[gmpi] Re: Reqs draft
- From: "Michael Gogins" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:27:05 -0500
Hosts can scan for plugins, load them for metadata - without performing, as
a configuration process. When performing, hosts can use their own
registries. Isn't this what Cubase SX does?
In other words, I don't think business should be up to the plugin
specification.
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Michael Gogins
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Irreducible Productions
Silence, a language for programming music and sound
Available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/silencevst/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "eric" <dilvie@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:33 PM
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Reqs draft
> Paul Davis wrote:
>
> >>YES, it's easier. You don't have to load, instantiate, and query the
> >>plugin if the info is available outside the plugin. I have one plugin
> >>that takes about 15 seconds to load.... and I have HUNDREDS of plugins.
> >>That could get very messy (IS very messy for me already with VST). I
> >>think an external plugin description is a MUST.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >if someone can show me a plugin that takes 15 seconds to load, i'll
> >show them a serious implementation flaw in their plugin or the OS they
> >are using.
> >
> It's a virtual orchestra plugin that loads a *lot* of samples that I may
> or may not even need to use. I agree the implementation isn't smart,
> but it's one of several plugins that always gives my hosts a bit of a
> pause on startup.
>
> - Eric
>
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> <http://www.dilvie.com/>
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