Where would a Vocoder fit into this? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Harris [mailto:S.W.Harris@ecs.soton.ac.uk] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 8:44 AM To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu; Linux-audio-dev Subject: [linux-audio-user] LADSPA Taxonomy Hi all, After the LAD Conference and using apps which used the lrdf taxoomy (putting plugins into categories) code it became obvious the the current taxonomy wasn't really useful. the current taxnomy looks like: Utilities Generators Oscillators Simulators Reverbs Time Delays Phasers Flangers Chorus Reverbs Frequency Measurement Filters Lowpass Highpass Bandpass Combs Allpass EQs Parametric Multiband Pitch shifters Amplitude Amplifiers Waveshapers Modulators Distortions Dynamics Compressors Expanders Limiters Gates This makes a certian amount of sense from a theoretical point of view, but isn't much use when you're trying to find a compressor. So, we need to deine a taxonomy that is more useful to users. I recon that something like this is a good start, but feedback would really help: Utilities Generators Oscillators Delays Phasers + Allpass Flangers Chorus Reverbs Filters Lowpass Highpass Bandpass Combs EQs Parametric Multiband Pitch shifters Modulation Distortion Amp effects Waveshapers Dynamics Compressors Expanders Limiters Gates Feel free to suggest changes to make it easier to use. I can drop in the new taxonomy without changing any code. As soon as we decide on a new structure I will distribute a new .rdfs file then you can just copy it over the old one and try it out. - Steve