Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA proposal ...
From: Fons Adriaensen (fons.adriaensen_AT_skynet.be)
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 03:43:17 EEST
On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 09:05:57AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 01:12:13 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:50:31PM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> >
> > > I dont really see the avantage of this - control and description are
> > > seperate tasks, and not even closely related.
> >
> > Very closely related if you consider that the ultimate purpose of a
> > description is to control something. Why should there be any difference
> > between
> >
> > A. a description of a plugin's interface,
> > B. a set of commands that make a host accomodate the plugin ?
>
> It depends on the task the app is trying to achieve, if its trying to find
> a plugin thats a "compressor" with stereo inputs then evaluating all the
> instructions in the pile to try and find a match is not very convienient.
Just use a command that will add the necessary information to a database
maintained by the host. Searching for a plugin and actually hosting it
are two separate actions.
-- FA
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