(Many of you are receiving this message because you expressed interest in the "Universal Audio Plugin Architecture" proposal prior to the NAMM MIDI Manufacturer's Association meeting.) Welcome to the public discussion list for Generalized Music Plug-In Interface (GMPI) working group of the MIDI Manufacturer's Association (MMA). There is also a separate, private MMA GMPI Working Group reflector for MMA members only. The purpose of this list is to seek input and feedback from music and audio software developers, to help define the technical requirements of GMPI. The objective of the GMPI working group is to create a unified cross platform music plug-in interface. This new interface is hoped to provide an alternative choice to the multitude of plug-in interfaces that exist today. Among the many benefits of standardization are increased choice for customers, lower cost for music plug-in vendors and a secure future for valuable market-enabling technology. Like MIDI, GMPI will be license free and royalty free. Phase 1 of the GMPI working group's effort is to determine what is required of GMPI: What sorts of capabilities are needed to support existing products and customers? What are the emerging new directions that must be addressed? Phase 1 is open to any music software developer and is not limited to MMA members. It will last a minimum of three months, to be extended if deemed necessary by the MMA. Discussions will be held on this list, with possible meetings at major industry gatherings such as AES, NAMM and Musik Messe. Following the collection of requirements in Phase 1, the members of the MMA will meet to discuss and evaluate proposals, in accordance with existing MMA procedures for developing standards. There will be one or more periods for public comment prior to adoption by MMA members. If you are a developer with a serious interest in the design of this specification, and are not currently a member of the MMA, we urge you to consider joining. Fees are not prohibitively high even for a small commercial developer. Your fees will pay for administration, legal fees and marketing. Please visit http://www.midi.org for more information about membership. Participation in this list is subject to approval of the list moderator and contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: * Please stay on topic. * You are responsible for your own words. * Please respect your fellow subscribers. * Redistributing anyone else's words without their permission is grounds for ejection. An archive of this can be found at //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi To unsubscribe from this list, email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" as the subject. Thanks for joining! Ron Kuper GMPI Working Group Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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