hey all,

to contextualize this idea I'll take pixelTANGO as my example. In pixelTANGO there is a pt.layerfx that deals with pixel processing. Inside it there are a number of abstractions that each correspond to a particular filter fx/edge.pd or fx/negative.pd These abstractions have a standard interface, gem inlet and outlet and a sigle control inlet to control the amount of effect, from 0-1.

The filters are turned and and off by routing the gem-data through spigots. A really usefuly feature for pixelTANGO would be the ability to drop your own patch into fx/ since they have a standard interface. The problem becomes how to register this added effect, and worse yet how to build a dynamic gem chain that changes based on the number of effects in the fx/ folder. Follwing this the popup widget would have to get an updated list of abstractions in fx/ and build its contents dynamically.

Beyond those learning PD hacking the contents of a high-level abstraction it would be even more useful if they could create a component of that abstraction using certain API standards, and drop it in without actually having to worry about breaking the abstraction. Even better if the abstraction just uses components sitting in a special folder. Argument here is that its perhaps easier to make the component than to hack the high-level abstraction or than making a new abstraction for what you want to do.

Alright thats enough of my creativity for the list.

B.