[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA proposal ...

[Steve Harris]

On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 01:12:13 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:50:31PM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> 
> > I dont really see the avantage of this - control and description are
> > seperate tasks, and not even closely related.
> 
> Very closely related if you consider that the ultimate purpose of a
> description is to control something. Why should there be any difference
> between
> 
> A.  a description of a plugin's interface,
> B.  a set of commands that make a host accomodate the plugin ?

It depends on the task the app is trying to achieve, if its trying to find
a plugin thats a "compressor" with stereo inputs then evaluating all the
instructions in the pile to try and find a match is not very convienient.

- Steve