On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 04:24:34 +0100, Marc Poirier wrote: > That's exactly what I thought, Urs. ;) The only thing that I would like > to see extended about the AU system is another parameter attribute > specifying the value distribution curve. There could be constants for all > of the popular ones (exp, squared, sqrt, log, pow, etc.) and perhaps even > a "custom" option which then would require the plugin to specify a custom > curve function, but maybe that's not even necessary. As it is now, the > curve can be implied by the parameter unit type (i.e. Hz probably ought to > use a log curve, etc.), but making it explicit would be an improvement, so > that generic UIs could be extra nice. :) LADSPA has just log, and no symbolic units (they would be helpful), log is very useful. Hz its not always going to be a log control for example, eg. in FM oscillators. exp would be useful, the others probably less so. I dont think custom is needed. - Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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