Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] hermes input?
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 12:23:55 EEST
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:45:45 -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> >but hermes is probably fairly buggy, it mainly exists to prove a point
> >(that host generated GUIs are next to useless for some things).
>
> Well, I'm going to try to use it to prove the point that no GUI is
> needed at all. :) I'll see what I can get it to do. I'm also thinking of
> using it as a model for a stripped down, simpler version. Probably with
> a single Osc->Dist->Filt->Delay->Out signal path to start.
> ^
> |
> LFO
Neat, but thats a cutom no-GUI :) I actually meant UI, rather than GUI.
> When I first heard about your xml build system for lasdpa plugins I
> thought it sounded like a crazy idea. Now that I've actually looked at a
> number of the .xml files and compared them briefly with the generated
> .so.c I realize I was simply ignorant. It looks like this system
> significantly lowers the bar for getting into DSP programming.
Heh, I'm far too lazy to type (and maintain) all that boilerplate each
time.
> Previously I thought it would be several years more before I knew enough
> about programming before I would be able to start contributing. With
> your xml system and LADSPA it appears I might be able to dig in and
> start off focusing on learning about and comprehending the core DSP
> algorithms. I can learn all the housekeeping, gui and systems
> programming stuff more gradually. DSP programming is really what I'm
> most interested in. The rest of it seemed like a lot of dull drudgery I
> would have to learn first before I got around to the fun stuff.
Good stuff, enjoy :)
- Steve
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