On Tuesday 04 February 2003 00.41, Steve Harris wrote: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 02:52:54 -0800, Tim Hockin wrote: > > > * Process mode: Mixed/RT/Off-Line. > > > > do we really want anything like this? I have a 1-10 'quality' > > level. > > Not the same thing. I think offline processing allows seek, reverse > etc.
How would you handle (audio time?) seeking and reverse processing? Well, of course, it's no problem if the plugin is *designed* for it... > > > > * Hosts assume all plugins to be in-place broken. Why? > > > > > > It doesn't really matter what the default is as long as you can > > > override it. That way is probably safer. > > > > Do we want to do this for XAP? I'd kind of hoped that XAP would > > dictate that all plugins must be in-place safe. > > Its very inconvienient for certain algorithms. The plugin doesn't > know ahead of time how big the buffer is going to be, so it cant > prealoocate an intermediate buffer. Actually, plugins do know the *maximum* buffer size they can get. This is a critical API feature for many plugins. > > From: David Olofson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Instruments: have no inputs (in general) and overwrite output > > Effects with #ins = #outs: overwrite their output with: > > (input * dry) + (fx * wet). > > > > We can standardize a wet/dry gain control pair. But this becomes > > something every plugin needs to provide. Uggh. > > Mix is not the same as wet/dry. Imagine you have an effect with an > inherant delay of 64 samples, the dry output is the input delayed > by 64 samples. Good point. But that also means that plugins with delay *have* to do this properly, or they'll ruin the host's efforts to compensate for FX latency. //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 -' --- http://olofson.net --- http://www.reologica.se ---
