Device version numbers, types, names etc.

[doodyrh]

Does anyone else agree that all SFP devices should have displayable version numbers? Right now I don't know to tell.
I'm thinking something that's built into future design so that all devices could have a button to show the version. Or that showed the version through the right-click menu from the routing window or LiveBar. And ideally from right-click/properties direct from windows explorer (like DLLs and some other file types) although I dunno if that's possible.

Also what about a Creamware approved device classification into, say, 'types'?
For example:
Type 1 = pre-SFP
Type 2 = SFP compliant
Type 3 = New presets
Type 4 = XTC compliant
Type 5 = Version displaying type
Type 6 = Noah compatible

I'm not saying they should be exactly these types, but just giving these as examples to illustrate my point. Right now it's often hard to tell what you're getting, especially when buying 3rd party stuff.

Finally, I think it would be useful for plugins to have a generic name that's recognised outside the immediate Creamware-community. 'Creamware plugins' gives the mistaken and damaging impression to outsiders that they're all made by Creamware. Something akin to VST - maybe SFP (?). It's a question of marketing. Currently the CW website lists 'Creamware plugins' and '3rd party plugins'. They should start to market the idea of 'SFP plugins' with Creamware or 3rd party being secondary.

All this would help in buying, selling, marketing, DAW management and bug resolution.
Wouldn't it?
(Happy Easter by the way.)

[Mr Arkadin]

How about adopting the term SFPi like VSTi? Some nice ideas (except for right-clicking stuff as i use Mac!)

[doodyrh]

I've been thinking up a solution for Mac users too. As we know, all Mac users are left-handed so all that's needed is a special mouse that can detect in which hand it's being held. This could be achieved by thermal sensors on either side which detect greater heat output from the larger surface area of the thumb as compared to a finger. Then to right-click all you do is click with it in your right hand.

[borg]

tony, i know the mac mice look really cool and sexy, but i got myself a logitec mouse and (i think) it works ok... except the scrolling wheel in SFP (pretty annoying when browsing through preset lists, but hey...).
anyway, i can see no harm in some uniform identification tag. lately, i got europa and sparc, but they only worked the way they should after i upgraded from 3.1a to 3.1c (don't know why i hadn't moved on, because all my older projects load just fine so far just lazy...)