On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:45:45 -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > >but hermes is probably fairly buggy, it mainly exists to prove a point > >(that host generated GUIs are next to useless for some things). > > Well, I'm going to try to use it to prove the point that no GUI is > needed at all. :) I'll see what I can get it to do. I'm also thinking of > using it as a model for a stripped down, simpler version. Probably with > a single Osc->Dist->Filt->Delay->Out signal path to start. > ^ > | > LFO Neat, but thats a cutom no-GUI :) I actually meant UI, rather than GUI. > When I first heard about your xml build system for lasdpa plugins I > thought it sounded like a crazy idea. Now that I've actually looked at a > number of the .xml files and compared them briefly with the generated > .so.c I realize I was simply ignorant. It looks like this system > significantly lowers the bar for getting into DSP programming. Heh, I'm far too lazy to type (and maintain) all that boilerplate each time. > Previously I thought it would be several years more before I knew enough > about programming before I would be able to start contributing. With > your xml system and LADSPA it appears I might be able to dig in and > start off focusing on learning about and comprehending the core DSP > algorithms. I can learn all the housekeeping, gui and systems > programming stuff more gradually. DSP programming is really what I'm > most interested in. The rest of it seemed like a lot of dull drudgery I > would have to learn first before I got around to the fun stuff. Good stuff, enjoy :) - Steve
