value if k == "gain" else v.min_value)
         for k, v in get_parameters(plugin_filename).items()
-        if v.type == float
+        if v.type is float
     }
 
     # Reload the plugin, but set the initial parameters in the load call.
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def test_initial_parameters(plugin_filename: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == float]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is float]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ def test_attributes_proxy(plugin_filename: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_EFFECT_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == bool]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is bool]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ def test_bool_parameters(plugin_filename: str, parameter_name: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_EFFECT_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == bool]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is bool]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def test_bool_parameter_valdation(plugin_filename: str, parameter_name: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_EFFECT_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == float]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is float]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def test_float_parameters(plugin_filename: str, parameter_name: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_EFFECT_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == float]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is float]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ def test_float_parameter_valdation(plugin_filename: str, parameter_name: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_EFFECT_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == str]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is str]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ def test_str_parameters(plugin_filename: str, parameter_name: str):
         [
             (path, parameter)
             for path in AVAILABLE_EFFECT_PLUGINS_IN_TEST_ENVIRONMENT
-            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type == str]
+            for parameter in [k for k, v in get_parameters(path).items() if v.type is str]
         ],
         5,
     ),
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ def test_plugin_parameters_persist_between_calls(plugin_filename: str):
     for name, parameter in plugin.parameters.items():
         if name == "program":
             continue
-        if parameter.type == float:
+        if parameter.type is float:
             low, high, step = parameter.range
             if not step:
                 step = 0.1
@@ -747,9 +747,9 @@ def test_plugin_parameters_persist_between_calls(plugin_filename: str):
                 x * step for x in list(range(int(low / step), int(high / step), 1)) + [high / step]
             ]
             random_value = random.choice(values)
-        elif parameter.type == bool:
+        elif parameter.type is bool:
             random_value = bool(random.random())
-        elif parameter.type == str:
+        elif parameter.type is str:
             if parameter.valid_values:
                 random_value = random.choice(parameter.valid_values)
             else:

vendors/fftw3/AUTHORS

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Authors of FFTW (reachable at fftw@fftw.org):
+
+Matteo Frigo <athena@fftw.org>
+Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
+
+Stefan Kral <skral@fftw.org> wrote genfft-k7/*.ml*, which was
+added in fftw-3.0 and removed in fftw-3.2.
+
+Romain Dolbeau contributed support for AVX512 and KCvi.
+
+Erik Lindahl contributed support for AVX2 and Power8 VSX.
+
+Support for the Cell Broadband Engine was graciously donated by the
+IBM Austin Research Lab, which was added in fftw-3.2 and removed in
+fftw-3.3.
+
+Support for MIPS64 paired-single SIMD instructions was graciously
+donated by CodeSourcery, Inc.