[gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation

  • From: "gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 15:00:05 -0400

No, it applies both to users and to plugins. For example, all plugins need
an absolute time reference, but some plugins also will have musical smarts
and need musical time reference, e.g. "change filter Q at musical time
3.1.145"; this matters especially if tempo changes.

Original Message:
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From: Tim Hockin thockin@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 11:44:36 -0700 (PDT)
To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation


> What I suggest then is that we define types for these "actually, it's an
> integer" quantities such as sample frames, bars, beats, ticks, and so on
so
> that they will ACT LIKE real numbers in a metric space - when we want them
> to. This can be done using type conversion operators and so on.

Isn't this a problem for the host to display to the user, and NOT part of
the API?  The host can present the user: "place a note at bar 3.1415" and
internally convert that to the nearest tick.


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