[gmpi] Re: using another plugin API
- From: RonKuper@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:08:03 -0400
I'm back, trying to dig out from being away for a week. If you want to
summarize the threading topic, I'll post the next one from the agenda.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gardner [mailto:billg@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:00 AM
To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gmpi] Re: using another plugin API
Good point, I'm putting the cart in front of the horse. I agree with you
that we should continue the official agenda at a quickened pace. If Ron has
no objection (Ron are you there?), I'd be willing to summarize the current
topic (threading) and propose the next, hopefully by tomorrow.
Bill
At 10:32 PM 4/25/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >The advantage of using another API such as AU as a starting point is that
> >it greatly expedites the design process. Even if we don't have rights to
> >use the code, it's nice to be able to say "we should implement the ABC
> >functionality the way that XXX API does it".
>
>yes, of course. but look: the reason we are following the current
>design process is so that we can be clear about what we *want*. not
>what an API looks like but what it can do. apple had some good people
>work on CoreAudio and AU, but it didn't have all of us. we can get a
>much better picture of the full requirements than they or any other
>individual company/organization can do.
>
>once we know that, it might be easy to say "lets just
>hijack/use/copy/extend XXXXX" (where XXXXX could be AU, for
>example). we have to get there before we can move forward to talk
>about what the API might actually be, and i would echo my earlier
>point that we simply continue moving forward with this discussion, at
>a faster pace if possible.
>
> >the best parts of existing APIs. The problem is that a lot of the
> >particular knowledge comes to us under non-disclosure agreements, so in
>
>we are designing an API, not an implementation. as i understand it, i
>could reimplement a CoreAudio or AudioUnit library tomorrow by
>downloading the API docs from apple, and there is nothing they could
>do to stop me. i wouldn't try it though. starting so many variable
>names with "k" just makes me feel seasick :)
>
>i note that i haven't signed any NDAs or anything like them wrt any
>plugin API, and yet i already have a fairly detailed knowledge of how
>several of them work. TDM is a closed book, but from reading between
>the lines of many different sources, i think i have a pretty good
>idea. Rewire is similar.
>
>--p
>
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