22 Apr
2006
22 Apr
'06
9:44 a.m.
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 10:53 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
Almost two years ago at the LA conference a bunch of
us agreed that
something need to be done to improve LADSPA, and on the approximate
direction it should take.
Anyway, I finally got round to making a sketch plugin and .h file:
http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa2/
Great!
The .ttl file syntax looks really good.
I have a few suggestions, though:
- GUI support. A standardized, well defined way for plugins
to supply a graphical user interface of it's own.
- Port units should be defined in a way that plugin hosts know
what these units are. The label is not good enough for hosts.
Instead of:
ladspa:units "dB"
We could have:
ladspa:units#db
rdfs:label "dB"
(thanks for the syntax Steve. I hope I understood correctly)
If hosts understand which units are used it gives the them a possibility
to create better GUIs for the plugins. For example, if a parameter is in
dB, the host can provide a widget more suitable for gain entry.
But this would offer even greater benefits than widget selection: hosts
could give users the possibility to give time values relative to
beats/bars. (Without any need for the plugin to know about the tempo).
Think delays synchronized with the song tempo, for example.
The plugin could also give hints if a parameter should/could be given in
beats/bars or absolute time.
--
Sampo Savolainen <v2(a)iki.fi>