[LAU] Impro-visor

[schoappied]

Ketil Thorgersen wrote:
> Ketil Thorgersen wrote:
>   
>> [SNIP]
>>
>> There is a java program at 
>> http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/ which works great on 
>> linux. It even has the possibility to use band in a box files. It is 
>> made t function as a playalong program for jazz improvisation, but it 
>> also generates improvisations and is excellent in my opinion to sketch 
>> on new song ideas in jazz styles.
>>
>> Probably closed source though.
>>   
>>     
> As a follow up to my earlier post. I asked about the licence since I 
> know that that is an important issue for many of you folks out there. 
> And it is open source apparently. This is the response I got:
>
>
>  > One more thing: What is the license? Is it some kind of open source or
>  > is it free, but closed source?
>
> It is open source (GPL), but distribution is by request. The source
> is not in the best of shape, so we try to coordinate who is working
> on it. The source will not be of value to the casual observer.
> Serious developers who want to cooperate should contact me. The
> source is in a subversion repository and any work on the GUI has
> to be done in Netbeans for the simple reason that not using the
> latter will tend to break things.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Keller
>
>
> Best
> Ketil Thorgersen
>
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I once tried Impro-Visor, but it didn't started on my debian box...

But it's definitely  looking like a  good and useful  program, so it 
would be great if some guys can  pick thinks up and make this a  real 
nice open source app!

Dirk