Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] java 1.3 sound capabilities
From: leaf_AT_babble.vibrant.org
Date: Thu Jul 06 2000 - 23:35:42 EEST
I was at the javaone night sessions where the Tritonus guys demoed their
implementation... it seemed to work fine, audio played normally and
midi as well...
do you know if java can provide tight timing though? i left javaone with
the impression that java might be great for games but not have the timing
for pro-audio...
cheers,
phil
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Reynald Hoskinson wrote:
>
> For me, the sound support for the IBM alphaworks version of java 1.3
> doesn't work at all. The Sun version does, but I do get that ticking that
> you describe. Have you tried Tritonus
> (http://tritonus.sourceforge.net) with blackdown Java 1.2? I think that
> gives you the same functionality. Maybe it would work with Silence.
>
> Reynald
>
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Dave Phillips wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Reynald Hoskinson wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone tried IBM's java 1.3 for linux? Apparantly it has the java
> > > sound API 1.0 built in. I haven't got any of the sound demos to produce
> > > any sound, however. Do other people have impressions of this
> > > software? It would be nice to have a fast and stable implementation of
> > > java for linux to make use of all of the java audio programs out there.
> >
> > I asked about Linux JDK 1.3 on the Csound mail-list and received a single
> > response. I was informed that sound worked but was non-optimal (a steady
> > ticking occurred through sound play). However, I intend to check it out
> > for myself later this week. I'm currently using a 14.4 modem, awaiting the
> > return of my 56K external. When I get it back I'll download the monstrous
> > JDK 1.3 and report on its sound support.
> >
> > Btw, I want to check out Silence 5.0 which requires JDKL 1.3.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > == Dave Phillips
> >
> > http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/index.html
> > http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/
> >
> >
>
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