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Say I want the following insert plugs (all hypothetical) on a DP
audio track, some running native and some running on a PowerCore, in
the following order, with all operating as first-class plugs as far
as I the user am concerned:
Slot 1 - Para EQ (native)
Slot 2 - Waveshaper (PowerCore)
Slot 3 - Envelope Following Filter (PowerCore)
Slot 4 - Bit Decimator (native)
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I don't think you even need subgraphs to solve this problem. Just use
baton-passing for the data buffers, where the baton is an abstraction that
lets the buffer be polymorphic.
IOW, a float based host produces batons that are naturally float. If the
float wants to support other sample data types, it needs to provide converts
from float->whatever. Each slot fetches the raw data by asking the baton
for data in its native (profile) type. The host intercedes in this fetch to
convert as necessary.
If 2 plugins in the chain happen to be different sample types than the host,
then they can freely pass the baton without the host getting involved.
