On Tuesday 27 May 2003 21.51, Chris Grigg wrote: > >One thing that (I dont think) has been touched on is wether > > plugins should be able to tell if some of its inputs are left > > unconnected, and wether the plugin should get a buffer of 0.0's > > on that input, or NULL (or requivalent). > > > >- Steve > > Null buffer ptr would be the simplest, eh? Yes. And a public silent buffer in the host interface, so plugins without silence optimizations don't have to allocate their own (and cause unnecessary cache thrashing) when the get NULL connections. //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