Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Sampler engine / GUI communication

[Steve H. <S.W...@ec...>]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:34:21PM +0000, Phil Kerr wrote:
> For config data using XML has clear cross-platform advantages and
> XML-RPC is a lot lighter than SOAP and could serve our needs well. 

I was thinking of raw XML, not XML-RPC.
 
> For real-time control DMIDI would be good as it allows hardware control
> and the syntax checking is minimal.  This is where using XML instead of
> CC or SYSEX messages would be too heavy.

Argh, yes! I think we were talking at cross purposes. I was just thinking
of the service discovery phase, obviously the control protocol wants to be
be binary nad lightweight.
 
> I think it would be good if we could find a split point between what can
> be controlled by a GUI and what can be controlled by MIDI hardware, even
> though there's overlap to an extent.

Yes, probably.

- Steve