Re: [LAD] How can a LV2 plugin know on what host's MIDI Channel it's on?

Here's a vote for anything (lv2 extension, OSC convention, or something else) that makes information about how a host is using a plugin available to the plugin.

This kind of introspection is useless for most plugins, but those that need it can't get the information any other way.

In MFP [1] I have support for a loading an editable patch as an LV2 plugin. It would be really useful to be able to find out from the host what channel each instance is on, both for presentation in UI and for support of automation-type behavior where the plugin might automate usage of (for example) a hosts OSC API, using its channel number to parameterize the OSC call properly. This is what I think of as the "max4live" workflow.

Thanks,
Bill Gribble

[1] http://github.com/bgribble/mfp

> On Oct 16, 2014, at 11:42, Phil CM <philcm@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to retrieve this info (and others, ideally) from the host, thus removing the need for a "midi channel" control port?
>
> Also, is there a way to tie the "volume" controller of the host (in Qtractor's case, the volume fader of the mixer strip) to one "volume" control port of the plugin, thus removing the need for the "control mode" control port ?
>
> Yes because you see, here in my Qtractor (latest SVN - but it has always been that way) I can either edit the plugin (about 50% of my plugins behave that way) controls but then the mixer's volume is inoperant, or control the volume w/ said mixer but NOT the plugins controls. How can I have my cake and eat it?
>
> Ta-ta
>
> --Phil
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