Re: [Octal-dev] suggested features

[Günter Seethaler]

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Luka Frelih <address@hidden>
An: address@hidden <address@hidden>
Datum: Freitag, 28. April 2000 00:44
Betreff: Re: [Octal-dev] suggested features


>> > it would be fine for the user to add/delete points to the envelope at
runtime.
>> > so we need some sort of variable parameter.
>> > this is also usefull for a sine-wave-generator with  "over waves" -
>> The current plan for OCTAL is to have all envelopes globally shared and
>> synch-able; GTK+ already has widgets designed for editing envelopes and
>> curves.
>
>what's the rate at which these envelopes are reported to the machines?
>do you think users would want to influence this rate somehow?
>maybe set it high just for some machines that need it...
>or is this just tempo*16n?
>
>i guess a way to send these into the system in real-time (==with a
constant,
>small latency) would need to exist if we wanted to drive octal with a midi
>controller someday. or from a friendly neighbor process. but the clock
issues
>involved are probaly pretty involved...
>
>> > VIRTUAL MACHINES:
>> In any case, this is probably a GUI issue rather than an internal engine
>> issue.
>
>i think i agree - pd has a nice implementation of this concept but its
>building blocks are much more low-level than octals so you need a lot of
objects
>a lot of times to do something. so that's why it helps to make higher-level
"machines"
>in separate windows which you can close when you're done fiddling with
them.
>these machines can have several inputs and several outputs.
>but for octal i'd just recommend that it'd be possible to scroll and  zoom
the
>network view - so that the size of our army of synths isnt limited by our
small screensize...
>
>of course the possibility of making custom kickass guis for certain
parameters
>of great importance in the network from fan-made 32bit skins would well,
>i guess it could impress some people. (me too) david has more important
stuff to
>write now but someday, someone with too much time entirely will maybe come
by
>and put this in. and then, a day after, someone will make a rebirth from
octal... ;)))
>
>> Anyone up for translations of OCTAL docs? TeX/LaTeX experience a must
>
>send me the source and i can try to start a slovenian translation
>a friend is just now making a users manual for buzz and i guess
>i can borrow his terms. ;)
>
>L
>_____

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