[gmpi] Re: Decision time: 8.2

  • From: Marc Poirier <fipnid@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:02:30 -0700 (PDT)

--- Steve Harris wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 06:28:35 -0700, Marc Poirier wrote:
> > That's not true.  For example, some host apps provide a "touch
> > automation" mode where parameter changes are recorded for as long as
the 
> > change "gesture" lasts, and then the value snaps back to where it was 
> > right before the gesture began.  To accomplish this, the host app
needs 
> > to know right when the gesture is about to begin, and right when it
has
> > finished.
> 
> Surely thats a UI feature, not a host feature.

No, it's a host feature.  Most of the DAW-type hosts do this (Logic, Pro
Tools, Digital Performer, etc.).  There are other reasons why this can be
useful, too.  Like providing an easy way to undo parameter changes, for
example.

Marc

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