16 Jan
2004
16 Jan
'04
4:37 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 17:53, Iain Duncan wrote:
I think the way to make an inter app modular really
useful and new would be
to use Jack for *ALL* signal passing including control signals as CV
emulations by passing a DC signal through Jack ( as say an equivalent of a
Csound krate signal or a hardware modular control volt signal.) If the
modular was some sort of framework for interconnecting apps and plugins
controlled by midi and Jack DC signals, one could actually accomplish the
kind of flexibility possible with hardware modulars and still be able to
incorporate other work.
Iain
An interesting idea for sure, but what's the point really? If you want
to export a certain bit of audio or control data to jack, just run it
into a jack output plugin.
Having every single connection, useful or not, done through jack would
make your jack patch bay SO incredibly complicated and crammed full of
garbage as to be totally useful.
But you're mashing the ideas of modules in an app and connecting
multiple apps together - different problems. A jack patch bay that
works like a modular would definately be cool, but a totally different
project.
-Dave