On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:26:12 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > > Yes, more or less. I was using instrument as in VSTi instrument, ie > > an instance of a thing instantiated from a .so file. The word > > plugin is far too overloaded. > > Ok. (But VSTis can be multichanne/multipart, AFAIK.)
OK, but thier still instruments :) > The word "plugin", AFAIK, simply refers to something you plug into an > application - it's not limited to DSP plugins or generators, and > doesn't even have to have anything to do with audio. It's just the > music industry that has hijacked the word. :-) Sure, sure. But it has been hijacked, theres not much point trying to un-hijack it. - Steve
