7 Jan
2011
7 Jan
'11
3:01 p.m.
On 01/06/2011 08:57 AM, Sascha Schneider wrote:
A higher level programming environment - e.g. http://faust.grame.fr/
does abstract many many gory details, but I don't know if the right tool
for the job at hand.
2c,
robin
Hi Loki,
2011/1/6 Loki Davison <loki.davison(a)gmail.com>om>:
Something for a rainy afternoon:
http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/102/PointersAndMemory.pdf
Just reading Page 3 and 5 of the PDF should make it clear.
"There's a lot of nice, tidy code you can write without knowing about
pointers. But once you learn to use the power of pointers, you can never
go back."
As for JAVA: there's a concept like C/C++ pointers it's called
"references". Pointers are also common in many scripting langs. e.g in
PHP using '&variable' or the backslash operator in perl.
A bit over-simplified: These two main reason why some programming
languages are not suitable to write *reliable* audio-engines:
- Memory allocation can not be done in real-time.
- Some scripting langs (f.i. python) have a global lock (meaning
program execution can block and wait for some event - causing audio drop
out).
Besides C/C++ provides for fine-grained optimizations (such as binding
variables to CPU registers).
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Sascha
Schneider
<ungleichklang(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Actually that is my problem, my terrain till now was more in
Webdevelopment - CMS-CRM, custom modules
I did Java and Python, mainly object oriented.
Most synth apps I see in Linux are coded in C, at least the engine,
and stuff like pointers really don't fit into my brain .. might be my
age ... Hi folks,
inspired by a plan of a german onlinemag called amazona.de
I came up with the idea that a virtual analogue opensource softsynth
nativly running on Linux
would be really nice. (a nice filterbank too, but thats another thing)
Amazona planned a complete synth based on userpolls (only in german, sorry):
http://www.amazona.de/index.php?page=26&file=2&article_id=3191
which is now realized as vst: (only german, too)
http://www.amazona.de/index.php?page=26&file=2&article_id=3202
I know that Zynaddsubfx/yoshimi has a really strong soundengine and I
asked myself,
if it would be possible to take this engine or the DSSI-API and build
a polyphonic softsynth
with a nice UI like the new calf plugins or guitarix, a bit like the
loomer aspect, with some discoDSP,
a bit from the Tyrell or the Roland Gaia SH-01 with midilearn, ......
The problem I have are my programming skills, that are not good enough
to code this kind of software
by myself.
Are there some LAD's willing to join/take/realise this idea??
If there is interest I could translate the ideas of amazona.de and we
all could share our visions for a
new kind of controllable virtual analogue softsynth.
kind regards, saschas
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You do have the required skills, just need to choose the right tool.
User Ingen. It
is far too awesome to describe in simple words. :)
http://drobilla.net/blog/software/ingen/
I will have a look at that ...
Loki
regards, Sascha