[LAD] Something like Processing for audio

[Paul Davis]

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 12:08 -0400, Darren Landrum wrote:

> 
> Why couldn't we make something like that for audio? It would most likely 
> be C++ rather than Java, but the idea of building up DSP networks using 
> a large framework of code, plus some pre-defined functions and settings, 
> and being able to launch our new code with a one-touch button into a 
> JACK client (or whatever), is extremely appealing to me.

SKINI, Chuck, Faust and CSound/SuperCollider spring to mind.

>  Throw in some 
> GUI-building elements (Cairo-based, perhaps) that can handle 
> mouse-clicks, keyboard input, and the like, 

oops ...

Processing has wrapped a language with a lot *less* power than
SuperCollider in a front end that is much easier to learn. Its a shame.
But it also seems to be way the world works.

--p