Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: New LADSPA Hints (Was: [ANNOUNCE] tapiir-0.7.1)
From: Paul Davis (paul_AT_linuxaudiosystems.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 19:15:28 EET
>Steve Harris wrote on Sat, 01-Mar-2003:
>
> > > There is no reason MOMENTARY needs to be restricted to TOGGLED
> > > controls. There just needs to be a hint to specify what the "inactive"
> > > value should be, which is the value that a compliant host must set the
> > > port to after using a MOMENTARY with an "active" value.
> >
> > I guess thats true, but if its retricted to toggled ports it will still be
> > usable in non compliant hosts, and the value has to switch between two
> > values, so it may as well be 0.0 and 1.0.
>
>Well, a non-compliant host won't do anything with a momentary
>hint, so the momentary action won't be happening anyway. The
>plugin itself isn't supposed to modify input controls so it can't
>do it itself (although it would be much easier).
just casting my vote for MOMENTARY. it would make the job of creating
plugins that are driven by "tap-to-change" controls much easier.
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