Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote: >I'm currently accessing the supercollider synth fromwithin pure data >using the python PD external. I'd say its a supergreat combination >where you get easy/clean programming with python, functional programming >with the guile pd-external, sound processing power with SC3, and >GUI with pd. Check out the supercollider module in the pure-data >CVS. > > I'll check it out. Great, now I can start learning Python. Great. ;-) >> Finally I would urge the beginner to make a real study of some other >>language, i.e., C/C++, Java, whatever, along with learning a sound & >>music programming language. That assumes the time for such study, but >>consider it time well spent, you'll learn a lot by the inevitable >>comparisons. >> >> >> >Hmm, I would rather reccomend common lisp/scheme or python than >c/c++ and java for music purposes. C are fine for making hardware drivers, >c++ can be fine if you need OO to C, and java is horrible in all possible >ways. My opinion. :) > Note that I'm not recommending them for music purposes (that's what the sound & music languages are for anyway) and that I purposely omitted the scripting languages. And yes, I would agree re: Lisp. In fact, on an extreme day I might say "Forget all the rest and just go learn Lisp"... ;) Best, dp
