[LAD] LV2-C++-Tools

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Sat Mar 24 20:38:43 UTC 2012


On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:14:55PM -0700, J. Liles wrote:
 
> IMHO, one should never need to deal with input devices in a plugin.
> And, yes, the host could also provide this information, but I don't
> think it's the hosts responsibility to be providing the plugin any
> information that the user didn't explicitly request be delivered to
> the plugin (e.g. by clicking on an XY Pad control and moving the
> cursor position).

The user 'requests' this information by connecting the X,Y CV ports
provided by the host to the CV inputs of some module(s). Just as one
would input audio.

Ciao,

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