+trigger, Re: [linux-audio-dev] ladspa.h.diff

[Jesse Chappell]

Dave Robillard wrote on Fri, 05-Mar-2004:

 > On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 13:10, Steve Harris wrote:
 > > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 05:54:52PM +0100, Tim Goetze wrote:
 > > > [Taybin Rutkin]
 > > > 
 > > > >TRIGGER, or MOMENTARY in my patch
 > > > >(http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-audio-dev@music.columbia.edu/msg11074.html),
 > > > >should really be 804, because it implies TOGGLED.
 > > > 
 > > > yes, i thought about this, but came to the conclusion that
 > > > variable-amplitude triggers are useful to have.
 > > 
 > > Momentary controls are boolean by definition.
 > 
 > Variable-amplitude triggers would be really cool though.  You could,
 > say, make a synthed snare generator plugin that is velocity-sensitive.
 > 
 > Actually, something like that would be out of the LADSPA domain I
 > suppose.  An idea anyway.
 
You just use a regular control port to specify
your threshold/amplitude.  The trigger port just does the "triggering".

jlc