I was wondering whether it was possible to implement LADSPA on non-Linux
OSes, and if so, whether it has been done? For example, without breaking any
licenses (by clever dynamic linking if necessary) could a DirectX, VST, MAS
or TDM wrapper/adapter be written for it (if any of these provide a superset
of the LADSPA API), thus allowing LADSPA plugins to run just about anywhere?
When/if a wrapper workably implements the proposed LADSPA GUI API could this
provide an incentive for developers to switch to LADSPA as a 'write-once,
run-anywhere' solution, maybe even not requiring recompilation for
non-architectural ports? If so, should such software should be kept under
wraps (boom boom) until then to prevent open-source software escaping into
the Win/Mac world, considering that if it can be done, someone will probably
eventually do it (and that LADSPA plugins being more modular in their nature
will work a lot better without the baggage of a wrapper or adapter, ie, in
Linux hosts designed from the ground up for LADSPA, therefore changing the
slope of the playing field somewhat)? If not LADSPA, how about MAIA, or a
superclass thereof?
Another couple of questions regarding LAAGA.Would this allow softsynths to
be synchronised with audio to sample accuracy? And how would one go about
bouncing their output to a hard disk recorder such as Ardour? What tools are
available to ease and customise the automation these processes?
Ellis
