Did my ideas get discussed at the meeting? What did everyone think of them? -SB ----- Original Message ----- From: <RonKuper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: [gmpi] Generalized Music Plugin Interface list is now online > > (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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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