[linux-audio-dev] (fwd) Unified Audio Plugin Architecture (Meeting)

[Jay Vaughan]

>  > Plugins really need to be separated from Interface properly in order
>  > for a cross-platform plugin standard to work properly.  Every one of
>  > the existing plugin 'standards' was created in an attempt to solve
>  > this DSP/GUI integration issue, and I think its time the problem went
>  > away with a quick move to XML-based schemes.
>
>Yes. It also makes it practical to run to GUIs remotly, eg rack
>hardware <-> PC without any proprietary protocols.
>

Exactly, this is our thinking on this issue precisely.

The solution to the plugin problem is to separate process from GUI, 
and make the processing API standard.  Let platforms compete on the 
GUI's they implement based on the 'parameter XML' dump that gets read 
on init, and away we go ...

>  > SynthEd is a step in the right direction in this regard, I reckon...
>I'm not familiar with it, but I will be after a google I guess.
>- Steve

Sorry, should have included a link:

	http://synthed.sourceforge.net/



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