[LAD] Lv2 port replication [for dummies]

David Robillard dave at drobilla.net
Fri Aug 14 20:47:22 UTC 2009


On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 20:01 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On 14 Aug 2009, at 17:30, David Robillard wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 17:09 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> >> On 14 Aug 2009, at 15:56, David Robillard wrote:
> >>> Perhaps a simpler example: an n->m panner.  Are you really going to
> >>> argue that an n->m panner is not a useful plugin!?
> >>
> >> That's a more compelling example, but it can be done with M * N-way
> >> panners and a mixer.
> >
> > Tell the user that... :)
> >
> > It can be done with a sufficiently large collection of product plugins
> > too.
> 
> The host can do it automatically, obviously.

The host can do it automatically with the C multiplication operator as
well, obviously.

Surround panning is not trivial, and not a small amount of code.  It is
exactly the sort of thing you'd want a plugin for.

-dr





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