18 Feb
2023
18 Feb
'23
6:51 p.m.
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023, Christopher Arndt wrote:
Seriously, though, DSSI is dead. Effort spent adding
DSSI format for plugins
should be spent in adding LV2 support to host, that do not support it yet,
instead.
A number of DSSI synths will not even build any more. I think anything
that supports DSSI does so with legacy code. That is, the DSSI code was
put in when that was all there was and so long as it continues to "just
work" it will be left in. As soon as the maintainer has to do actual work
to keep it going they are looking at time to support something very few
use or to spend that time on what everyone else uses. Anyone new to plugin
synth creation is going to learn to create LV2 plugins. So supporting dssi
in a host means having a sound font synth internally or using standalone
jack clients (using either alsa or jack midi). Depending on the intended
use of the software, that may be a reasonable combination. If an audio
track is the intended outcome, maybe not. As a writing tool, to create a
score, it seems reasonable.
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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net