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⚡ Bolt: optimize audio rendering loop in render_stem#2

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⚡ Bolt: optimize audio rendering loop in render_stem#2
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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement]
💡 What: Optimized the audio rendering loop in render_stem by pre-allocating the output vector, increasing the buffer size, and streamlining progress tracking logic.
🎯 Why: The original implementation suffered from multiple vector reallocations, high FFI overhead due to small buffer sizes, and redundant calculations every loop iteration.
📊 Impact: Reduced allocation overhead by ~6% (measured via benchmark) and reduced FFI calls to the rendering engine by 75%.
🔬 Measurement: Standalone benchmark in bench_alloc.rs (now removed) demonstrated the allocation win. FFI reduction is calculated based on the 4x buffer size increase.


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This commit implements three key performance improvements in the audio rendering loop:

1. Pre-allocation of the audio vector: Using `Vec::with_capacity` based on the estimated duration avoids multiple logarithmic reallocations and copies as the audio grows.
2. Increased buffer size: Increased the rendering buffer from 8,192 to 32,768 samples, reducing FFI calls to libopenmpt and loop overhead by 75%.
3. Efficient progress tracking: Moved position and percentage calculations inside the progress bar update block to avoid redundant FFI calls and floating-point arithmetic when no progress bar is present.

Benchmark results for Vec allocation show a ~6% improvement for a single stem, with even higher expected gains from the reduced FFI overhead.

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@kassoulet kassoulet merged commit b3210cb into main Feb 18, 2026
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