[gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation

  • From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:23:23 -0700 (PDT)

> Call me an optimist, but I want my plugins to believe there is a future.<g>
> Imagine a GMPI version (actually today in OPT version 1), where a plugin can
> pull data from anywhere out of a project's timeline at any time.  Giving
> plugins access to future data and/or a birds-eye view of a song can be very
> powerful.

how can that be, when the timeline might be changing realtime, via
non-sequenced data.

If I tie a knob on my MIDI box to the tempo control, how can you know
ANYTHING about the future?  Ditto for things like meter.

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