6 Mar
2006
6 Mar
'06
9:32 a.m.
Hi Junichi, thanks for your interest.
I might be missing something but is there something
that shelljam does
that vkeybd cannot do?
Yes.
* Shelljam is designed from the ground up to be a full-fledged musical
instrument that can be used for professional live performance.
-Safe, locks keyboard
-Uses a compiled language
-Performance is measured as latency and jitter
* Shelljam is portable, flexible and extensible
-The I/O library supports, additionally to the keyboard under X,
console keyboards, mice, joysticks, touchscreens, Sharp Zaurus
and iPaq input, and all PC operating systems.
-The MIDI library supports all PC operating systems
-Instruments can be created as run-time libraries
* Shelljam has bold plans for the future:
-Create a tool that can be used by a whole movement of kids,
designed from the ground up to use the computers they have in
their homes as full-fledged, highly tuned musical instruments.
-Shelljam will support not only keyboards but mice, joysticks, and
linux handheld devices to make music in genuinely new ways
-The author intends to make a living by being a singer/computer
peripheral player
Shelljam has a slightly higher learning curve and currently the UI looks
like you just crashed your computer so if you just want to test your
synth by all means use vkeybd.
Carlo