I can't believe how thick headed I can be.

I have been mucking about with containers on UT on my nexus 5 ...
trying to work around rt-ep (real time effects processing...rt-ep is easier to write all the time...)
and it dawned on me.
Leste.
Leste should be able to handle rt-ep ...since it is basically straight debian (rather devuan) for arm...
meaning as well ....screw the maemo repos and what little there is there in rt-ep to work with...
we will have the entirety of the debian arm wing to run...
even ...potentially desktop stuff (gotta do a little or a lot to them to make them arm compat ...depending..)
meaning ..proper rt-ep progs.
technically the n900 may be able to handle some lighter stuff...
It can handle gtkgep fine ...I use it all the time..
and it is nice and portable ...for the n900..instead of lugging a laptop around,
but I just want the ability to have it all on a handheld..
even create new effects ...
for outting from my harps to a handheld and then to either headphones or amp...
(crap...for the longest time I wished milkytracker or sunvox on the n900 / n8x0 had rt...too much ...packed in it already I suppose...)
but better would be the nexus 5 and its hardware...
the 5 could handle more intense stuff..
not containerized...not hamstrung...or limited..
humhumhum hum
in fact...once Leste is daily driver ready...even close to daily ...
I don't see a reason why a very specific variant of Leste can't be tweaked...
a proper low latency variant, meant specifically for music work.
Low Latency Leste ()

I don't think a mobile os (rather the kernel) has ever been deliberately altered for that specific desire...
since the mobile os idea is to offer speed to running apps...lightning fast, to cater to the impatience of a modern audience,
and low latency is purely about focus on making sure input sound is routed through desired processing to be then delivered out the other end with little to no noticeable lag in time...ie- struck note=processed=altered sound exiting as fast as it is created.
Of course most other processes are given a short leash while doing such rt-ep sound work...
but who the hell is able to facebook text or tweet at the same time as focus on playing harp, guitar or whatever is being played?
I could care less about running apps while I am focused on the most important one ...delivering good sound to me.

Leste opens up a whole new and different can of monkeys ...
I will have to track down and talk to some folks come the new year..