Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA v1.1 Alternative Proposal
From: Richard Guenther (rguenth_AT_tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 15:08:56 EEST
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 07:18:20AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> >i guess it is safe to say that '*DataLocation = default' is simple:
> >it is simple to implement in a plugin for sure. it is reasonable for
> >hosts not to care about the default value at all. it gets the
> >efficiency bonus for being capable of expressing any value from the
> >valid range while saving many lines in <ladspa.h>. it makes, as conrad
> >parker showed, the dynamic creation of sane values possible if you
> >stretch the meaning of 'to connect' a bit, and above all: it is
> >easy to explain and understand.
>
> It might be worth stepping back to look at the broader picture here
> for a minute to make sure that we're not solving just a small detail
> of something that really needs the whole solution.
Of course defaults are a part of presets - so we maybe better come up
with a standard on plugin presets. The plugin then could come with a
"standard" preset. The question is wether to separate presets from the
LADSPA API or not.
Oh, I didnt look up the previous discussions about presets.
Richard.
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