12 Dec
2002
12 Dec
'02
7:31 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 09:31:52 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
I dont think thats true, all ET scales can be arpegiated trivially from
the octave number, and arpegiate for non ET scales is a hard problem
anyway, providing note numbers doesn't help.
A synth could
still have a built in event
processor, but it should only process linear_pitch events.
Yes - but you could not implement a useful arpeggiator that way, for
example. It would do the wrong thing as soon as you're not using
12tET anymore - and *now*, users wouldn't have clue as to why this
happens, because the synth *lies* and says that it cares only about
linear_pitch... Yeah. We could "strongly suggest" things,
but officially saying "you
cannot do this" about things that are physically possible is
dangerous. Host coders might actually take your word for it!
And then everyone goes "Hmm... That's actually useful, after all."
Bang! VST host incompatibilities reinvented... *heh*
Yes. I prefer to just now support things that are occasionaly slightly
helpful to developers, but can lead to problems later.
- Steve