> > Floating point is not a requirement, correct? > No, but I think it should be. I'd like to see a design where the data format at the interface boundary was float, but the plugin could process in whatever format it wanted internally. Also, to allow DSP accelerated plugins to avoid expensive conversion to/from float between 2 DSP plugins in a chain, we should consider a design where a plugin can know if one of its bretheren is feeding it data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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