[linux-audio-dev] Re: [jmax] Running a patch as a LADSPA plugin
Steve Harris
S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Mar 18 06:56:01 UTC 2003
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:04:46 +0100, Francois Dechelle wrote:
> > A better solution would be to expand the ID space to 64bits, and reserve
> > the top bit's worth, which is plenty, but will break binary compatibility
> > of course.
>
> In any case, hosts that save the ID cannot restore the plugin settings
> correctly, if the ID is assigned dynamically.
Yes, but the ID number would be created from a hash of the unqiue
identifier (eg. a URI), so it would be consistant between sessions.
> > > Another question: is there a plan to get plugin port values that are not
> > > floats? More precisely, I am thinking of transforming a patch that does
> > > granular synthesis into a plugin. But this patch needs a sound file
> > > name. How can I pass it to the LADSPA plugin?
> >
> > You can't. I think this is thought to be outside the remit of LADSPA.
>
> Too bad. Is there any trick to twist LADSPA plugins for that?
Not cleanly. You do can hacks with /tmp files and control values, but they
are messy.
- Steve
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