Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-14 Thread David Olofson
On Sunday 15 December 2002 04.57, Tim Hockin wrote: > > Conclusion: > > a. The information is there, but you have to *pull* > >it from the host. Doesn't seem like you're ever > >notified about tempo changes or transport events. > > > > b. Since you're asking the host, and th

Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-14 Thread Tim Hockin
> Conclusion: > a. The information is there, but you have to *pull* > it from the host. Doesn't seem like you're ever > notified about tempo changes or transport events. > > b. Since you're asking the host, and there are no > other arguments, there is no way

Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-14 Thread David Olofson
On Saturday 14 December 2002 18.55, Steve Harris wrote: > On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 06:04:55 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > [plugin categorisation] > > > > This is a classic example of where external metadata is > > > noticably superiour. > > > > Yeah. Especially since users may not agree with the aut

Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Harris
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 06:04:55 +0100, David Olofson wrote: [plugin categorisation] > > This is a classic example of where external metadata is noticably > > superiour. > > Yeah. Especially since users may not agree with the authors' choices, > or may simply want to have plugins categorized base

Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-14 Thread David Olofson
On Saturday 14 December 2002 11.19, Steve Harris wrote: > On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 06:48:53 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > > 4. There is a feature that allows plugins to tell the host > >which "category" they would fit in. (There is some > >enumeration for that somewhere.) Might be rather han

Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Harris
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 06:48:53 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > 4. There is a feature that allows plugins to tell the host >which "category" they would fit in. (There is some >enumeration for that somewhere.) Might be rather handy >when you have a large number of plugins installed... Th

[linux-audio-dev] VST 2.0 observations

2002-12-13 Thread David Olofson
1. getTimeInfo() does *not* take a time argument of any kind; only a 32 bit filter, to say which fields you actually need. That is, you can only get the full info for the start of the buffer. There is a tempoAt() call, that gives you the tempo at the specified sample frame in the buffe