[linux-audio-dev] modular synth GUI status?

[Marcus Andersson]

Hi,

the project http://nmedit.sf.net tries to recreate the editor for Clavia Nord 
Modular. The progress is slow but steady.

I had an idea that we should create a generic module canvas that could be 
reused by other modular synthesizers. It would handle module visualization, 
movement, interaction, cable connections, common widgets and so on. XML could 
be used to configure the canvas for a particular modular synthesizer. Some 
kind of event model would be used to hook up the canvas with the underlying 
patch representation. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to specify or 
implement such a canvas yet. I am not involved in the current GUI effort, 
which is a direct implementation in java without the generic canvas abstraction.

As things look now, the architecture will evolve into a protocol backend and 
a graphical editor frontend. This means that it will be possible to control 
the synth through both a text interface and a GUI.

Marcus

Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> Hello. Who of us are working on a modular synth GUI where user
> grab&drag modules and connects them with cables? I'm myself
> interested in the editor GUI development --- there already
> are many modular audio engines, but not particularly good GUIs
> (Quasimodo might be an exception if I remember correctly).
> 
> Below is a short list of modular synths. I'm still searching for
> more. I will mail an updated list later, but at meanwhile you
> could help me ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> Juhana
> 
>  == cut ==
> Name                Author                     Has cable-GUI   Has script-GUI
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Nord Modular        Clavia                     Yes             No
> Harmonizer/Vsig     Eventide                   Yes             Yes
> Oasys               Korg                       ?               ?
> Csound              Barry Vercoe               No              Yes
> Cmusic              ?                          No              Yes
> Quasimodo           Paul Davis                 Yes             No
> PD                  Miller Puckette            Yes             No
> PSK                 ?                          No              Yes
> jmax                ?                          ?               ?
> Nyquist (1)         R.B. Dannenberg            No              Yes
> SAOL                ?                          No              Yes
> ??                  Creamware                  Yes             No
> Arts                ?                          Yes             No
> Vaz Modular         ?                          Yes             No
> Reaktor             ?                          Yes             No
> Tasman              ?                          ?               ?
> SyncC modular       ?                          ?               ?
> BlockCompiler       Matti Karjalainen          No              Yes
>  == cut ==
>