On Tuesday 25 March 2003 09.54, Steve Harris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:47:34 +0100, Koen Tanghe 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). > > That is more of a modular synthesis approach. I dont think you will > get many general hosts to support it, as it adds complexity from > the users p.o.v. I don't know of any serious "audio/MIDI" hosts that can't sync to external machines. Supporting this thing would be a matter of getting the sync input from a local plugin instead of the internal sequencer, an external MIDI device or something else. BTW, you'll need both positional data and tempo for this to be useful. //David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate .- The Return of Audiality! --------------------------------. | Free/Open Source Audio Engine for use in Games or Studio. | | RT and off-line synth. Scripting. Sample accurate timing. | `-----------------------------------> http://audiality.org -' --- http://olofson.net --- http://www.reologica.se --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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