Re: [Bluemusic-users] Questions on Effects for Mixer
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From: Steven Y. <ste...@gm...> - 2006-02-26 00:42:09
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Hi Michael, Thanks for your reply! Could you clarify what you mean by having an effect work on one or two channels? Within the context of the mixer,=20 does this mean to allow adding effects to only one audio channel of a mixer channel (i.e. the left audio in of channel 1)? Or does this mean that when you build the effect and you use it in blue, that the same effect object could work with both a project of nchnls=3D1 and nchnls=3D2? BTW: Getting this kind of feedback is *very* valuable to me as I only know my own way of working, which is pretty much stereo all the time, and I'd like to make this a system that is robust in its design to handle what everyone else would like to do too (because one day I might want to do things differently too!). An csound code example would be very helpful as well for me to understand your way of thinking about the matter. Regarding the Java option, what I was originally thinking was that someone might want to create an effects object in Java that has a fancy UI to show parametric EQ or something like that, but in honesty I think most users won't go that distance (no has yet built a plugin for blue that I'm aware of besides myself, which is a good thing I guess in that it means the existing plugins are fairly robust). I'll go ahead with the assumption that users will use user-defined effect (code and UI done within blue) and design the architecture for that.=20 If users need new widgets for their UI's, then we can just add more BSB Widgets and then all of the BSB-based tools can also get them too. Thanks again for your reply! steven On 2/25/06, Michael Bechard <got...@ya...> wrote: > I know I'd like the flexibility of making an effect > use one or two channels, as alot of my current effects > are that way. I don't think I care about whether or > not a Java plugin could generate effect code. > > Michael > > --- Steven Yi <ste...@gm...> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I was about to get started on the Effects part the > > mixer system and > > was interested to get some feedback. Currently I am > > planning that > > Effects be user-definable, using Csound code for the > > coding and > > BlueSynthBuilder widgets to create a User-Interface > > for the effects. > > The effects would be edited in a library manager > > that is program wide, > > stored in the user's .blue directory. > > > > Adding an effect would be done on the mixer > > channels, and to edit the > > effect you double-click the effect and the interface > > that was created > > in the library is shown to configure the effect. > > > > Now, I am concerned about what to do with nchnls of > > possible > > inputs/outputs. Should effects have an option to > > set how many > > channels they are made for? > > > > Also, do you think that it should be possible for > > Effects to be > > first-rate java classes, meaning that someone could > > make their own > > custom user-interface in Java code that would emit > > csound code but > > that the user wouldn't be able to edit codewise > > (Effect would then be > > a plugin type like SoundObjects, Instruments, and > > NoteProcessors are)? > > If so, that adds a layer of abstraction to the code > > that would make > > it trickier to handle. > > > > Well, any thoughts on the above would be very much > > appreciated! > > steven > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a > > groundbreaking scripting language > > that extends applications into web and mobile media. > > Attend the live webcast > > and join the prime developer group breaking into > > this new coding territory! > > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=110944&bid$1720&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Bluemusic-users mailing list > > Blu...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluemusic-users > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting langua= ge > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webc= ast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territor= y! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D110944&bid=3D241720&dat= =3D121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bluemusic-users mailing list > Blu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluemusic-users > |