In message <3.0.32.19970520114041.006fbe58@mtm3.mt.lucent.com> you write:
>>The other application is, of course, audio synthesis (and composition?).
>>From my point of view, this has to include a framework for
>>"to-be-defined" audio processing and controlling.
>
>This brought up a question for me- to what degree is MPEG-4/SAOL going to
>be allowed to be played in real time? The main application is to play an
>MPEG-4 file for sure, but is there some provision to trigger instruments
>defined in the MPEG-4 file from a MIDI keyboard or other controller, to
>function in a way similar to Perry Cook's SynthKit. Csound is starting to
>have this dual identity, why not SAOL?
The goal is absolutely, 100% yes in the long-range. All of the
design has been with this view in mind -- in my mind, mass content authoring
is very difficult without real-time tools, not just compilers, but
sequencers, debuggers, etc. It's unclear to me how soon this will
happen, though -- it depends on implementors.
>Are there any projected dates for the first release of the test compiler
>for SAOL? Even ballpark figures?
Friday. Although it's an interpreter, not a compiler.
-- Eric
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