On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:59 AM Lorenzo Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm sure this has come up a few times, but... > > I still do think that having and LV2 external for Pd (Linux) would be > really useful for various reasons: > LV2 is not at all limited to Linux though. It's simply a plugin-API which is fully cross-platform (probably supports more platforms than VST2/3). > - there is LADSPA and DSSI support but both are essentially dead / > frozen by now > You can still create (cross-platform) LADSPA and DSSI plugins using ie. DPF I kind of expect people to say "why not go straight to CLAP?", but I personally agree that LV2 still has plenty of potential ;) JUCE7 (which a huge section of plugin devs use) also supports LV2 (plugin + hosting). regards, Alexander > - Pd does have VST support, but VST is a non-free standard and has a > somewhat more limited ecosystem on Linux [*] > - Most importantly: mixing Pd's flexibility with Audio (DSP) and/or MIDI > programming and LV2 capabilities would be great and allow many > interesting possibilities... > > I see there is still this page: > https://puredata.info/dev/summer-of-code/PluginHostLV2 > > where LV2 is cited as "the new emerging standard for audio plugins" (sic.) > > [*] I'm wondering also if most of the Pd users' community is now on > non-Linux platforms and therefore just happy to use VST therefore making > something like LV2 (and by extension Linux) less relevant? > > Just thought it would be interesting to re-open this discussion. > > Cheers, > Lorenzo > > [1] https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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