[PD] LV2 in Pd? - reprise

[Alexander]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:59 AM Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm sure this has come up a few times, but...
>
> I still do think that having and LV2 external for Pd (Linux) would be
> really useful for various reasons:
>
LV2 is not at all limited to Linux though. It's simply a plugin-API which
is fully cross-platform (probably supports more platforms than VST2/3).


> - there is LADSPA and DSSI support but both are essentially dead /
> frozen by now
>
You can still create (cross-platform) LADSPA and DSSI plugins using ie. DPF

I kind of expect people to say "why not go straight to CLAP?", but I
personally agree that LV2 still has plenty of potential ;)
JUCE7 (which a huge section of plugin devs use) also supports LV2 (plugin +
hosting).

regards,
Alexander



> - Pd does have VST support, but VST is a non-free standard and has a
> somewhat more limited ecosystem on Linux [*]
> - Most importantly: mixing Pd's flexibility with Audio (DSP) and/or MIDI
> programming and LV2 capabilities would be great and allow many
> interesting possibilities...
>
> I see there is still this page:
> https://puredata.info/dev/summer-of-code/PluginHostLV2
>
> where LV2 is cited as "the new emerging standard for audio plugins" (sic.)
>
> [*] I'm wondering also if most of the Pd users' community is now on
> non-Linux platforms and therefore just happy to use VST therefore making
> something like LV2 (and by extension Linux) less relevant?
>
> Just thought it would be interesting to re-open this discussion.
>
> Cheers,
> Lorenzo
>
> [1] https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla
>
>
>
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