Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA Extension for Extra GUI Data - Linux-audio-dev

26 Jun 2006

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  it would be great for people to be able to make
controllers for  plugins, without the author of RoseGarden or Seq24 needing to ad
some 
OM-style OSC-query-of-plugin-namespace

In my mind every plugin parameter should be automatable, therefore every 
parameter update should be visible to the host

...therefore every plugin GUI should connect to the host (not directly 
to the plugin)...therefore to support such GUIs every host *SHOULD* 
provide some kind of query-of-plugin-namespace.

Jeff

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 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:05:37 +0000
 From: carmen &lt;_(a)whats-your.name&gt;
 Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA Extension for Extra GUI Data
 To: linux-audio-dev(a)music.columbia.edu
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 >>To ensure consistency the GUI should get
its plugin descriptions from
>>the host anyway. This works even with POL (Plain Old Ladspa).  

 rather a more general format that it could use to
describe its
internal modules or other plugin formats as well. The GUI doesn't  

 in theory, this (client-readable metadata) shouldnt be a selling point. i mean if most
hosts provided a nice API to query for plugin parameters. most don't..

 it would be great for people to be able to make controllers for plugins, without the
author of RoseGarden or Seq24 needing to ad some OM-style OSC-query-of-plugin-namespace

 ..