I suppose by virtue of Jack, it's possible to run SC, PD, Csound or anything jackable as a separate process, and pretend it is a plugin to things like Ardour.
Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "rosea grammostola" <[email protected]> To: "Linux Audio Developers" <[email protected]> Cc: "Atte André Jensen" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:33 PM Subject: [LAD] Pd, Csound and SuperCollider code as plugin > Hi, > > On the LAU list we were discussing the possibilities of audio synthesis > environments as plugins. > " [LAU] From audio synthesis environment to plugin" > > Pd, SC and Csound give so much possibilities when it comes to > instruments and effects. Wouldn't it be cool if Linux audio users could > easily use some code/patches as plugins? I imagine, someone makes a cool > synth 'patch' which you can easily use within a 'plugin interface'. So > without knowing how to code in SuperCollider for example, you can > benefit from patches of others, which you can easily use as plugin > (or 'jack application'). > > If there is such a 'plugin interface' and people start sharing > 'plugins', this could make Linux more useful for Music Production. It > also could fill the gap of not having a lot commercial VST plugins for > Linux imho. > > Of course I'm not the first with this idea and there are some solutions > or suggestions already. I'll try to give a list.... (of course I could > miss some options) > > ------------- > > > *Csound:* > > CSoundLADSPA: > http://www.csounds.com/journal/issue6/csLADSPA.html > > CSoundVST: > http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/CommandCsoundVST.html (Windows, but > also possible to build as native Linux plugin, recently). > > ------------------- > > *Pd:* > http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~jsarlo/pdvst/ (only Windows afaik) > > > ------------------- > > * > SuperCollider:* > > SC comes with a SuperColliderAU.component (Mac only) > > Here are some possibilities listed (Faust for example): > http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Systems_interfacing_with_SC#other_systems > > Java bindings -> http://www.erase.net/projects/p5_sc/ and jvst -> > http://jvstwrapper.sourceforge.net/ > > ---------------------- > > > > So it seems that CSound already has an solution for GNU/Linux. But Pd > and SC only seems to have solutions for either Windows or Mac. > > It would be great and good for Linux audio imho if we could use Pd and > SC patches as plugins on GNU/Linux. And to make them popular and have as > much sharing of plugins between users as possible, a crossplatform > solution might be the best bet. > > I'm not a developer, so I can't tell how good my ideas and suggestions > are. I also don't know if I see clear when I see these opportunities. > That's why I mail it to this list, so experts can tell. > Maybe one or more developers likes the idea and also sees these > opportunities and are capable of setting plans and ideas into something > practical... > > Thanks in advance, > > \rooz > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
