[linux-audio-dev] Freeze?

[Benjamin Flaming]

On Wednesday 25 February 2004 01:52 pm, Robert Jonsson wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2004 20.25, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > Recently Logic 6's Freeze feature was mentioned here, and Freeze
> > is mentioned in a new interview at Emagic's webpage:
> >
> >   Q: Any other favorite feature in Logic 6, that you use most?
> >
> >   Boris Blank [of Yello]: I think Freeze is ingenious. [ ... ]
> >
> > I'm wondering did Emagic borrow the idea from this list, as the
> > freeze feature was discussed here at november 2001. And soon after
> > that the feature stands in their software.
>
> Me guesses you are referring to
> this:[http://www.eca.cx/lad/2001/Nov/0310.html] message I posted back then.
>
> I'd have to say that they where probably not influenced by that, if they
> where their implementation would have been much more advanced and
> definitely cooler ;-P.
>
> Besides, the ideas might have been new for audio purposes but the
> technology in itself is not new. The ideas suggested where adaptations of
> similar features in the 3d-graphics world. Logic may very well have peeked
> that way too.
>
> I still think about this from time to time and I would really like to see a
> REAL implementation of the proposal. :-)

     So would I - and I'm actively working on it.  After spending about a year 
planning, revising, and thinking, I've finally started coding an audio 
compositing system based on a hierarchal tree structure.  Right now, the 
program simply replicates an on-disk directory structure in memory, and then 
terminates, but I've only been working on the code for a couple of weeks - 
and only 1 or 2 days per week.  Now that I'm over some of the initial hurdles 
(such as figuring out GNU auto-tools), I'll be introducing *basic* JACK 
functionality over the next couple of days.  FWIW, the sf.net project page is 
at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinara/

     As I said, there isn't much there right now, but I'd be happy to set up a 
mailing list if anyone is interested.  If not, I'll certainly make an 
announcement when I make an alpha release.  If you take a browse through CVS, 
be aware that my "scratchpad" lacks some very significant design ideas and 
plans, including a potential GUI design which is currently documented only on 
a dry-erase board ;)

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