>On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 15:55, Paul Davis wrote: >> >Someone suggested LADSPA but I do not see an easy way to do it since LADSP >A >> > does not support MIDI and this seems a VST2 instrument. >> feel the same way about MIDI in VST ie. that the host should convert >> all MIDI data to plugin parameter changes and use a non-MIDI API for >> note on/note off etc. > >are there any plugins / hosts which do this? i'm very interested since >im currently rewriting amsynth as a plugin, and this sounds like it >might just work, but it needs support.
ardour will bind any MIDI CC to any LADSPA parameter. it also maps NoteOn/NoteOff to any LADSPA parameter, with the intent that it be used to drive a switch. result: LADSPA has no clue about MIDI, but any LADSPA plugin running inside ardour can be "completely controlled" from MIDI. you probably don't want to run amsynth in ardour, though. ecamegapedal is more like the right kind of thing, but in truth i think it would be a great project for someone to cook up something like ecamegapedal that was oriented toward sound generating plugins, rather than FX plugins. steinberg just released a realtime VST host specifically to host VSTi's (instruments); ecamegapedal is cool, but a JACK-ified LADSPA instrument host would be better yet. --p
