[Clam-devel] GSoC

[Pau Arumí]

On dl, 2008-03-24 at 11:14 -0700, Francisco Tufró wrote:
> Hello, I'm really interested on joining the Clam gsoc for this year.
> Last year i've been talking with Hernan about the possibility of
> adding MIDI support for the Network Editor, i did some test and
> worked.
> I'm writing this mail to get in touch with you and see what are the
> real needs of the project about midi and get some feedback to write my
> gsoc application.

As discussed in irc: this project should include implementing the
pattern "typed connections"[1] for controls. That is: having type
extensible controls not restricted to float.
This requires good C++ skills, but luckily Ports are a good reference
for that (though with different data management)

1. http://iua.upf.edu/~parumi/dataflow_audio_patterns.pdf

Pau


> As i see things in this moment Clam is a great synth/analysis
> framework, but the lack of MIDI support on Network Editor makes
> musicians take distance of it (that's what happened to me at least as
> a musician), so my idea is to plan a midi working enviroment (set of
> critical processings) for the network editor and write them using
> portmidi.
> Also i plan to do some networks to demonstrate the way of working with
> midi on clam.
> Right now I'm touring the states with my band, so my time is a bit
> limited, the tour finishes on march 31st, 
> I'll be waiting for your answer!!!
> Thanks!
> Francisco
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