Re: Multitimbral Music Devices - Question and Proposal
Re: Multitimbral Music Devices - Question and Proposal
- Subject: Re: Multitimbral Music Devices - Question and Proposal
- From: Urs Heckmann <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:47:09 +0200
Am Dienstag, 15.07.03, um 16:26 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Frank
Hoffmann:
Urs, sorry to insist, but multitimbral Audio Units just add another
layer of unneeded conceptional overhead. There is no need for that and
you can see how much confusion it creates with VST. And there is still
no clear concept how to handle the scenario. Neither on the host nor
on the client side. They just shouldn't. The mistake was to allow
multitimbral plugin in the first place.
The concept of multitimbral comes from hardware synthesizer, where it
made sense for cost reasons. But for the virtual studio there is
simply a lack of need for something like this. Hence somebody wants to
simulate a virtual instrument with say a drum machine and a synthesis
part, why shouldn't he create one Audio Unit for the drum machine and
one for the synthesis part? There is no disadvantage, but it buys you
a lot more flexibility. Of course the virtual counterfeit wouldn't
look exactly like the original anymore. But this point is mood, you
also can't simulate the feeling of actually touching the keys this > way.
I agree.
But being a tech-punk, I like options.
Regarding Audio Units hosting Audio Units: There should be no need for
that. Or how many layers of Audio Units inside Audio Units you want to
support?
I never meant it that way (Look at www.five12.com for Numerology). I
just meant to propose a way to handle flexible, heterogenous modular
units. No matter what it's good for at the current point of knowledge.
Just as an option. (Maybe James C & James McC support me here?)
Ergo: better no multitimbral Audio Units IMHO.
Get away from "multitimbral". Let's call them "extensible",
"multiparted" or anything.
However. I have headache today (listened to customers yesterday nite),
so maybe I have strange brain configuration today...
ps: I would like to suggest that you try to persuade your "sometimes
imminent rulings" to alter the way of the pure discipline again... ;)
Not necessary. I think they lurk here.
Cheers,
;) Urs
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