SAOL Authoring Tool

From: Bert Schiettecatte (bschiett@vub.ac.be)
Date: Mon Nov 01 1999 - 09:31:13 EST


Hi,

I'd like to announce that I've chosen my programming project topic for this year:
"A visual authoring tool for SAOL".

Proposal text:

  Currently, there is a lack of tools for producing SAOL/SASL in a
  user-friendly way. This means that existing/emerging decoders
  and other technology dealing with SAOL/SASL cannot be tested
  extensively because not enough test-material is available.

  To solve the problem, an easy environment should be designed such
  that musicians not really familiar with advanced synthesis can also
  produce SAOL/SASL programs.
  
  To provide a user-friendly way of producing SAOL/SASL code,
  this project proposes a visual interface to design and arrange
  SAOL programs (more or less like existing applications:
  the Nord Modular editing software, http://www.clavia.se/,
  and Staccato Systems SynthBuilder).

  The application will provide different features and levels
  of editing, in such a way that different types of users can
  conveniently use it.

  The output of the application is SAOL code which can then
  be processed by available tools.

  The implementation language is C++ with Qt, and the code will
  be open source by the end of the project.

All comments are welcome,

Bert Schiettecatte.



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