Re: [LAU] the defacto host for lv2

On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 04:52:18PM +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> On 06/05/2010 04:05 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
> >
> > Hi Atte,
> >
> > On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Atte Andr? Jensen wrote:
> >
> >> I'd like to dive into lv2. But being new to this I wasn't able to
> >> figure out if there's a THE lv2 host. I'm mostly interested in
> >> something that's actively being developed and has at least some momentum.
> >
> > IMHO, "the" lv2 host is either Ingen or lv2_jack_host (part of SLV2)...
> > depending on your work style. Here's a list of hosts that I know of,
> > though:
> >
> > Ingen http://drobilla.net/software/ingen/
> > lv2_jack_host http://drobilla.net/software/slv2/
> > zynjacku & lv2rack: http://home.gna.org/zynjacku/
> > Ardour 3 (beta): http://ardour.org/download_full
> >
>
> shameless plug, whoohoo;)
>
> qtractor: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
>
> i wonder which linux based plugin spec qtractor does not host? =) well,
> m.e.s.s. is one but might be the only for the obvious n.i.h. syndrome
> reasons ;)
>
> re. lv2 hosts, what's _defacto_ missing is an up2date matrix where ppl
> can check which lv2 extension is supported by which host, given that lv2
> is such a babel tower of its own... in ground level still :( scnr
>
> fwiw, qtractor does event(midi), external-gui, save-restore, instance &
> data-access and the very core stuff (ala ladspa, of course). before you
> ask, it won't do gtk-gui ever (i won't do it nor will i care >:)
>

Hmm. Ardour3? What abour Ardour2? I notice Ardour2 has a build option to use LV2, but I've never gotten it to compile properly. Is that because Ardour3 is required to use LV2?

-ken
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