Re: [LAD] Feature request for FIL-Plugins

Excerpts from fons's message of 2010-07-08 00:08:11 +0200:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 10:56:24PM +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
>
> > But I'm sure that you see the benefit of a single plugin standard as VST
> > pretty much is on windows. Anyway, there's no easy way to solve the
> > multiple-standards thing in Linux land apparently.
>
> A single standard would be a good thing. But in the field of
> audio plugin standards all Linux efforts have had the same
> approach: to make things as simple as possible in order to
> avoid scaring away even the most unprepared would-be authors.
> With the result of ignoring any form of real analysis, or
> pushing it into the future.

The 'simple' part seems to have worked out well for LV2...

> > One thing that I'm wondering about though, what about NASPRO? Do you
> > think it might be able to wrap around your plugins and bridge to lv2?
> > http://naspro.atheme.org/about
>
> If there's one thing I do detest down to the center of my bones
> it is such wrapping of layer upon layer to transform A into B.
>
> And if NASPRO would be able to 'bridge' my system, it would still
> require extensions to LV2 which is its base, the same that would
> be required without NASPRO. Nothing at all is gained by doing this.
>
> Ciao,

Ah, didn't know detest is an English word as well..
I understand why you hate this, it rarely works as well as it should.
On the other hand, software today is nothing but layer upon layer upon
layer...
NASPROs goal is a noble and pragmatic one however, it tries to make any
plugin available in any lv2 host. Afaik, I still haven't tested it, it
doesn't provide any GUI.

-- 
Regards,
Philipp
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