Subject: Re: promoting DSSI, was re: [linux-audio-dev] impulse convolution LADSPA plugin
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Dec 05 2004 - 03:50:24 EET
On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 11:02:43AM -0800, Florin Andrei wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 09:03 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
>
> > If I may chime in here... I urge all Linux audio developers to read the
> > DSSI spec, it's well-written and directly addresses some of LADSPA's
> > shortcomings. After working with VSTi plugins for a while I've begun to
> > see the need for something similar in a native Linux architecture, and I
> > think DSSI is an excellent way for us to get that. If you don't already
> > know about it, you can learn more about DSSI here:
> >
> > http://dssi.sourceforge.net/
>
> I second that. I love LADSPA and i appreciate its contribution to Linux
> audio in general, and i'm still using it, but DSSI is better pretty much
> any way you look at it.
>
> Hopefully the authors of LADSPA plugins will start porting their
> software to DSSI.
For existing LADSPA plugins theres no need to port, if you want to add a
DSSI-style UI you can, but theres no need to change the LADSPA pluign.
- Steve
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