[gmpi] Re: 3.15 MIDI (What does it mean to be a plugin)
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:21:44 -0700
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 02:40:12PM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 09:32:44AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> > But lets back up a minute. Can someone (I'm looking at you Tim :) give
> > a quick summary to why the notion of "plugin notifies of parameter
> > changes" model is so awful? At first sight, it appears to fit nicely
> > into several GOFAI patterns, and lines up nicely with other
> > notification/listener schemes like the ones used in AU. Granted, a
> > plugin could fail to notify, but then its just a broken plugin. So can
> > we be reminded about why this model needs to be avoided?
>
> It requires participation from the plugin
> You loose sample accurate automation
Mike was one of the biggest detractors on that topic. I'll go back
through archive for choice quoutes, unless Mike beats me to it ;)
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