> I had an idea like this recently (see vst-plugins archive), where the plugin > interface is implemented in a similar way as winsock, etc. That is, the > interface manages plugins, I/O etc, and several hosts can access the plugins > and devices at the same time. > > This would be difficult to implement, however, and I doubt anyone's going to > want to run more than one host at a time anyway. If you used an OS where all audio hardware is handled multi-client style (like Mac OS X), you would not be saying that. I definitely run more than one host at a time when doing live performances, and for other reasons at certain times. Marc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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