> Well, one thing I have been waiting to see is a possibility to send tempo > to the host. For example: I want to make a tempo tracker plugin that > extracts the tempo from an audio stream and have that being used as the > "master tempo" to which all other things are time-sync'd in a musical sense > (good for live performances and music that calls for easy tempo > fluctuations). Maybe this could be an application of this generic approach: > tempo is just a "control signal" send from the plugin to the host (or just > the plugins you select if you're doing multi-tempo/poly-rhythmic > "experimental" music). Koen > This is not going to be something a lot of hosts will ever implement, if you ask me. > If anyone knows plugin API's / hosts where I could actually already do that > now, please let me know? > VST can already do this (in theory). You can send timeinfo to the host. But as far as I know only one host supports it (Bidule, I think). Frederic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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