On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 13:26, Comix wrote: > |-> Support of plugin instrument (dssi?vsti?others?)
The dssi-vst bridge plugin is pretty decent now, so I'd suggest that doing DSSI support is quite a good way to get VSTi support -- at least for 32-bit Windows VST plugins. That way everyone wins: you get more plugins supported more easily, DSSI gets more exposure, and dssi-vst gets more testing and improvements and quirk fixes can be concentrated in a single place. Besides VST instrument plugins, dssi-vst is also an easy way to get VST effects support. You have LADSPA, so if you're adding DSSI GUI support for synth plugins in any case, then you'll get DSSI effects support (and VST effects support with GUIs, and DSSI GUIs for LADSPA plugins) pretty much free because DSSI is compatible with LADSPA for effects. I'll be happy to provide help and explanation for anyone thinking of working on a DSSI host -- although there's a lot of documentation and example code already. A related thing I'd like to see is a DSSI synth plugin that plays Hydrogen drumkits. I nearly wrote one a few weeks ago, but, well, time didn't quite permit... Chris
