[LAD] Pd, Csound and SuperCollider code as plugin

hermann brummer- at web.de
Wed Sep 23 04:23:41 UTC 2009


Am Montag, den 21.09.2009, 22:22 +0200 schrieb hollunder at gmx.at:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:33:49 +0200
> rosea grammostola <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On the LAU list we were discussing the possibilities of audio
> > synthesis environments as plugins.
> > " [LAU] From audio synthesis environment to plugin"
> > 
> > Pd, SC and Csound give so much possibilities when it comes to 
> > instruments and effects. Wouldn't it be cool if Linux audio users
> > could easily use some code/patches as plugins? I imagine, someone
> > makes a cool synth 'patch' which you can easily use within a 'plugin
> > interface'. So without knowing how to code in SuperCollider for
> > example, you can benefit from patches of others, which you can easily
> > use as plugin (or 'jack application').
> > 
> > If there is such a 'plugin interface' and people start sharing 
> > 'plugins', this could make Linux more useful for Music Production. It 
> > also could fill the gap of not having a lot commercial VST plugins
> > for Linux imho.
> > 
> > Of course I'm not the first with this idea and there are some
> > solutions or suggestions already. I'll try to give a list.... (of
> > course I could miss some options)
> > 
> > -------------
> > 
> > 
> > *Csound:*
> > 
> > CSoundLADSPA:
> > http://www.csounds.com/journal/issue6/csLADSPA.html
> > 
> > CSoundVST:
> > http://www.csounds.com/manual/html/CommandCsoundVST.html (Windows,
> > but also possible to build as native Linux plugin, recently).
> > 
> > -------------------
> > 
> > *Pd:*
> > http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~jsarlo/pdvst/ (only Windows afaik)
> > 
> > 
> > -------------------
> > 
> > *
> > SuperCollider:*
> > 
> > SC comes with a SuperColliderAU.component (Mac only)
> > 
> > Here are some possibilities listed (Faust for example):
> > http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Systems_interfacing_with_SC#other_systems
> > 
> > Java bindings -> http://www.erase.net/projects/p5_sc/ and jvst -> 
> > http://jvstwrapper.sourceforge.net/
> > 
> > ----------------------
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > So it seems that CSound already has an solution for GNU/Linux. But Pd 
> > and SC only seems to have solutions  for either Windows or Mac.
> > 
> > It would be great and good for Linux audio imho if we could use Pd
> > and SC patches as plugins on GNU/Linux. And to make them popular and
> > have as much sharing of plugins between users as possible, a
> > crossplatform solution might be the best bet.
> > 
> > I'm not a developer, so I can't tell how good my ideas and
> > suggestions are. I also don't know if I see clear when I see these
> > opportunities. That's why I mail it to this list, so experts can tell.
> > Maybe one or more developers likes the idea and also sees these 
> > opportunities and are capable of setting plans and ideas into
> > something practical...
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > \rooz
> 
> 
> Why have you left out faust? It apparently can compile to: jack, alsa,
> ladspa, Q, super collider, oss, sndfile
> 
> I only know half of those but Jack and ladspa is pretty much all you
> need imho.
> 
> Now I do have issues with the css on: http://faust.grame.fr/catalog.php.
> The example clients don't work because I don't have libglitz.so.1.
> I couldn't download the papers, either because of some restructuring
> on the site(from what I could tell with my lousy french) or because it
> requires flash.
> And I haven't found any contact besides some mail address.
> 
> So the website seems to be a bit of a fail, but the language seems
> capable.
> 
> Philipp
> _______________________________________________

Hi

Here it works like a charm, no prob to use the online compiler, watch
the C++ source or/and download the exec file. 
I didn't have libglitz.so installed.

If you like to contact Yann Orlary, there is a active Mailing list on
SourceForge 

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=faudiostream-devel

hermann




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