[linux-audio-user] Re: Bainstorming! Drawing in non-musician developers

[tim hall]

On Wednesday 22 February 2006 11:48, Carlo Capocasa was like:
> Kew-ew-ew-ewlllll...
>
> Frank, but you've got to admit computer hardware events can be mapped to
> other things than just MIDI notes, such as algorithms... yeh?
>
> What I'm saying is it would be nice to find attract a lot of passionate
> violin builders so passionate violinists don't have to learn so much
> woodwork. A little is fine, but...

Sorry, Carlo, but what you're suggesting is much more like learning scales or 
composition than instrument building. You have just received replies from two 
of the prime exponents of the art. What Frank can't do with Pd is possibly 
not that musically relevant anyway. What Dave does with a screenful of orange 
and blue text boxes is simply beyond words. These guys have already done much 
of the work you are talking about, please do not underestimate it. You should 
also check out Cesare Marilungo's 'zenmind' that was posted here recently.

It's still early days, to be sure, but I doubt very much that you will have to 
code the whole thing from scratch. :)
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cheers,

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim