[linux-audio-dev] Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a? Is JACK the ultimate solution?

[torbenh at gmx.de]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:35:38PM +0200, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 11:04, Pelle Nilsson wrote:
> > Marek Peteraj <marpet at naex.sk> writes:
> > 
> > > ...
> > > Second thing is that the way you percieve them shouldn't change as you
> > > switch applications. Which is what VST perfectly fulfills - it provides
> > > its own UI.
> > 
> > If I have 100 LADSPA plug-ins installed and 3 LADSPA hosts, I'd rather
> > spend my time learning the guis of the 3 host-applications than
> > learning the different guis of 100 plug-ins. That a plug-in then has
> > three different interfaces depending on in which application I use it
> > isn't a problem. 
> 
> Well, no. As hosts only provide a slider for each parameter, there is
> absolutely no layout, controls aren't organised in a logical way. No
> visual clues - except a slider. All the parameters in all existing 
> ladspa plugins can be (and usually are) fundamentally different, but
> you're only providing - a slider.(or a knob?) So you end up with 3x100.
> Look at the tape delay ladspa plugin for instance.

thats why the galan library needs to be extended :)
you can build custom UIs for all LADSPAs....

http://galan.sourceforge.net/eq-shot.png

if the gfx is not painted by me it looks like:

http://galan.sourceforge.net/anti-aliased-knobs.png


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torben Hohn
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