Re: [LAU] news: Loomer VST plugins and the pizmidi plugs

From: drew Roberts <zotz@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:46:38 EET

On Monday 12 January 2009 15:27:41 Hartmut Noack wrote:
> Dave Phillips schrieb:
> > Hartmut Noack wrote:
> >
> > Is this a seq24 problem ? Are you using the latest release from the new
> > team ?
>
> Yes, it is the latest Seq24 but I must admit, that seq24 is still
> somewhat exotic in the MIDI-context, so I would not be surrised, if
> Aspect works much better with Qtractor or RG...
> At the other hand: *any* other app I tried so far, worked flawless with
> seq24....
>
> > Zyn is unsupported, has problems with JACK, needs more default patches,
> > and is not exactly transparent to program.
>
> Zyns jackd-trouble is a valid argument, though I did not test Aspect
> under really hard circumstances - only on my Laptop with a puny
> Behringer USB-card with settings for around 80ms latency. Zyn performs
> just perfect with such settings too...
>
> > and is not exactly transparent to program.
>
> You mean to program as in program or as in setting up a sound-patch? In
> the latter case I dont agree: I loved the powerful interface of Zyn from
> the first time I saw it. It may be time-consuming to get a certain sound
> but the whole process is fun and yields a manifold of unpredicted cool
> sounds as a side-effect ;-)
>
> > The JUCE development framework is very nice, but apparently few of the
> > LAD crew find any attraction in it. Too bad.
>
> I guess, if there would be a commonly used build-machanism delivered
> with JOST this could change.
>
> > A better question might be: Would you pay $70US for an enterprising
> > Linux audio programmer to provide that function in a plugin or utility ?
> > I'd gladly chip into a fund for such a thing, if I needed it.
>
> Well thats some challenge ;-)
>
> I hereby set a bounty of EURO 50,- payable via the infamous pay-pal or
> as cash in a letter

Don't forget postal money orders...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_order

> for anybody who implements such a feature in a free
> software delay usable as a standalone and as a LV2-plugin and/or LADSPA
> (though I fear, it is hard to achieve if at all with LADSPA...)
> Must have: get the timing from Alsa and/or jack MIDI
> Nice to have: Beat-detection
>
> Who is with me? :-)
>
> > Agree++, and I will continue to encourage the trend in my articles.
>
> Yes - commercial plugins as a native addition to the Linux-Audio
> ecosystem are good - an addition, not a replacement....

drew

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