Re: [LAD] Terminology problem

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:49:52PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
>
> Not sure if this is a hard problem, or if I'm just being extra stupid
> today...
>
> Assume we have a 2D addressing scheme for addressing Ports on a
> plugin. A Port here can be a connection that sends or receives a
> single mono audio stream, control data for a single parameter, or
> something like that.
>
> The first dimension is similar to MIDI CCs, or the different types of
> controls in a mixer strip. The coordinate indicates what kind or
> group of control/port/whatever we're talking about. Examples: "Master
> volume control" (probably just one of these) and "channel pitch
> controls" (one per channel, obviously). On a (normal) studio mixer,
> we'd be talking about a horizontal row of controls, all of the same
> kind.
>
> The second dimension is similar to MIDI channels, synth voices, or
> mixer channels, depending on context. I'm calling all this "Channel",
> as that's the least domain specific name I can think of that still
> makes sense. Basically, when you have multiple indentical internal
> objects, this is how you address the instances.
>
>
> Now, what do I call the first dimension, *before* specifying what
> channel I'm talking about? How do I address "the Volume CCs of all 16
> MIDI channels", or "the PFL buttons of all mixer strips?" I'd like a
> short, logical, non-confusing name for this, but I can't seem to
> think of one.

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Received on Thu Nov 15 00:15:04 2007