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Subject: [AN1x] Re: OT: Yamaha Debuts New Open Plug-in Technology

From: "jondl_2000" <jondl_2000@...>
Date: 2002-04-05

--- In AN1x-list@y..., Reggie <reggie@t...> wrote:
> As a vst user I would favour OPT over nothing, because that is
> effectively what we have in VST for external Midi devices at the
moment.
>
> At the moment we have to use Hubis and another external midi
> application, which is a pain in the backside, and unnecessary.
WE can't
> use logic environments, but with OPT there is no need for
external apps,
> so it will keep the system/midi overheads to a minimum too,
plus
> providing more than just synth editing options.
>

Okay ∗now∗ it's beginning to make sense to me :-)

I didn't pick up on it in the previous posts but when you said
"have to use Hubis and another external midi application, which
is a pain in the backside" a little bell went off. We have a similar
situation on the Mac OS with OMS, and FreeMIDI, as they serve a
similar purpose as Hubis (inter application communication and
a shared timing soure amongst other benefits.) It's getting long
in the tooth after having been ignored by 'Gibcode' for so many
years - I've (reluctantly) made a concious effort to move off OMS
when and where possible and have centered everything around
Logic Audio and a multiport MIDI Interface run in MTP Emulation
mode (the next step is a proper Emagic MIDI Interface.)

regards,

Jon