[gmpi] Re: Decision Time: 8.3
- From: "Michael Gogins" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 02:33:46 -0400
Actually, the VST approach allows you to use floats to represent other
datatypes as long as they can be mapped one-to-one over the real numbers
from 0 through 1, because there are the "getParameterDisplay" and
"getParameterLabel" calls in addition to getting and setting actual "values"
(the term "value" can be misleading since the "display" might actually be a
text value).
Of course, this is NOT adequate for GMPI.
I would be satisfied with real numbers, text, and blobs.
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Michael Gogins
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Irreducible Productions
Silence, a language for programming music and sound
Available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/silencevst/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff McClintock" <jeffmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:58 PM
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Decision Time: 8.3
> For me, The VST approach is a real pain (all parameters are normalised
> floats). There's no way to store filenames, no easy way to represent enums
> ( a choice of 3 things for example).
>
> My bare minimum would be:
> -float
> -int
> -text
>
> Mayby int could be represented by a float, still need text though.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Hockin" <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "GMPI list" <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 1:20 PM
> Subject: [gmpi] Decision Time: 8.3
>
>
> > Ahh, our old friend DATATYPES!
> >
> >
> > 8.3: What data types can be used for parameters?
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > It has been suggested that parameters only need one type. It has been
> > suggested that we need extensible arbitrary types. Some ideas:
> >
> > a) Every parameter is a float
> > b) Every parameter is a float or a blob
> > c) Every parameter is a real (float on FPU, fixed on non-FPU) or blob
> > d) Real, int, string, blob, bool, enum, ...
> > e) A more limited subset - what is NEEDED vs. what can be built out of
> > others?
> >
> > Tim
> > --
> > Notice that as computers are becoming easier and easier to use,
> > suddenly there's a big market for "Dummies" books. Cause and effect,
> > or merely an ironic juxtaposition of unrelated facts?
> >
> >
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