[linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)

[Steve Harris]

On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:26:12 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Yes, more or less. I was using instrument as in VSTi instrument, ie
> > an instance of a thing instantiated from a .so file. The word
> > plugin is far too overloaded.
> 
> Ok. (But VSTis can be multichanne/multipart, AFAIK.)

OK, but thier still instruments :)
 
> The word "plugin", AFAIK, simply refers to something you plug into an 
> application - it's not limited to DSP plugins or generators, and 
> doesn't even have to have anything to do with audio. It's just the 
> music industry that has hijacked the word. :-)

Sure, sure. But it has been hijacked, theres not much point trying to
un-hijack it.

- Steve