hi all,
Well, I guess updating PdVST is a little bit too small ...
not if done correctly, it should be portable, support multiple plugin formats (ladsa, dx, vst), etc. would be a really good summer project.
you are right ... but aren't there already hosts for all the plugins ?
other way around, the project isnt to host plugins in pd, its to host pd patches as a plugins in other vst hosts (live, flstudio, whatever)... check out PdVST if you have a windows box... it works pretty well, but is based of a really outdated pd:
i've been changing some emails with stefano d'angelo, who is starting to write a plugin wrapper, which is supposed to work with different plugin backends (vst, ladspa ...) ... a pluggo for pd could make use of this project in order to support several platforms out of the box. i guess, stefano doesn't have a working prototype, yet, but it's probably a good idea to join the development resources in order do avoid duplicate work. his project website is http://sourceforge.net/projects/naspro/
in general, from my knowledge of the pd architecture, running pd in a plugin environment would require some non-trival changes, it can't be just implemented on top of the current implementation. which means, in some way, this has to be incorporated into vanilla pd ...
so imo, such a project should be coordinated with miller in order to avoid that the effort is wasted, just because he doesn't incorporate the changes.
tim
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