Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-19 Thread Dr. Matthias Nagorni
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Steve Harris wrote: etc.) and it doesn;t solve the immediate problem of UIs that cannot be succesfully represented in XML, eg. (my favourite exmaple) a lowpass filter plugin, which should render the freq. response of the filter. Yes, I'm aware of the problem. Look e.g. at

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-19 Thread Lukas Degener
Lukas Degener wrote: Guess i better stop now and think it all over. Kind Regards, Lukas Yeah, i like replying to my own mails :-) Ok, now i thought it over somewhat, and hmmm i hate to say that, but i think, hmmm ok, you are right, Paul. maybe. kindof. a little bit. :) We realy

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-18 Thread Dr. Matthias Nagorni
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Thomas Webb wrote: I also already devised an xml-based format for modular synth patches. It needs some work if it's to be an I was very impressed by the XML representation of LADSPA plugins presented by Steve Harris at the LAD conference last weekend. He writes the code

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-18 Thread Lukas Degener
LADSPA: its not great for instruments, but IMHO works at precisely the correct level for synth modules. Agreed. Well, ok there are some issues, but no real problems. Actualy i would like arbitrary datatypes. And it would sure be nice to have more information on the semantics of the ports. The

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-18 Thread Lukas Degener
I'm new to LADSPA, but isn't that what LADSPA control protocol does? Dunno. have to do some reading. What is Open Sound Control? Say I wanted to make a snazzy analogue modelled filter. Someone else wanted to integrate it into their modular. They could do that and make it just another module

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-18 Thread Simon Jenkins
Thomas Webb wrote: I was very impressed by the XML representation of LADSPA plugins presented by Steve Harris at the LAD conference last weekend. He writes the code and parameter specifications of his LADSPA plugins in XML and then converts (compiles) them to the C code according to ladspa.h.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-18 Thread jfm3
i've said many times before: i don't believe that the desktop is something that developers of music apps should concern themselves with. [...] i think we should focus on writing good applications that are independent of what a desktop does. Yes. It is more useful to think of real time CHI

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Modular synths of the world, unite and takeover :-)

2003-03-18 Thread Lukas Degener
that isn't actually part of LADSPA. Ah ok, i mixed that up. sorry. there actually isn't really any commonality between what, say, pd versus beast do. or between jMax and gAlan. the similarity exists only on an abstract conceptual plane, which is where algorithms live. however software isn't