[gmpi] Re: 3.8. Events Req 25 eventorder

Hi


> >>>
> i would like to see a reqiurement for the host to serve the events in
> the
> correct order of time.
> <<<
>
> Remember that plugins can serve events to other plugins.  So this
> requirement is really about a mandate on whatever scheme we used for
> event communication.

good but can we also assume that a Vst - Gmpi Wrapper will repair the event
order.
there are hosts out there which don't serve events in the correct order!


> it should be defined how to handle events outside a loop (note off's
> after
> loopend, note on's before ,...)
> <<<
>
> Hopefully GMPI won't need looping as an explicit construction.  A host
> can "unroll" loops on a strictly increasing timeline, so that plugins
> always see time rolling forward.

ok


> >>>
> for example allowing no or only 1 tempochange per process cycle.
> <<<
>
> Multiple tempos within one audio frame are a fact of life, we should not
> built mechanisms to hide that from plugins.  If a plugin wants to be
> lazy it can always interpret the first tempo change that it sees as the
> one that is in effect for the entire frame.

sounds logic.

thanks

Robert

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Robert Fehse
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:23 PM
> To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gmpi] 3.8. Events Req 25 eventorder
>
> Hi.
>
> i would like to see a reqiurement for the host to serve the events in
> the
> correct order of time.
> and that there are rules to handle the order of events with the same
> timestamp.
> for example it should be a reqiurement that  note off events are sent
> before
> note on events if they have the same timestamp.
> it should be defined how to handle events outside a loop (note off's
> after
> loopend, note on's before ,...)
>
> perhaps there should be the possibility to restrict certain eventtypes
> (eventfilter).
> for example allowing no or only 1 tempochange per process cycle.
> perhaps such  'semi-static maps' metnioned in 3.9 Req 32 are a better
> solution.
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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