28 Sep
2008
28 Sep
'08
4:44 p.m.
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