Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] tracker with midi input
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 16:16:55 EET
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 02:37:02 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> (although I do watch Futurama divx'es ;-)
Who doesn't ;)
> That's the way, open source goes, as you
> know. One could also port rx-saturno to a LADSPA plugin, or a jackit
> client, and everyone could use it in their favourite hosts.
Yep, though this does seem like a lot of wasted effort. It's the same code
in the end. it would be nice if there was one common denominator that
could be used by everything. LADSPA is widely supported now, but it
doesn't have a standard way of representing MIDI data (and shouldn't it's
outside the remit) so its not good for soft-synths.
Occasionaly I think the l-a-d world needs a more comprehensive plugin
format* with features like:
midi support
array parameters
non-streaming processing
metadata
inherant ui support
a known 0dB reference level ;)
I don't think this is a good idea right now anyway, LADSPA has only just
been adopted by a good number of hosts and creating another plugin format
would add confustion. Plus there are still lots of interesting things
that can be done in LADSPA.
Jack is always a candidate for this level of app too, when there is a
standard MIDI representation and in-process apps work well.
- Steve
[*] I think David Olofson's MAIA had most or all of these features, but
development has stalled AFAIK, and I don't agree that inter-app comms
should share the same API.
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