13 Dec
2002
13 Dec
'02
7:30 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:47:13 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
When? What examples did the VST people give for wanting this?
- Steve
And note that this problem occurs even in a pure 12tET
net! You
*cannot* mix plugins that thin in notes/scales with linear pitch
based plugins in just any order, and there is no way whatsoever the
host or users can be informed about that, unless there is a way for
plugins to say what they expect, and what they output.
Right, so dont allow plugins to talk notes... I still dont think its
necceasry, its just programmer convienvence.
If you dont have it there cant be any compatibility problems.
Whether you think of linear pitch as 1.0/octave or
(1/12)/note, it's
still not explicitly related to a scale, and thus, you're casting one
type of data into another, just to be able to squeeze it through the
API. That looks like a dirty hack to me.
No, thats right, its not explicity related to a scale, thats what makes
it so useful.
You can't
prove a negative. I think that it's possible for it to
cause quite big problems, which is why I'm still harping on about
it.
I still think *not* having it can cause a great deal of trouble.
We're not really getting anywhere...