[gmpi] Re: Topic 4: Host Interface

  • From: "Angus F. Hewlett" <amulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:35:06 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Frederic Vanmol wrote:

> > 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.

Why? It's not that different to SMPTE / midiclock and other widely
supported sync protocols that most pro-standard hosts are capable of
slaving to.

Regards,
        Angus.


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