[j-devel] abcl testimonial

[Brad G. <ga...@co...>]

Hey abcl-ers --

I've been meaning to write this for quite awhile now, but one thing
kept getting in front of another, blah blah blah...

This is one of the 'testimonial' missives (with links to some code
even!).  I used abcl (older, v. 0.0.10) as the interpreter
underlying an object for a music/media graphical programming
environment called Max/MSP (http://www.cycling74.com/products/max5).
abcl allowed me to imbed an entire LISP interpreter inside the
Max/MSP package, and it has worked extremely well.  Max/MSP
is designed primarily for real-time/interactive applications,
used a lot by computer music academics, DJs/VJs, bizarro jazz
performers, audio plugin developers, etc.  With the imbedded
abcl object, I am able to schedule LISP functions and work
interactively with complex processes -- the abcl interpreter
has been rock-solid!

The source for the object is here (scroll down to the bottom of
the page):

	http://music.columbia.edu/~brad/maxlispj/

And I also used it extensively in a large application built with
Max/MSP... it's an interactive 'book' where the generative music
follows what a reader is reading and creates an appropriate sound
setting for the text:

	http://music.columbia.edu/~brad/BookOfDreams/

The music performance model underlying the shawm-like melodies
is all coded using abcl.

So to all of you who have contributed (and still contribute!) to
the development of this terrific package, a big THANK YOU!!!

Brad Garton
Columbia University Computer Music Center
http://music.columbia.edu/~brad