Here is my summary of the BeOS "media kit" API, as it applies to the GMPI effort. http://plugin.org.uk/GMPI/beos-review.html I based it on Steve Harris' review of LADSPA and he has been kind enough to host it on his server. Thanks, Steve! Questions, comments and corrections should be sent to me rather than Steve. It is very terse but I hope it answers the needed questions. Personally I think the BeOS API exemplifies many of the issues we have discussed... threading, time representation, parameters and audio formats. A lot of thought obviously went into this design; It would be nice to see it perpetuated. -Ben Loftis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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