[ardour-users] smooth ladspa bypass

[Jesse Chappell]

On 10/24/05, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 19:32 +0000, Tim Blechmann wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > working with plugins, i find it pretty annoying that the bypass is
> > switching on plugins without a short crossfade in between ...
> >
> > are there any plans to change this in future?
>
> there is no external gain stage for a plugin that could apply a fade in
> (or out). this has been seen, historically, as the job of the plugin.
> that doesn't mean we could never change that.

But the plugin may not know it's being bypassed toggled either.  I
don't think activate()/deactivate() is really appropriate for this. 
Thus, I think it may be our responsibility.

jlc