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NothanUmber ·
As far as I understood the exported vst dll is more or less the complete Synthmaker runtime system without the graphical interface. So wouldn't it be feasible to make a component that takes the name of another osm file, a module name and a list of input/output parameters as input loads this file and passes the inputs to the inputs of a module that matches the specified name in that osm file (the outputs are handled correspondingly). That way one could "host" other Synthmaker parts or even complete synths inside each other but in comparison to a simple vst host capability one could use all connection types that are available in SM instead of just audio/midi in and out. So one could build synths that could be extended by the user without the need of having to fiddle with a rather complex single osm file and even if the author chooses not to give out the osm file the users of the synth would be able to extend certain parts (e.g. modular interchangable oscillators, filters etc. that just have to support a defined interface)
Greetings,
NothanUmber
infuzion ·
sounds like a neat idea
Tom7777 ·
Wouldn't this just lead to people stealing others filters and delay effects ect, maybe im reading this wrong way...
NothanUmber ·
Well, nobody would force you to implement your filters etc. as external modules or even offer the extension interface for them. It's more an option. Also it shouldn't be a big problem to introduce some kind of password that allows you to prohibit that your external osm module can be opened in the SM editor as long as you don't give it out. (Seems to work well e.g. with the scripts in Kontakt 2, there are already some good commercial ones available. Sure that kind of protection can be circumvented if one puts in some efforts but that's true for all protections you could come up with)
Greetings,
NothanUmber
stefan ·
Tom7777 wrote: Wouldn't this just lead to people stealing others filters and delay effects ect, maybe im reading this wrong way...
Well, that's easy enough anyway if you got the osm's 🙂
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