To quote Chevy Chase from an "Saturday Night Live" skit, "it's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!" The principal goal is to have a single format instead of multiple incompatible formats. I had assumed that the set of requirements and ultimately the final standard would be something that coincidentally is compatible enough with all existing formats. "Compatible enough" to wrap any existing plugin, or to be wrapped by any existing plugin. I believe this will happen naturally because all existing formats are pretty much on equal ground, in terms of capabilities. The fact that Angus can write wrappers to wrap every which way, without perceptible loss of a capability, is a good indicator this is possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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