[gmpi] Re: Drilling down into MIDI->GMPI conversion

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:04:13 +0100

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 05:57:03PM +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> > multiple controls that change th esame parameters are fine (actors), and
> > there is no need for controls that change parameters in a way that the
> > host cannot know - its just not neccesary.
> 
> I think controls shouldn't be limited to those the host can understand. A
> control is not the same as a parameter and I don't see how anything other
> than the plugin can update parameters from a control change.

Right, we also have blobs, which are opaque to the host, but those should
be the exception, rather than the rule.

Wether blob parameters are automatable depends on the plugins behaviour,
in the general case they are not, though in the common case I suspect they
will be.

- Steve

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