[LAD] Pd, Csound and SuperCollider code as plugin

[rosea grammostola]

Hi,

On the LAU list we were discussing the possibilities of audio synthesis 
environments as plugins.
" [LAU] From audio synthesis environment to plugin"

Pd, SC and Csound give so much possibilities when it comes to 
instruments and effects. Wouldn't it be cool if Linux audio users could 
easily use some code/patches as plugins? I imagine, someone makes a cool 
synth 'patch' which you can easily use within a 'plugin interface'. So 
without knowing how to code in SuperCollider for example, you can 
benefit from patches of others, which you can easily use as plugin
 (or 'jack application').

If there is such a 'plugin interface' and people start sharing 
'plugins', this could make Linux more useful for Music Production. It 
also could fill the gap of not having a lot commercial VST plugins for 
Linux imho.

Of course I'm not the first with this idea and there are some solutions 
or suggestions already. I'll try to give a list.... (of course I could 
miss some options)

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*Csound:*

CSoundLADSPA:
http://www.csounds.com/journal/issue6/csLADSPA.html

CSoundVST:
http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/CommandCsoundVST.html (Windows, but 
also possible to build as native Linux plugin, recently).

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*Pd:*
http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~jsarlo/pdvst/ (only Windows afaik)


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SuperCollider:*

SC comes with a SuperColliderAU.component (Mac only)

Here are some possibilities listed (Faust for example):
http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Systems_interfacing_with_SC#other_systems

Java bindings -> http://www.erase.net/projects/p5_sc/ and jvst -> 
http://jvstwrapper.sourceforge.net/

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So it seems that CSound already has an solution for GNU/Linux. But Pd 
and SC only seems to have solutions  for either Windows or Mac.

It would be great and good for Linux audio imho if we could use Pd and 
SC patches as plugins on GNU/Linux. And to make them popular and have as 
much sharing of plugins between users as possible, a crossplatform 
solution might be the best bet.

I'm not a developer, so I can't tell how good my ideas and suggestions 
are. I also don't know if I see clear when I see these opportunities. 
That's why I mail it to this list, so experts can tell.
Maybe one or more developers likes the idea and also sees these 
opportunities and are capable of setting plans and ideas into something 
practical...

Thanks in advance,

\rooz