>So time starts at some point decided by the host. Does the host pass the >current timestamp to process(), so plugins know what time it is? I assume >that if the host loops, or the user jumps back in song-position, time does >not jump with it, it just keeps on ticking? > >I guess my only question is how do plugins know what time it is now?
in VST and JACK, its done with a function call that retrieves a struct containing current time info, including both transport, sample and musical positions, amongst other things. --p