[linux-audio-user] Modular synths of the world, unite and take over :-)

Roman Kaljakin wrote: Well, here we have another modular synth framework. :-) Hi Roman, i realy like parts of your ui design. just looked at the screenshots so far, but i think i will try octavian soon. I would have reacted earlier to your announce, but i was somewhat busy and didn't follow lad traffic very regulary. Sseems we have a little problem. Ok, maybe problem is not exactly the right term, let's put it this way: Right now, there is beast, there is gAlan, there is ams, and of course there is also pd, jmax, etc. and lately Octavian, and, rats, there maybe a zillion of other apps out there that i do not yet know of (authors of such apps, please append your project to my list:-) ) While each of this projects may have unique approaches to certain problems, or use different metaphors for similar things, i guess it is a valid assumption, that they all have _very_ similar goals in terms of functionality. At least that was my impression after talking with Stefan (beast) and Torben (gAlan). The Big Question(tm): How can we avoid redundant work? My (somewhat utopious) suggestion: maybe we should think in components that use/modify a common datastructure/model. This has almost (but not completly) nothing to do with merging ;-) It means that we have to agree on what exactly that common model would be, and after that, we would go on writing different components that actualy work with this model. The problem of course would be to define that model. But once we have managed this, it should be possible to have different components cooperate on the same instance of that model at the same time, without knowing about each other, i.e. all "inter-component" communication would be established via the model. I tend to think of this as a "Macro Model/View/Controller" pattern. (i have forgotten the actual term, something like "Document Oriented Design" i think.) So this goes out to Matthias, Torben, Stefan, Roman, and of course everyone else interested in such a thing: What do you think? Regards, Lukas