add well known controls to list accessible via a MIDI binding map (or OSC?)

[ardour.git] / libs / ardour / plugin.cc

diff --git a/libs/ardour/plugin.cc b/libs/ardour/plugin.cc
index e0ba0f00f7fabc31a9e2dcd8c7c20fd1b726ac68..2d1ffbed7491a60f6791e2b885d337e63be829c0 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/ardour/plugin.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/plugin.cc
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ PluginInfo::needs_midi_input () const
        return (n_inputs.n_midi() != 0);
 }
 
-bool
-PluginInfo::is_instrument () const
-{
-       return (n_inputs.n_midi() != 0) && (n_outputs.n_audio() > 0) && (n_inputs.n_audio() == 0);
-}
-
 Plugin::Plugin (AudioEngine& e, Session& s)
        : _engine (e)
        , _session (s)
@@ -526,3 +520,33 @@ Plugin::parameter_label (uint32_t which) const
        get_parameter_descriptor (which, pd);
        return pd.label;
 }
+
+bool
+PluginInfo::is_effect () const
+{
+       return (!is_instrument () && !is_utility ()  && !is_analyzer ());
+}
+
+bool
+PluginInfo::is_instrument () const
+{
+       if (category == "Instrument") {
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       // second check: if we have  midi input and audio output, we're likely an instrument
+       return (n_inputs.n_midi() != 0) && (n_outputs.n_audio() > 0) && (n_inputs.n_audio() == 0);
+}
+
+bool
+PluginInfo::is_utility () const
+{
+       /* XXX beware of translations, e.g. LV2 categories */
+       return (category == "Utility" || category == "MIDI" || category == "Generator");
+}
+
+bool
+PluginInfo::is_analyzer () const
+{
+       return (category == "Analyser" || category == "Anaylsis" || category == "Analyzer");
+}