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diff --git a/doc/background.html b/doc/background.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba9af8d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/background.html @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<H1>Background</H1> + +<P>The Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA) originates +in frustration on the part of <A +HREF="mailto:richard@muse.demon.co.uk">Richard Furse</A> with the lack +of consensus on a standard audio plugin API for Linux. The API is +intended to describe a very light-weight plugin form that can be +handled by many types of host. To achieve this simplicity various +compromises are made, notably the presence of only one data type +(float).</P> + +<P>Technical documentation is contained in the <A +HREF="ladspa.h.txt"><CODE>ladspa.h</CODE></A> header file. When +clashes occur between this file and external documentation then the +header file should be considered the definitive version.</P> + +<P>The <CODE>ladspa.h</CODE> header file includes direct contributions +by Richard W.E. Furse, Paul Barton-Davis and Stefan Westerfeld. Many +additional contributions have been made by the members of the Linux +Audio Developer's mailing list after whom the plugin is named. Thanks +in particular to Alexander Konig.</P> + |