Yes, sample frame (or absolute time) to music time conversions must take a tempo map parameter. Original Message: ----------------- From: Paul Davis paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:48:48 -0500 To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gmpi] Re: New Reqs 3.8 - Events >On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 08:38:11PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: >> but i don't think that GMPI should contain any concept like "what is >> the musical time now" without reference to a particular tempo >> map. given the map, everything else can be computed (albeit at some >> considerable computational cost). > >Unless a single plugin subscribes to multiple tempo maps, the tempo map can >be implied, no? And I think that allowing a plugin to belong to multiple >tempo maps is a complication we can live without. :) yes, but a plugin could switch tempo maps, so it cannot be assumed constant. i think that any call by the plugin (or host) to convert between sample and musical time must explicitly include a tempo map (ptr to). --p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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