Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: PdDSP?
From: Mr.Freeze (theremin_AT_free.fr)
Date: Thu Apr 08 2004 - 18:54:26 EEST
Heya,
Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Sukandar Kartadinata ist working on something like this for some time
> now. See http://glui.de/proj/gluiph.html for a general project
> description (careful, psycedelic website!) and this PDF:
Interesting!
> You could start with the PD for PDA project, which did this, but for
> Pd 0.32. We're now at Pd 0.37 on general purpose computers.
I'll definitely not go for an ARM-powered expander!
Let me explain the facts, what I should have done from the beginning:
I'm planning to build a special controller based on the Theremin, with MIDI
and/or CV outs. All material released for free: schematics, software...
The Theremin does have a trademark sound, even if most think it's a pure sine
wave; but the aforementionned controller won't reduce itself to this: I'm more
interested in its sensing technology.
Yet, I was wondering if an built-in expander was needed in addition, for live
use; or if it could simply rely on a computer (my use). Hence my idea to use a
kinda port of PureData to DSP so that the user could get the same sound either
from hardware or software means, just by dumping patches; instead of having to
write a separate pure C/C++ DSP source code with specific non-compliant
patches, or even having to advice proprietary synth expander to the prospective
users. But what I do not want to do is building myself another computer...
I thought DSP-powered expanders had one big advantage over PC-based expanders:
the lack of crashes... Trick or treat?
What's your opinion?
Cheers,
Mr°Freeze
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