On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:27:58AM +0000, Steve Harris wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 04:46:17 -0800, Tim Hockin wrote: > > Or do we scrap the whole idea and just say "2 channels == Left and Right" > > and you can encode anything you want into those? > 2 channels may also mean Mid and Side. Some things work fiine in MS (eg. > compressors), some are useful, but do different things (eg. panners), some > dont work (eg. reverbs). Right - what I meant above was that we don't provide more than one two-channel format. Any two-channel connection is the same as any other. > I think LR, MS and Prologic should all be in a "stereo" bundle type (they > are all stereo formats), the specified convention being that Left, Mid or > Prologic Left is first and Right, Side or Prologic Right comes second. The > ports can be named appropriatly so that humans know what thier doing. While I want to see hints attached that say "This is an M/S stream", it seems that the complexity is probably not worth it. Those sorts of things are probably best left as documentation. If your plugin outputs M/S it will have a 2-channel output and your UI or manual will indicate that it is M/S. Unless anyone wants to chime in and convince me that more detail is needed.. > Also the plugin author may not want to bundle stereo ins/outs if he > intendends one in/out to be left unconnected sometimes - eg. reverbs. True, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe