[linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor

[Alfons Adriaensen]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 02:26:34PM +0000, Steve Harris wrote:

> I was thinking that the UI code would be a piece of software, not just a
> description, that would be run my the host - either a seperate binary or a
> part of the plugins .so file.

That's a solution, but outside the current LADSPA specs. And the separate
binary would be specific for a particular host.

> > OTOH, we could introduce the reverse: a bit in the hints requesting the host
> > *not* to connect a dummy buffer, but instead to set the pointer to NULL if
> > the port is unconnected. This would be backwards compatible, AFAICS.
> 
> Yes, but why not just have some way of telling if its the dummy buffer?

Because passing NULL is the obvious way to do it, and there is no need to
introduce a new mechanism. And since no existing plugin will request this,
it's perfectly compatible. If you prefer simplicity, why make it more
complex ?


> I agree about diversity, but disgree totally about the other points. In my
> experieince complex systems are generally failures - they rarely offer
> anything thats a significant advantage over (comparativly) simple systems,
> and modular synth modules are simple systems - if there not then youre
> doing something wrong.

I'm not advocating complexity for its own sake -- things should be as simple
as they can be, *but not simpler*. Anyway, there is nothing complex in setting
a bit in a constant hints value. 

But let's agree to disagree !

-- 
Fons