[gmpi] Re: Topic 7: Audio packaging

  • From: Chris Grigg <gmpi-public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 14:15:07 -0700

> > Plain mono sound *is* pretty odd these days... ;-)

Actually, a LOT of dance music uses mono sounds (kick drums and bass)
panned
dead center. 

That is true... But when David pointed out that vocals can be panned
(despite being a mono signal when dry), I realised that hosts will probably
just pass stereo buffers to plugins for processing - otherwise panning would
be omitted from the host's features.

Of course that's not 100% true - some hosts might allow the use of mono
channels where panning is not allowed ...

Mono plug chains are very, very common and we should IMHO not make design decisions on the basis of assuming otherwise. For example, in the MIDI+Audio sequencer I use most frequently, the setup is usually a mono plug-in chain for a mono audio track, and only the final output of the channel has a stereo panner, and even that's <<if and only if>> the mixer is set up for doing stereo stuff.

-- Chris

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