[gmpi] Re: 3.11 topic: Dynamic plugin structure
- From: "Jeff McClintock" <jeffmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:04:16 +1200
> Q: is it required to support dynamic plugin structures, and thereby a
> dynamic parameter list?
Hi, I realise there are advantages to this idea, but I don't like it.
I would prefer the simpler idea of one .dll that contains several plugins
(each a variation, like stereo/mono version). Being in the same .dll they
can internally share much code.
Best Regards,
jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hockin" <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GMPI list" <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: [gmpi] 3.11 topic: Dynamic plugin structure
> Dynamic plugin structure:
> ------------------
> It was asked if plugins would have parameters (and I/Os) that would change
> at runtime. It was pointed out that several existing APIs allow IO
configs
> to change at run time.
>
> A modular model was proposed, where the plugin defines 1 or more static
> module classes. The module classes can then be instantiated in the
running
> plugin. A change such as this is not an automatable change, and is not a
> realtime operation. It can be thought of as akin to a plugin
> destroy/re-create process.
>
> It was pointed out that DXi requires the host to confirm that a
> plugin-initiated structural change is allowed. It was suggested that the
> plugin might also need to confirm a host-initiated structural change.
>
> Use cases for this included a modular synth/effect, a mixer, and complex
VA
> synths (which would otherwise have hundreds of parameters).
>
>
> Q: is it required to support dynamic plugin structures, and thereby a
> dynamic parameter list?
>
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