Hello Thomas,
what about giving SuperCollider a try?
you can use either just the engine of that, or both the language and
the engine.
sincerely,
Marije
Tuesday, August 23, 2005, 8:45:40 PM, you wrote:
TV> Evening-
TV> I was looking at starting a coding project for my work(Theaterical
TV> Sound Designer) and one of the things I was looking at doing is adding a
TV> playback engine to be used in a live situation. For this end I would
TV> need an audio engine capable of simultaneous file playback across the
TV> same or multiple audio interfaces, preferably using Jack. I was
TV> wondering if there was a good engine out there that already existed to
TV> accomplish this?
TV> Would Like:
TV> Just the engine, ability to program UI seperately.
TV> Ability to control basic concepts like Volume and Pan
TV> Possible Surround Output(5.1) and appropriate Pan implementation.
TV> Ability to play multiple files simultaneously, outputting either to the
TV> same interface or seperate interfaces
TV> Jack Compatibility
TV> Eventually I would love to be able to add things like LADSPA support and
TV> such to this program. My goal is a program that I can use to program in
TV> automation(Basic) in terms of Volume and Pan, and hopefully eventually
TV> Automation in terms of the Plugins used. The Main Goal of the program
TV> is to be used for playing Music and Sound Effects in Live Theater,
TV> however it will also be used to organize paperwork and such so that
TV> anything related to a production can be pulled up on the computer at any
TV> given time.
TV> I would also like to look into a good Midi Library, specificly for
TV> sending Midi Control Messages out over an interface to control external
TV> equipment.
TV> And since i am pretty new to audio programming, and pretty much can be
TV> considered a newcomer to programming in general I would love any
TV> suggestions on reading material for programming for audio, as I would
TV> imagine there are a few accepted and unaccepted tricks to keep a low
TV> latency system up, but also for minimizing HD load times and
TV> prebuffering clips in memory to allow for faster access etc. I doubt I
TV> will be using this right off hand, I am sticking to programming easier
TV> things for a reason for right now;)
TV> Seablade
-- Best regards, nescivi mailto:nescivi@email-addr-hiddenReceived on Wed Aug 24 00:15:17 2005
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