On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 07:45:32AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote: > Csound5 is simply awesome. Virtually everything in the language has been > rewritten, and an amazing number of improvements has been added. Items > Atte didn't mention include multiple instantiations, support for JACK > and the ALSA sequencer, LADSPA support, and a hefty number of graphic > and command-line interfaces (Tcl/Tk, FLTK, Java, Python). And at long > last there is the brand-new Csound API, which is meeting approval from > the 3rd-party Csound developers such as Matt Ingalls, Jean Piche, and > Iain Duncan. That's it; you, guys, convinced me to have another go at csound. Lately, I've been playing with ChucK and liking it a lot, because it's rather simple to use and understand (especially for someone who's only done a bit of C here, a bit of PERL there, and mostly shell scripting in between); but i find the language is perhaps lacking in maturity at this point. Also, it's well documented and provides many simple examples, but not many concrete, real-life examples. Still, I would say ChucK is one language to keep one's eyes on... > [...] > If it's command-line synthesis you want, we got it. :) > > If it's command-line softsynths you want, well, we have some. Fluidsynth > comeds to mind immediately, and I believe someone has mentioned that > ZynAddSubFX can be run from the CLI too. Haven't tested that stuff yet, Ah, didn't know about ZynAddSubFX, will give it a try. I was mostly hoping to find a modular synth to play with while I'm getting acquainted with a synthesis language, as I'm mostly interested in created my own sound for atmosphere and/or background purposes. So far, the only modular synth I found which could be accessed from the command-line is Om, but that involves using OSC, and would probably require me to write a little front-end for it, which I might or might not do, depending on how much time I have... > but I suspect Julian Claasen has. Julian, are you there ? > > Personally, I love having the best of all possible worlds. :) On the whole, a GUI is probably best at dealing with certain tasks, like creating a network for a modular synth; but X is sadly not yet accessible to me, so CLI is what I've got. Cheers, S.M. > > Happy holidays to all ! > > dp > > -- smassy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
