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On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 00:34 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 06:47:10PM -0500, David Robillard wrote:

>

> > On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 21:39 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

> > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:20:44AM +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

> > [...]

> > > > "This is an error that any DSP student is allowed to make once".

> > >

> > > This is absolutely true for the one I referred to.

> >

> > As absolutely true as when I say the obviously terrible software

> > architecture / design decisions that come out of certain DSP heads

> > are... well, obvious terrible to anyone who actually knows what they are

> > doing in that field?

>

> That could very well be the case.

>

> With N >= 1000:

> There are some things I know about, N times more things I'm

> interested in, know a little about and want to learn more,

> and again N times more I don't know anything about. That's

> life.

Indeed.
> Now I'm here, I do have a question. And please just take it

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> for what it is and don't look for anything behind it as there

> isn't anything.

>

> How did you arrive at the name 'ingen' ?

Mainly, INstrument GENerator, and the fact that it's like "engine".
> This evening I happened to stumble on an episode of 'Midsommer

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> Murders', a famous English detective TV series, on Youtube.

> Strangely enough it had Swedish (I think) subtitles. From which

> I learned that 'ingen' is Swedish for 'no, nobody, nothing' or

> similar...

>

> Again, that's not meant to be a comment on your program, just

> curious.

Yeah, if I had a nickel for every time that's been mentioned to me I

wouldn't have to beg for donations anymore :)
I actually like the connection in a way, since the whole point of Ingen

is to be a minimal framework in which to wire up generic plugins to do

what you want. The plugins are the rock stars, Ingen is just the stage.

I also have a penchant for Zen, and there's certainly no thing wrong

with no thing ;)
It's also the company in Jurassic Park. One day I'll make it to #1

Google hit. One day!
-dr
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