Re: hardour (headless ardour)

On 07/07/2014 06:26 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:16 AM, David Santamauro
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Paul,
>     On 02/24/2014 08:06 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
>
>         git, in the cairocanvas branch, now contains a standalone,
>         command line
>         program that loads and runs an Ardour session. It has no GUI and
>         is not
>         interactive via the terminal.
>
>     What is the use-case for something like this?
>
> (1) a working example of the code required to load and run an ardour session
> (2) building standalone systems based on ardour that are controlled by
> means other than a GUI (MIDI, OSC, etc)

Very interesting. What do you see as communication protocol between this 
headless ardour and some future client application if not MIDI or OSC? 
Is the ultimate goal seeking functionality like these?

http://www.soundcraft.com/apps/visi-remote.aspx?pid=176
http://www.behringer.com/en/products/x32.aspx