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Re: carla-specific IO functions The Jsfx output connects to a function which has the `fwrite` signature (it writes in chunks). Hence it's not possible to connect with carla_stdout, as is?

it's okay to do a light refactor of carla's io functions, to get access to that FILE handle for direct writing? also `carla_stdout` and its friends have FILE* as a...

- [x] the files should be compiled as part of `init`, rather than `reload` a recompilation may modify the number of i/o ports, which is not acceptable.

Regarding author and category metadata Many files contain comments similar to these ones. ``` //tags: guitar modulation filter gain //author: Cockos ``` These look similar to the `desc:` tag except...

> btw, how do we differentiate between FX and synths? - by category pseudo tags ("synthesis") - absence of input pins - possibly some light code analysis, for presence of...

- [ ] jsusfx does not support convolution plugins It does not support sliders written in that form, and the compilation/readHeader fails: `slider1:/amp_models:none:Model` The idea is that this slider (menu...

- [ ] hidden sliders The sliders whose desc begins with character '-' should be hidden parameters. Specification says > You can also hide sliders by prefixing their names with...

- [ ] output-only sliders There is this unspecified syntax, which creates a slider with empty range (min=max=0), and its purpose is to serve as output-only parameter. (but we don't...

> Would be incredible to have a cross-platform implementation of JSFX host. There exists one as part the host support library. If you can build this, you get a vst...

Hi @geraintluff, just a direct ping in case this issue has not reached you, since you don't have repo notifications (under `watch`), and I also noticed you made recent updates....