[linux-audio-user] Re: LADSPA plugins - warm sound quality

[Patrick Shirkey]

Steve Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 11:11:54 +0900, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> 
>>What about making a new plugin called eg. Analog glow, which is simply 
>>the "lowpass->valve sim->lowpass" combination. That could save you some 
>>time and be more universally applicable.
> 
> 
> I think I probably gave the impression that its easier than it is, this
> will help for some plugins, but a better solution is for me to just fix
> the hard sounding plugins. To get the best results its often neccesary to
> mess with the insides.
> 

Fair enough. But it could still be a useful addition esp *when* we have 
hundreds of people contributing plugins that are not quite up to 
standard but would still benefit from this combination.

> I'm considering splitting my plugin set into two parts:
> 
> building block plugins, that wouldn't particualrly sound good on thier own
> (the sort of thing that is ideal for SSM, AMS or PD). eg. basic filters,
> envelope followers, oscilators, simple delays etc.
> 
> "general" plugins that are more well rounded, eg. reverbs, choruses, more
> complex delays etc.
> 
> That latter set should all be de-harshed, the former wouldn't.
> 
> Comments? I guess if everyone is always going to download both sets it'd
> be a waste of time.
> 

My guess is that people want as many plugins and fx as they can find so 
splitting the package doesn't seem neccessary. However grouping the 
plugins using the rdf format you have developed would be helpful.

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