Re: SAOL Authoring Tool

From: Hans Timmermans (hans.timmermans@kmt.hku.nl)
Date: Mon Nov 01 1999 - 10:16:39 EST


Hi,

Dave Perry developed a nice program called VisOrc.
(http://cornelius.dhs.org/visorc/)
He is including support for SAOL right now.

You should have a look, really.

>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.

Hans Timmermans
Senior Lecturer in Computer Music and in Music Software Development.
Courseleader post-graduate research.
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