Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Win32-Integration-Proposal

[Mattias H. <ma...@mu...>]

Hi,

I'm new here... I became interested in this project after Benno's post on
the NorthernSounds forum (I didn't know about LS before that). I'm not a
Linux user today, but I'm developing Windows software for a living and I'm
running a pretty well equipped and fully booked studio the rest of my
time... Anyway, I'm always interested in new solutions and this seemed to be
interesting. I'll lurk on this list and maybe chime in when I have something
to add. Since my Linux specific knowledge is near zero right now my
contribution will mostly be in the idea/usage department.

> I'm not sure if ASIO is the way to go, how about going directly VST ?
> VST is supported by any professional application under Windows plus
> it has builtin MIDI which means you don't need to write a MIDI driver
> the plugin directly gets the MIDI events from the sequencer.
> Plus the VST callback is called exactly ( process() ) for each audio
>  fragment processed, wich makes the whole stuff even more simple.

This is exactly what I was about to suggest yesterday. From a user
perspective this is much more usable than some midi driver + audio driver
solution. I'm using FXTeleport on the Windows platform today and this is
exactly how it works. I don't know what you think about this but why not
integrate this solution with FXT? FXT already have the Win32 parts ready,
stable and working. What would be needed to accomplish this is:

* A "server" client that lives on the Linux server that connects to the FXT
host on the sequencer machine.
* A VSTi that controls LS from the Win32 machine, sends midi to, and
receives audio from LS. Maybe this VSTi could even incorporate a Windows
based remote control for LS.

This idea is of course depending on whether Max, the developer of FXT, is
willing to open up he communicaton specs he's using... I actually wrote him
a mail yesterday with the idea as I've been working with him quite closely
with a couple of things lately. I'll let you know whether this would be at
all possible when I hear from him.

/Mattias