[gmpi] Re: gmpi Digest V1 #65 topic: Inter-parameter linkages

  • From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:38:25 -0700

On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 07:44:53AM +1200, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> So what you're saying is, the Actor is called at regular intervals, and
> updates any parameters.

correct.

> The actor has two entry points.  A VST-centric person would call them
> 
> Actor::SetParameter(...)
> Actor::OnIdle(...)

Why do it when "idle"?  Does that mean that if my CPU is utilized 100%,
morphs won't happen?  Why is an actor a second-class citizen?

If it is going to be called repeatedly to do non-GUI work, it conceptually
*is* a plugin.  Just call it from process().

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