[linux-audio-dev] All things LADSPA, your input please

[Ralf Beck]

Am Dienstag, 28. Juni 2005 17:59 schrieb Jens M Andreasen:
> On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 17:16 +0200, Tim Goetze wrote:
> > [Christoph Eckert]
> >
> > > I enjoy jack-rack with some EQ, chorus and reverb really a
> > > great fun when plugging in my acoustic guitar.
> > >
> > > LADSPAS in ardour are really cool as well as using LADSPAS in
> > > synths like ams or om directly (and om does use them
> > > excessively).
> > >
> > > I agree that the GUI interfaces for LADSPAs are sometimes
> > > suboptimal, but this is due to the name of LAD_S_PAs.
> >
> > Yes, simple is nice. However, the API's excessive verbosity and the
> > 1.1 kludges sometimes tempt me to expand the S into other, more
> > pejorative words.
> >
A simple addition would be, that if the plugin has a parameter named "gui 
on/off",
the ladspa host should only display this button instead of a hunderd 
parameters. The pluginmaker usually knows of a better interface.

Ralf