9 Jan
2003
9 Jan
'03
10:12 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 02:41:25 +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote:
Ahh, yes, agreed. The most-likly-to-work LADSPA GUI system (LCP) works a
bit like this. The controls aren't actually ASCII, but they are abstracted
from the DSP code and platform.
On Thu, Jan 09,
2003 at 01:00:41 +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote:
Well, the *data* can be transferred over the same socket in binary,
no conversion required. What I'm talking about is the definition of
the GUI in a way that is not platform-dependent. From my standpoint, I'd love to see DSP
processes written to a "UAPA"
have a completely text-based interface - stream in XML data, stream
it out, over a socket (what platform doesn't support this?).
Converting between ASCII and IEEE float is two expensivefor this to be
practical. Plugins really need to be separated from Interface
properly in order
for a cross-platform plugin standard to work properly. Every one of
the existing plugin 'standards' was created in an attempt to solve
this DSP/GUI integration issue, and I think its time the problem went
away with a quick move to XML-based schemes.
Yes. It also makes it practical to run to GUIs remotly, eg rack
hardware <-> PC without any proprietary protocols.
SynthEd is a step in the right direction in this
regard, I reckon...
I'm not familiar with it, but I will be after a google I guess.
- Steve