[gmpi] Re: GMPI ERD

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:37:32PM -0500, Ron Kuper wrote:
> Why avoid the word "channel"?  Isn't it the logical extension of what a
> MIDI "channel" is?  If so, it is a concept any current synth developer
> will immediately understand. 

Two reasons, both of which can be ignored if we want.  

1) MIDI Channels are well understood, and we've really overloaded the
semantics a lot.  You can emulate MIDI channels with these things, but you
can do much more.

2) The word channel also has a very well-known meaning regarding audio
data streams.  It's very hard to speak of 5.1 without using the word
'channel'.

I originally proposed "module" or "page", but neither seems to fit
perfectly.  "Module" is close, but it's a very general term.

Maybe prefixing it with GMPI makes it good enough? A "GMPI Plugin" has
one-or-more "GMPI Modules" ?


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> On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:23:31AM -0000, Andy wrote:
> > I may have missed something here, but what does "Slot"  on the diagram
> refer
> > to?
> 
> I knew that would come up.  We talked about multi-timbral plugins, but
> we
> agreed to avoiod using the word "channel".  For lack of a better word,
> we
> used "slot".  I hate it.  Have a better word?
> 
> 
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