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---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP: Pitch control Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:05:57 +0100 From: David Olofson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nathaniel Virgo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wednesday 11 December 2002 17.50, Nathaniel Virgo wrote: > On Wednesday 11 December 2002 3:41 pm, David Olofson wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:40:18 +0000, Nathaniel Virgo wrote: > > > I can't really say I can think of a better way though. > > > Personally I'd leave scales out of the API and let the host > > > deal with it, sticking to 1.0/octave throughout, but I can see > > > the advantages of this as well. > > > > Problem with letting the host worry about it is that the host > > would normally not understand anything of this whatsoever, since > > the normal case would be that a sequencer *plugin* controls the > > synths. It would be a hack. > > Oh. Well, when I said host I meant sequencer. I see. Well, either way, I still prefer thinking of scale converters as something I may just plugin, rather than waiting for my favourite sequencer to support the kind of scales I want. One multichannel event processor plugin more or less in the net won't be a disaster - and again, you *can* use 1.0/octave in the sequencer as well as an alternative. //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 ---
