The reason I chose to live with the limitations of MIDI is to keep it an open system. All the patching is done with MIDI rather than needing a deeper knowledge of REAPER's audio routing or parameter modulation. But there is nothing stopping anyone from using those with the system as well. In theory, the modules could be converted into VSTs and used in any DAW that supports MIDI. I think that is a less proprietary approach than designing something that can only be used in REAPER.
I decided to create the modules because I couldn't find any else where that were basic enough, or that weren't too basic. I could have left out the MIDI patching system and just used parameter modulation to control the sliders, but as you point out, it's not really up to it and I just think that the MIDI patching is easier. If it's not easy, no one will use it, not even me.
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