Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [ardour] custom graphics + MIDI control for LADSPA plugins
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2000 - 16:28:56 EET
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 03:50:07AM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > LADSPA has the advantage, on top of all the obvious ones, of
> > existing.
>
> Yep... However, two usable APIs are better than one broken API.
Oh yes, absoloutly, I'm with you all the way that we need an additional,
more generic plugin API.
> But the main reason why MAIA will support multiple data types has
> nothing to do with performance on certain target platforms, but is
> actually something that should be obvious by looking at the name:
>
> Multimedia Application Integration Architecture
> ^^^^^^^^^^
OK, *that* is a decent reason, I'l shut up about it now ;), as long as
I can write float audio plugins with a minuimum of cruft.
> Actually, no. You do have to deal with the event system and the
> Property Protocol (corresponds to LADSPA control ports, but covers
> some more functions), but the rest is optional. You don't even have
> to support audio streaming at all, let alone more than one sample
> format. All there is to it is picking the protocols you need,
> implement their hooks in the plugin, and tell the host that you
> support them.
That sounds fine.
- Steve
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