Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Driver writing help

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

Daniel Lyons wrote:

>The XML interface looks cool, I noticed there's another opensource project doing patch editting using XML in it (I presume for the synth description).  Might not be the worst idea to have the same XML format, then you could dig from both worlds of Drivers
>
except for the fact that we've got a lot more drivers than they do.... 
and the drivers can be a lot of work to write. Personally, I'd be a 
little annoyed if someone took all of our drivers and then dropped them 
into their project and started claiming the same device support.

Now, having said that, the one reason for us to consolidate formats is 
this: Back when the XML-driver idea was porposed two years ago, one of 
the benefits mentioned was that, if it was flexible enough and got 
popular enough, there'd be the posibility that manufacturers would 
provide XML editor descriptions themselves. As things stand now, a 
company like Roland isn't going to spend the resources to provide 
drivers for a new synth for MidiQuest, UniSyn, SoundDiver, JSL, SynthEd, 
etc, because it's too much work. However, if they could provide a single 
file and have support for the synth on a variety of editors, then they 
just might do it.

- Joe