12 Dec
2002
12 Dec
'02
10:12 p.m.
> newchannel_idx =
plug->new_channel(channel_descriptor_idx); The
But the host is allowed to assume that it is in fact
an *index*; not
just a cookie?
I guess no, it doesn't matter - it's a cookie.
I see. (No problem as long as there is no assumption
that anything is
both an input and an output and that kind of stuff.)
No, each port is an in or an out
How about a mixer with variable insert count? There
are several ways
to implement that, but I can't think of one that doesn't require
either that dreaded "link" feature, or an extra level of
"grouping"...
I prefer not to tie the model to hardware like that: I prefer to think of
the insert effects as coming before the mixer in the chain. I think it's
just simpler.
So, you basically have a bunch of control channel
descriptions and a
bunch of io channel descriptions, and then the host can test for
valid combinations of those when adding new channels?
That's what I was saying. I'm not sure it's really useful.
I need to digest the rest of this email. I'll have a new version of the
header with most of what we've been discussing in one form or another
hopefully tonight. Then we can keep banging out details.
Tim