On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:47:13 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > And note that this problem occurs even in a pure 12tET net! You > *cannot* mix plugins that thin in notes/scales with linear pitch > based plugins in just any order, and there is no way whatsoever the > host or users can be informed about that, unless there is a way for > plugins to say what they expect, and what they output.
Right, so dont allow plugins to talk notes... I still dont think its necceasry, its just programmer convienvence. If you dont have it there cant be any compatibility problems. > Whether you think of linear pitch as 1.0/octave or (1/12)/note, it's > still not explicitly related to a scale, and thus, you're casting one > type of data into another, just to be able to squeeze it through the > API. That looks like a dirty hack to me. No, thats right, its not explicity related to a scale, thats what makes it so useful. > > You can't prove a negative. I think that it's possible for it to > > cause quite big problems, which is why I'm still harping on about > > it. > > I still think *not* having it can cause a great deal of trouble. > We're not really getting anywhere... When? What examples did the VST people give for wanting this? - Steve
