13 Aug
2009
13 Aug
'09
8:16 p.m.
On 13/8/2009, "Fons Adriaensen" <fons(a)kokkinizita.net> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:27:20PM +0100, Steve Harris
wrote:
That's the problem I've limited myself to.
...
On 13 Aug 2009, at 20:01, David Robillard wrote:
That, IMHO, is a different problem space.
If the original problem is 'how to define a mono plugin so it can
be replicated for multichannel or polyphonic use' then I'd agree. I'm
assuming the only ports to be replicated are those which have
say a
multiPort property. I don't see why replication would not be the same
in a plugin instance, across all ports with that property.
Because larger plugins can have several completely different signal
paths. Synthesis and effects, or several channels on a mixer, or... And I'm not yet convinced that even the simple
'replicate a mono
plugin' problem can be solved by port types only.
How would a port type tell e.g. a multichannel limiter plugin if
it has to limit each channel separately, or use the same gain
reduction, based on the loudest one, on all ?
All the port type (property) would do is say this port is replicated. How
the plugin handles that is down to the author. For the limiter example
you might want a boolean value (a gui check box) which the plugin acts
upon to determine this. There would still be the same number of
inputs/outputs replicated in both cases (I think)...
James.