Re: [LAD] The Influence of the Actor Model (Praxis architecture 101)

Hi Louigi, On 27 July 2012 21:01, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona(a)gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for the reply. There should be some new features by the autumn so keep an eye on the site. Got a load of stuff planned out, but taking a holiday first! The ability to turn projects into stand-alone applications is coming very soon, and some more tools for sound manipulation and sequencing. I haven't had a look at Pure Data for a few years now. It's a great project, but just wasn't for me, and at the time a little unstable. I seem to recall a lack of a decent (or any!) threading model (as per my post), but that may have changed. I consider Praxis and Pure Data to actually be very different projects with very different aims. I made a conscious decision to move to solely using Linux and open-source in my work about 6 years ago (having used Linux for about 5 years by then). The one piece of software that kept me using Windows was AudioMulch. I really like working creatively with high-level patcher environments like AudioMulch, Isadora, etc. It's an area that I think is still quite limited on Linux, particularly for working cross-media. While it's obviously possible to build higher-level constructs in Pure Data, I prefer working with code than patching at a lower level. Praxis also began as an experiment in building a system designed for multiple media from the ground up (without claiming it's the right way to do it! :) ) I find that some other software in this field is limited by its history as either audio software that's had video tacked on later, or vice versa. Best wishes, Neil -- Neil C Smith Artist : Technologist : Adviser http://neilcsmith.net Praxis - open-source intermedia system for live creative play - http://code.google.com/p/praxis OpenEye - specialist web solutions for the cultural, education, charitable and local government sectors - http://openeye.info