Patrick, interesting stuff! I am about to push an early version of my current project to github -- python and clutter implementing a puredata knockoff (with python data types and evaluator). I've found it to be a good combo so far, using multiprocessing to separate engine, UI, and DSP (in C extension). Thanks, Bill Gribble On Dec 9, 2012, at 16:20, "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, December 10, 2012 3:37 am, Louigi Verona wrote: >> Hey Patrick! >> In what way would you say this is different from JACK Keyboard? > > First it uses alsa midi through the alsaseq library. > Second it is written in python3. > Third it uses the Clutter "opengl" UI toolkit. > I'm not sure if jack keyboard supports 128 midi keys. > > CMKeyboard is not intended to replace jack keyboard. It's about getting > some traction using Python3 and Clutter. > > Clutter and Python are two under utilised options in LAD. Not sure why > Python is not so popular considering how many professional and highly > successful AV projects have been built with it but Clutter seems to have > been off the radar for a while. Maybe now that the new touch interfaces > are arriving in the market this year we will see a pick up in Clutter > projects for LAD applications. > > > >> On Dec 9, 2012 7:28 PM, "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Announcing CMKeyboard - Clutter MIDI Keyboard >>> >>> http://djcj.org/cmkeyboard >>> >>> CMKeyboard is a 128 note ALSA MIDI virtual piano keyboard spanning from >>> C-1 to G9 written in python3 and taking advantage of the latest Clutter >>> (>1.12.2) features to enable scrolling and opengl goodness. It is a >>> stand >>> alone program which can also be embedded into other python3 applications >>> as a class library. It uses code from the very handy pyclutter-widgets >>> project for the rounded rectangles of the key buttons. >>> >>> The code demonstrates use of Clutter.ScrollActor(), GtkClutter.Embed(), >>> layering of multiple clutter actors, handling of events including: >>> "button-press-event" & "key-press-event". >>> >>> Suggestions for features and improvements welcome. >>> >>> >>> Enjoy! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Patrick Shirkey >>> Boost Hardware Ltd >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-audio-dev mailing list >>> Linux-audio-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev >>> >> > > > -- > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
