[LAD] Pd, Csound and SuperCollider code as plugin

[victor]

I suppose by virtue of Jack, it's possible to run SC, PD, Csound or anything
jackable as a separate process, and pretend it is a plugin to things like 
Ardour.

Victor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rosea grammostola" <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
To: "Linux Audio Developers" <Linux-audio-dev at lists.linuxaudio.org>
Cc: "Atte André Jensen" <atte.jensen at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:33 PM
Subject: [LAD] Pd, Csound and SuperCollider code as plugin


> Hi,
>
> On the LAU list we were discussing the possibilities of audio synthesis
> environments as plugins.
> " [LAU] From audio synthesis environment to plugin"
>
> Pd, SC and Csound give so much possibilities when it comes to
> instruments and effects. Wouldn't it be cool if Linux audio users could
> easily use some code/patches as plugins? I imagine, someone makes a cool
> synth 'patch' which you can easily use within a 'plugin interface'. So
> without knowing how to code in SuperCollider for example, you can
> benefit from patches of others, which you can easily use as plugin
> (or 'jack application').
>
> If there is such a 'plugin interface' and people start sharing
> 'plugins', this could make Linux more useful for Music Production. It
> also could fill the gap of not having a lot commercial VST plugins for
> Linux imho.
>
> Of course I'm not the first with this idea and there are some solutions
> or suggestions already. I'll try to give a list.... (of course I could
> miss some options)
>
> -------------
>
>
> *Csound:*
>
> CSoundLADSPA:
> http://www.csounds.com/journal/issue6/csLADSPA.html
>
> CSoundVST:
> http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/CommandCsoundVST.html (Windows, but
> also possible to build as native Linux plugin, recently).
>
> -------------------
>
> *Pd:*
> http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~jsarlo/pdvst/ (only Windows afaik)
>
>
> -------------------
>
> *
> SuperCollider:*
>
> SC comes with a SuperColliderAU.component (Mac only)
>
> Here are some possibilities listed (Faust for example):
> http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Systems_interfacing_with_SC#other_systems
>
> Java bindings -> http://www.erase.net/projects/p5_sc/ and jvst ->
> http://jvstwrapper.sourceforge.net/
>
> ----------------------
>
>
>
> So it seems that CSound already has an solution for GNU/Linux. But Pd
> and SC only seems to have solutions  for either Windows or Mac.
>
> It would be great and good for Linux audio imho if we could use Pd and
> SC patches as plugins on GNU/Linux. And to make them popular and have as
> much sharing of plugins between users as possible, a crossplatform
> solution might be the best bet.
>
> I'm not a developer, so I can't tell how good my ideas and suggestions
> are. I also don't know if I see clear when I see these opportunities.
> That's why I mail it to this list, so experts can tell.
> Maybe one or more developers likes the idea and also sees these
> opportunities and are capable of setting plans and ideas into something
> practical...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> \rooz
>
>
>
>
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