Folderol wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:45:11 -0500 > frank pirrone <frankpirrone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Fons Adriaensen wrote: >>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 08:23:22AM -0500, Darren Landrum wrote: >>> >>>> http://vamp-plugins.org/ >>> One more 'vamp': in Italian a 'vampa' is a big >>> flame. Like in: >>> >>> Stride la vampa! La folla indomita >>> corre a quel foco lieta in sembianza. >>> Urli di gioia intorno echeggiano. >>> >>> A big flame rises up! The wild and excited >>> crowd assembles around the fire, cries of >>> joy echo around. >>> >>> Azucena, decribing her mother's execution >>> at the stake, from Verdi's Il Trovatore. >>> >>> Ciao, >>> >> Vamp is an actual music term meaning improvisation, so to vamp is to >> improvise and a vamp is an improvisation. Not clear how this name >> "implies" this project, but it's connected at least by music. >> >> Frank > > In my neck of the woods it was used as a slightly derogatory term to > describe the playing of pub pianists that simply hit crash chords, > more or less in time, and more or less on key :o I always think the Vamp SDK/plugins "Vamp" is meant to stand for Virtual Amp" ... -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
