[linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and take over :-)

[Roman Kaljakin]

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:20:29 +0100 (CET)
"Dr. Matthias Nagorni" <mana at suse.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Thomas Webb wrote:
> 
> > I also already devised an xml-based format for modular
> > synth patches. It needs some work if it's to be an
> 
> I was very impressed by the XML representation of LADSPA plugins
> presented by Steve Harris at the LAD conference last weekend. He writes
> the code and parameter specifications of his LADSPA plugins in XML and
> then converts ("compiles") them to the C code according to ladspa.h.
> 
> What I like about this solution is that it would not only allow to share
> modules among the many softsynths, but it could also be used to solve the
> GUI/Toolkit problem. Namely one could also express the GUI layout
> information in XML. People can then "compile" the XML files and get both
> the module's DSP code in the format appropriate for their synth and also
> the GUI code for the Toolkit (e.g. QT ot GTK) of their choice.
 
 Yes, I think it would be a logical extension of LADSPA specification.

> 
> Matthias
> 
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