Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] What's up with SAOL?
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 07:39:23 EET
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 08:36:00PM -0800, M. Edward Borasky wrote:
> *This* musician is using "sfront" instead of CSound, mostly because the
> "sfront" instruments are more readable and "sfront" itself is lighter and
> more customizable.
That's the attraction for me, as well. Also, sfront has the "active"
driver interface for which I'm hoping to be able to create a JACK
driver. Looks doable even with my meager C skills.
> I used "sfront" to synthesize
>
> http://www.borasky-research.net/HarryIannis.htm
Got a direct link to an mp4 or saol/sasl files? That site, true to
the warning on the front page, crashes netscape 4...
> I am very disappointed in "saol.net", though -- the tools there are rather
> primitive and not the sort of things I can use.
Well, I went there hoping to find three things in particular, and
found none of them. I was looking for:
- a community of people discussing how to write saol effectively,
something like the csound list.
- a largeish archive of saol files, somewhat like the links from
csounds.com.
- an emacs saol-mode
No luck on any of the above...
Anyway, I've solved my crashing instrument problem. Quite an
instructive experience, this is the first time I've really tried to
work with saol. Working orc and sco attached, it's a port of my csound
pwm instrument which is (IMHO) the best simulated PWM I've heard in
csound. Aliasing is pretty well controlled, modulation sounds tasty,
and it doesn't require sr = kr.
If I sound like I'm bragging, it's because I've written very few
csound instruments I'm really satisfied with, and the solution I came
up with is not something I've seen anywhere else! So for once I'll
indulge in a little self-aggrandizement.
--paul winkler home: http://www.slinkp.com music: http://www.reacharms.com calendars: http://www.calendargalaxy.com
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