Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA API Proposal
From: Richard Guenther (rguenth_AT_tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 12:31:59 EEST
On 14 Jun 2001, Jarno Seppanen wrote:
> Paul Davis <pbd_AT_Op.Net> writes:
>
> > When I route signals from a mixer
> > strip on either a digital or analog mixer onto a bus, there is no
> > additional "node" between the strip (which has gain control etc.) and
> > the bus.
> >
> > Your model requires that either the bus be able to handle mixing
> > (which is OK), or that the person uses an additional mixing node
> > (which I don't think is OK).
>
> The computer music program Pd (see www.pure-data.org) does 'implicit' mixing,
> i.e., you can connect as many wires to one input port and the system will mix
> the incoming signals for you. This is very good, as the Pd (and Max/jMax?)
> users have known for ages. Thus I recommend not implementing a separate
> 'Mixer' or 'Adder' plugin client but letting the system mix it up!
I dont like having mixing code in the backend - but you can easily
hide the additional mixing node from the user by inserting it implicitly
from the application.
Richard.
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