Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Change in DeviceAddDialog

[Joe E. <jo...@em...>]

Hiroo Hayashi wrote:

>Someday when we have a hundreds of synths
>support for a manufacture we might want to have GROUP_MANUF_TYPE (it
>might be only if the manufacture names product names inconsistently).
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Right. Types, at this point, aren't really useful because there aren't 
that many devices supported. However, as the list grows, I see this 
becoming useful someday... which is why I wrote support for it now. The 
reason I committed the source with "GROUP_TYPE_MANUF" is just so that 
everybody could see (and test) the full working of the tree.

Also, one use for GROUP_TYPE_MANUF (or, at least, GROUP_TYPE) that I can 
think of is this. Suppose I'm about to go out and buy a new synth, drum 
machine, controller board, or whatever.... and that I want to make sure 
that the item I buy is supported by JSL. In that case, I'd want to 
browse the items by their type.

>And as you wrote grouping synths into types is not easy.
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Well, as I see it, it kinda breaks down into:
- Controller *and* synth in one -
   Keyboard Synth (like a Korg M1)
   Guitar Synth (like a Roland GR-33)
   Drum Module
   Other Synth (Can't think of any at the moment)
- Controller *only* -
   Keyboard Controller (like a Yamaha AX-7)
   Guitar Controller (like a Yamaha G-50)
   Other Controllers (like wind controllers, like Yamaha's midi saxophone)
- Synth *only* -
   Rackmount/Standalone Synth (like a Kurzweil K2600R)
   Drum Machines (like a Boss DR-505)

Of course, I'm probably giving guitars too much prestige by setting them 
apart because that's what I deal with a lot.

>And if synths are grouped by manufacture names, it is superfluous to have
>a manufacture name on each node.
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I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you mean that the manufacturer 
folders shouldn't have the manufacturer *names* on them, or that we 
don't need manufacturer folders at all if the list is merely sorted?

>And minor think; use ErrorMsg.reportStatus() instead of
>System.out.println().
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Argh! I thought I took all of those out. I use println's when I need a 
quick debugging aid. Where did I leave one in?

- Joe