28 Aug
2009
28 Aug
'09
1:26 a.m.
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Atte Andre Jensen wrote:
The main feature of AL is the scenes and loop-based composition,
right? This is essentially a specialized sequencer/sampler. And
hydrogen is a sequencer/sampler.
Further, Hydrogen is based on the idea of have several patterns
(like a loop) that you set up. Then the song is composed in a
sort of paint-by-numbers fashion. This is a lot like AL's scenes.
Hydrogen also has some DAW-like features, including some primative mixing
and FX.
Hydrogen lacks any code for looping or beat slicing. Also, the audio
internals are a little ugly IMHO -- but I've been working to improve that.
When I'm done, I expect the backend to be *very* DAW-like.
OTOH, a better starting point *might* be something like sooperlooper.
Hydrogen has
some similarities to AL... so I've pondered if it could be
forked (or developed) to become a live DAW.
Could you elaborate? What similarities, what's missing (just the big
picture), it's been a while since a glanced at hydrogen. Just thinking about doing a high performance, jack
enabled, realtime
friendly audio engine makes me tired (maybe because I wouldn't know the
first think in doing it right).
Heh. That stuff that gets my motor running these days. :-)
Peace,
Gabriel