On Saturday 07 December 2002 17.33, Steve Harris wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:44:39 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > > I'm still not sure I understand the terminology here... > > Considering some recent posts, I assume that the following > > applies: > > Yes, more or less. I was using instrument as in VSTi instrument, ie > an instance of a thing instantiated from a .so file. The word > plugin is far too overloaded.
Ok. (But VSTis can be multichanne/multipart, AFAIK.) > The intention is that these things would (on the whole) be sound > generators, right? To me plugin implies inline processing. The word "plugin", AFAIK, simply refers to something you plug into an application - it's not limited to DSP plugins or generators, and doesn't even have to have anything to do with audio. It's just the music industry that has hijacked the word. :-) //David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate .- The Return of Audiality! --------------------------------. | Free/Open Source Audio Engine for use in Games or Studio. | | RT and off-line synth. Scripting. Sample accurate timing. | `---------------------------> http://olofson.net/audiality -' .- M A I A -------------------------------------------------. | The Multimedia Application Integration Architecture | `----------------------------> http://www.linuxdj.com/maia -' --- http://olofson.net --- http://www.reologica.se ---
