9 May
2007
9 May
'07
2:51 p.m.
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:44:22PM -0400, Thomas Vecchione wrote:
While this makes perfect since in flexibility from a programmer
perspective, I wonder how it will affect things from an end-user
perspective, especially if LV2 becomes popular(Which many hope it would)...
The end user will have some plugins that are 'LV2' that will work in
some 'LV2' hosts but not others. How are they to know? Will they have
to have 'LV2 and supports these features' that they will have to check
off every time to see if it should be working or not?
Or 'Profiles' that fit a certain set of features?
Hosts will be able to not ever list plugins they can't use, afaik.
I think it's likely that something one could call profiles will
crystallize, as plugins are made for more or less specific uses.
Many effect plugins make sense both in a DAW and a synth, but
sound generators like oscillators tend to not make sense in a DAW.
Synth plugins need hosts that deal with MIDI (well, perhaps OSC).
I mean there will be sets of needs that apply to plugins and hosts.
In the worst case we will need a table of what works where :)
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