8 Jul
2007
8 Jul
'07
7:48 p.m.
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 23:25 +0200, Luis Garrido wrote:
The most popular until now, but that's because there hasn't been an
alternative. For anyone starting to write a audio/MIDI program today
it's probably a lot easier to use JACK for both audio and MIDI (and with
the -X seq driver option in the SVN version of jackd you can connect
JACK MIDI and ALSA sequencer ports to each other).
Yes. I'd recommend GTK for C and gtkmm for C++. =)
An example may
clarify things:
with this software (or plugin or whatever it will be) I record a short
drum sequence. When I finish recording I have on the screen an object,
Then a plugin technology, like VST or LV2 is not the most advisable
tool, IMO. Go for a stand-alone application. Linux audio architecture
is very flexible, so you can afterwards route the input/output of your
application to any place you wish.
If you want audio I/O, jack is your friend.
http://jackaudio.org
If you want MIDI I/O, then alsa-sequencer is the most popular choice.
http://www.alsa-project.org/~frank/alsa-sequencer/ I think it
would be helpful a timeline where I can drag objects and it
Then you need a GUI toolkit. GTK or Qt are the most popular and there
are supported by many languages. In general I would recommend GTK for
C projects and Qt for C++, but others may think differently. If you want your application to routinely interact
with others, you
may want to incorporate the LASH session protocol:
http://www.nongnu.org/lash/
This is a very good idea.
> Suggestions? Critics? Insults? :\
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
PS: for the rest of the list, isn't this basic
startup info gathered
in any LAD-FAQ out there? Together with an equivalence between Linux
and Windows audio technologies it would be a good jump start for
newcomers.
I don't know if there is a hacker's FAQ somewhere, but it would
certainly be useful. It could also have some longer tutorials on how to
write an effect plugin, how to write a synth etc.
--ll