[gmpi] Re: 3.11 topic: Dynamic plugin structure

  • From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:43:06 -0700

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:26:14PM +1200, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> > In existing synths (under VST, anyway) the parameter list is constant, but
> > the (custom) GUI shows only the active parameters.  The host would not
> > know how to differentiate active vs. inactive parameters.
> 
> GMPI would need to communicate show/hide to the host.

correct - the modular approach has this all encapsulated (or at least, it
is one way to approach the problem, certainly not the only)

> I'm not strongly opposed to dynamic-parameters either, but they do involve
> more work to implement.

And I'm only half attached to them, since they do mean more work (though I
suspect not as much work as one might think)

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