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

[Mike Rawes]

 --- Iain Duncan <iainduncan at telus.net> wrote: 
> > That would be possible, but using JACK between *every* plugin in the
> > graph would be overkill. JACK support is definitely a requirement
> > though.
> 
> Well, it might be, but on the other hand making that possible would allow
> the truely open ended flexibility possible with a hardware modular. If the
> project is limited to midi control, the resolution of control signals is
> forced into being very low. Being able to use use either a Jack/CV input or
> a midi CC to control a paramater would be pretty cool. Plug ins wouldn't
> have to be able to do everything, they could be used to do only one or two
> things really well, and one could freely mix oscillators, filters, and other
> processors to make complex patches.

This is what AMS, SSM, gAlan, PD etc let you do right now - MIDI is converted
to a 'voltage' signal (by various means) and then routed to plugins in the
graph. Ditto JACK - you can connect a JACK port to anything you like in these
apps.

I don't think this kind of I/O is best implemented internally as a plugin
either (definitely not if plugin == LADSPA). It's better if it's provided by
the host as a bus or other metaphor.

- 
Myk


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