Re: [linux-audio-dev] +momentary, consolidated (ladspa.h.diff)

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] +momentary, consolidated (ladspa.h.diff)
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Tue Mar 09 2004 - 15:08:05 EET


[Steve Harris]

>On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 12:53:33 +0100, Tim Goetze wrote:
>> however, the behaviour connecting a TOGGLED or INTEGER port to a
>> continuous signal source is undefined and relies on the host and/or
>> plugin rounding convention, and whether one is in place.
>
>Just the plugin - INTEGER is a hint to the host that the plugin will only
>use integer values - the plugin is requied to accept all values, and will
>round to the nearest, or whatever is appropriate.
>
>In different cases the plugin might want to round to -Inf or nearest,
>or different maode for positive and negative, so it makes sense for the
>host to preserve the fractions until as a late as possible.

true. though it must be reckoned that some hosts may opt to force
value adjustment, or do any kind of value arithmetic for that matter,
at the port level. under some circumstances it is a sensible thing to
do, and the spec is a recommendation, not a requirement in this case.

amicalement,

tim


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