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From: Patrick E. <jaz...@pa...> - 2004-03-17 22:32:54
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Nobody else has volunteered, so go for it. :) When you have something
to stick on the web, send me your sourceforge ID and I'll add you to
the project.
It'd be a good idea to subscribe to the SF development list here:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel
As for helping with the coding, that'd be great too. There are a lot
of things to be done. Here are just a few.
1. Finish the GUI port to wxWindows 2.4. It "works," but there are
pieces missing in numerous places.
2. Re-port to Windows. It sounds like there is somebody else on the
the list who is interested in working on this.
3. Fix the problems reported by valgrind, aiming to eliminate the
random crashes. Various code may need to be rewritten to ensure
things get destroyed in the correct order. One strategy for handling
this is to replace dynamic allocation with static allocation where
it's appropriate.
4. Though I'm not sure what needs done to the underlying midi/audio
layers, apparently there's work to be done there too.
Basically, if you wanna work on the code, just do something. :) The
current CVS on SF is where to start from.
Patrick
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:35, Tony Leotta wrote:
> I can build a web site....
>
> I just built this site in 3 days...
>
> http://www.pillarsoftware.com/ptt/
>
> Tony
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From: Tony L. <to...@pi...> - 2004-03-17 22:51:47
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OK...Great...
Do you have a list of feature improvements that you would like to make?
I want to add features to Jazz to treat MIDI sequences as though they were
sound loops.
1) Record a set number of measures in real-time ans assign to a LOOP not to
a channel.
2) Once recorded...the MIDI measures are treated like a loop.
3) Allow Jazz to have multiple INPUT sources, like a Oxygen.
4) Assign any MIDI loop to any key on a MIDI control.
5) When key is played...MIDI loop is played at the beginning of the next
measure.
6) If a key is played during playing MIDI loop...the first loop plays until
the next measure then the next loop plays.
7) While a loop is playing...a second MIDI controller can be used to play in
real-time.
8) Loops can be layered.
9) Loops can be arranged in sequences and an entire sequence can be
triggered from one note.
10) Loops can be transformed. Key, Timing, MIDI Channel, etc. All in Real
time.
11) Loops can be merged.
12) Loops can play to multiple MIDI channels simultaneously. So in other
words..a Loop is like an entire MIDI file with its own channels of MIDI, nut
it is treated as one entity. Pretty cool huh?
What do ya think?
The reason I bring this up now...is I would like to discuss a MIDI Event
Queuing architecture that can handle this. Which if you think about
it...Jazz already does most of what I am proposing..but at the Channel
level.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Earl [mailto:jaz...@pa...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:33 PM
To: Tony Leotta
Cc: jaz...@li...
Subject: Re: Web Site
Nobody else has volunteered, so go for it. :) When you have something to
stick on the web, send me your sourceforge ID and I'll add you to the
project.
It'd be a good idea to subscribe to the SF development list here:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel
As for helping with the coding, that'd be great too. There are a lot of
things to be done. Here are just a few.
1. Finish the GUI port to wxWindows 2.4. It "works," but there are pieces
missing in numerous places.
2. Re-port to Windows. It sounds like there is somebody else on the the
list who is interested in working on this.
3. Fix the problems reported by valgrind, aiming to eliminate the random
crashes. Various code may need to be rewritten to ensure things get
destroyed in the correct order. One strategy for handling this is to
replace dynamic allocation with static allocation where it's appropriate.
4. Though I'm not sure what needs done to the underlying midi/audio layers,
apparently there's work to be done there too.
Basically, if you wanna work on the code, just do something. :) The
current CVS on SF is where to start from.
Patrick
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:35, Tony Leotta wrote:
> I can build a web site....
>
> I just built this site in 3 days...
>
> http://www.pillarsoftware.com/ptt/
>
> Tony
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From: Dave F. <dav...@co...> - 2004-03-17 23:06:10
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On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:58 pm, Tony Leotta wrote: > OK...Great... > > Do you have a list of feature improvements that you would like to make? > > I want to add features to Jazz to treat MIDI sequences as though they were > sound loops. Well, here's my take on it. :) New features are great, hurray! Problem is, Jazz is sorely in need of serious architectural fixes. It's broken by design, or rather it's very poorly designed. And it needs to be ported to the new wxWindows so it'll actually run on modern machines. So, new features, yes yes yes, but I'm seriously thinking the priority should be on finishing the port and separating the GUI from the work code (I don't consider these separate tasks, either). After that, it should be theoretically very easy to add new features. Dave > 1) Record a set number of measures in real-time ans assign to a LOOP not to > a channel. > > 2) Once recorded...the MIDI measures are treated like a loop. > > 3) Allow Jazz to have multiple INPUT sources, like a Oxygen. > > 4) Assign any MIDI loop to any key on a MIDI control. > > 5) When key is played...MIDI loop is played at the beginning of the next > measure. > > 6) If a key is played during playing MIDI loop...the first loop plays until > the next measure then the next loop plays. > > 7) While a loop is playing...a second MIDI controller can be used to play > in real-time. > > 8) Loops can be layered. > > 9) Loops can be arranged in sequences and an entire sequence can be > triggered from one note. > > 10) Loops can be transformed. Key, Timing, MIDI Channel, etc. All in Real > time. > > 11) Loops can be merged. > > 12) Loops can play to multiple MIDI channels simultaneously. So in other > words..a Loop is like an entire MIDI file with its own channels of MIDI, > nut it is treated as one entity. Pretty cool huh? > > What do ya think? > > The reason I bring this up now...is I would like to discuss a MIDI Event > Queuing architecture that can handle this. Which if you think about > it...Jazz already does most of what I am proposing..but at the Channel > level. > > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Earl [mailto:jaz...@pa...] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:33 PM > To: Tony Leotta > Cc: jaz...@li... > Subject: Re: Web Site > > Nobody else has volunteered, so go for it. :) When you have something to > stick on the web, send me your sourceforge ID and I'll add you to the > project. > > It'd be a good idea to subscribe to the SF development list here: > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel > > As for helping with the coding, that'd be great too. There are a lot of > things to be done. Here are just a few. > > 1. Finish the GUI port to wxWindows 2.4. It "works," but there are pieces > missing in numerous places. > > 2. Re-port to Windows. It sounds like there is somebody else on the the > list who is interested in working on this. > > 3. Fix the problems reported by valgrind, aiming to eliminate the random > crashes. Various code may need to be rewritten to ensure things get > destroyed in the correct order. One strategy for handling this is to > replace dynamic allocation with static allocation where it's appropriate. > > 4. Though I'm not sure what needs done to the underlying midi/audio > layers, apparently there's work to be done there too. > > Basically, if you wanna work on the code, just do something. :) The > current CVS on SF is where to start from. > > Patrick > > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:35, Tony Leotta wrote: > > I can build a web site.... > > > > I just built this site in 3 days... > > > > http://www.pillarsoftware.com/ptt/ > > > > Tony > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Jazzplusplus-devel mailing list > Jaz...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel -- Visit my website! http://www.davefancella.com/?event=em The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. -- Benjamin Franklin. |
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From: Tony L. <to...@pi...> - 2004-03-18 01:01:58
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Dave, Ok...Ok...your correct. I agree with GUI separation and I think we could achieve a great deal in a short time if we adopted that approach. How about this...let's agree to 100% total separation. The effect would be that we could have two teams of programmers...one on internals, one on GUI. The internals team will develop a core MIDI toolkit that will among other things: Load MIDI File, Play multiple simultaneous MIDI Stream Record a MIDI Stream in real-time while playing back. The MIDI toolkit will be 100% GUI-less. So we can use a DOS shell or a UNIX shell to control it. Create a simple set of test programs. And run them from the command line. We could concentrate on the best possible internal design with absolutely not a care in the world about the GUI. Tony -----Original Message----- From: Dave Fancella [mailto:dav...@co...] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:02 AM To: Tony Leotta; 'Patrick Earl' Cc: jaz...@li... Subject: Re: [Jazzplusplus-devel] RE: Web Site On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:58 pm, Tony Leotta wrote: > OK...Great... > > Do you have a list of feature improvements that you would like to make? > > I want to add features to Jazz to treat MIDI sequences as though they > were sound loops. Well, here's my take on it. :) New features are great, hurray! Problem is, Jazz is sorely in need of serious architectural fixes. It's broken by design, or rather it's very poorly designed. And it needs to be ported to the new wxWindows so it'll actually run on modern machines. So, new features, yes yes yes, but I'm seriously thinking the priority should be on finishing the port and separating the GUI from the work code (I don't consider these separate tasks, either). After that, it should be theoretically very easy to add new features. Dave > 1) Record a set number of measures in real-time ans assign to a LOOP > not to a channel. > > 2) Once recorded...the MIDI measures are treated like a loop. > > 3) Allow Jazz to have multiple INPUT sources, like a Oxygen. > > 4) Assign any MIDI loop to any key on a MIDI control. > > 5) When key is played...MIDI loop is played at the beginning of the > next measure. > > 6) If a key is played during playing MIDI loop...the first loop plays > until the next measure then the next loop plays. > > 7) While a loop is playing...a second MIDI controller can be used to > play in real-time. > > 8) Loops can be layered. > > 9) Loops can be arranged in sequences and an entire sequence can be > triggered from one note. > > 10) Loops can be transformed. Key, Timing, MIDI Channel, etc. All in > Real time. > > 11) Loops can be merged. > > 12) Loops can play to multiple MIDI channels simultaneously. So in > other words..a Loop is like an entire MIDI file with its own channels > of MIDI, nut it is treated as one entity. Pretty cool huh? > > What do ya think? > > The reason I bring this up now...is I would like to discuss a MIDI > Event Queuing architecture that can handle this. Which if you think > about it...Jazz already does most of what I am proposing..but at the > Channel level. > > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Earl [mailto:jaz...@pa...] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:33 PM > To: Tony Leotta > Cc: jaz...@li... > Subject: Re: Web Site > > Nobody else has volunteered, so go for it. :) When you have something > to stick on the web, send me your sourceforge ID and I'll add you to > the project. > > It'd be a good idea to subscribe to the SF development list here: > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel > > As for helping with the coding, that'd be great too. There are a lot > of things to be done. Here are just a few. > > 1. Finish the GUI port to wxWindows 2.4. It "works," but there are > pieces missing in numerous places. > > 2. Re-port to Windows. It sounds like there is somebody else on the > the list who is interested in working on this. > > 3. Fix the problems reported by valgrind, aiming to eliminate the > random crashes. Various code may need to be rewritten to ensure > things get destroyed in the correct order. One strategy for handling > this is to replace dynamic allocation with static allocation where it's appropriate. > > 4. Though I'm not sure what needs done to the underlying midi/audio > layers, apparently there's work to be done there too. > > Basically, if you wanna work on the code, just do something. :) The > current CVS on SF is where to start from. > > Patrick > > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:35, Tony Leotta wrote: > > I can build a web site.... > > > > I just built this site in 3 days... > > > > http://www.pillarsoftware.com/ptt/ > > > > Tony > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux > tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo > technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Jazzplusplus-devel mailing list > Jaz...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel -- Visit my website! http://www.davefancella.com/?event=em The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. -- Benjamin Franklin. |
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From: Dave F. <dav...@co...> - 2004-03-18 01:38:32
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On Thursday 18 March 2004 01:08 am, Tony Leotta wrote: > Dave, > > Ok...Ok...your correct. I agree with GUI separation and I think we could > achieve a great deal in a short time if we adopted that approach. How abo= ut > this...let's agree to 100% total separation. The effect would be that we > could have two teams of programmers...one on internals, one on GUI. The > internals team will develop a core MIDI toolkit that will among other > things: Load MIDI File, Play multiple simultaneous MIDI Stream Record a > MIDI Stream in real-time while playing back. The MIDI toolkit will be 10= 0% > GUI-less. So we can use a DOS shell or a UNIX shell to control it. Create > a simple set of test programs. And run them from the command line. We > could concentrate on the best possible internal design with absolutely not > a care in the world about the GUI. Well, that's a bit much. :) Actually, that sort of setup in the long run,= =20 I'm all over. But here's more specifically what I had in mind: I've got a class already called Project. It's waiting to be merged into CV= S. =20 Later this week, when my next Jazz timeslice comes up, I'll be factoring al= l=20 the work code from trackwin into this class, Project. Then I'll be adding = to=20 the Application object a few things. Specifically, a global instance of=20 Project, called gProject, which the GUI will use to access all the work cod= e. =20 =46rom there, the kernel code will get factored out of Project (hopefully a= s=20 fast as it gets factored into Project), and Project will be the layer betwe= en=20 the GUI and the kernel. Then we'll need to factor all the work code from=20 pianowin, hopefully we'll just need to hook pianowin to Project through the= =20 global Project instance. Then we can split into two teams, one working on= =20 the GUI and one working on the kernel/project layers, and the two need neve= r=20 step on each other's toes. In the short run, this gives us the minimum amount of separation from the G= UI=20 that we need to be able to do anything with the GUI that we want, including= =20 rewriting it with Qt if we wanted to (not saying I want to, Qt is heavily=20 burdened under Windows, otherwise I would've just gone with one of the=20 Qt-based sequencers already and I wouldn't even be here). Point is, we'll = be=20 in a much better position to re-evaluate the GUI. I'm in favor of a comple= te=20 redesign on the GUI, saving the interface elements that we all like, and=20 trashing the ones we don't like to replace with better ones. And it's the= =20 quickest path to our goal of porting to wx2.4. In the long run, we'll be able to do anything we want with the backend. To= =20 make it work like you propose, it would be a simple matter of taking our=20 Project class and turning it into a console application, while=20 re-implementing the interface to it in Jazz to use the console application= =20 instead. In fact, I'm very much in favor of having both Jazz's own interna= l=20 methods of handling midi as well as being able to connect to any external=20 midi program or server or device, or whatever. I'm also in favor of just=20 removing all the code that plays sound and using a softsynth like Timidity= =20 (FluidSynth doesn't run well on my machine, sounds crackly and broken). An= d=20 in the long run, we'll be able to do any of that without even thinking abou= t=20 the GUI. :) (Don't forget, ecasound already does a great deal of stuff, a= nd=20 if we implement a Project interface to ecasound, we get 99% of everything=20 you've suggested at the cost of having a LInux-only solution, but ecasound= =20 almost runs under Windows right now. Possibly by the time we're ready,=20 ecasound will be stable and functional under Windows) So, here's the link again in case you missed it. It's a wiki, so feel free= to=20 jump in there and add stuff, elaborate and so forth. The only thing I ask = is=20 that if you want to propose an alternate to it, potentially competitive, yo= u=20 make a new page and cause the two pages to link to each other. http://jazz.opensrc.org/?DavesPort Off the subject, did Mark get over here yet? Mark? You there? Dave > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Fancella [mailto:dav...@co...] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:02 AM > To: Tony Leotta; 'Patrick Earl' > Cc: jaz...@li... > Subject: Re: [Jazzplusplus-devel] RE: Web Site > > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:58 pm, Tony Leotta wrote: > > OK...Great... > > > > Do you have a list of feature improvements that you would like to make? > > > > I want to add features to Jazz to treat MIDI sequences as though they > > were sound loops. > > Well, here's my take on it. :) > > New features are great, hurray! Problem is, Jazz is sorely in need of > serious architectural fixes. It's broken by design, or rather it's very > poorly designed. And it needs to be ported to the new wxWindows so it'll > actually run on modern machines. So, new features, yes yes yes, but I'm > seriously thinking the priority should be on finishing the port and > separating the GUI from the work code (I don't consider these separate > tasks, either). After that, it should be theoretically very easy to add > new features. > > Dave > > > 1) Record a set number of measures in real-time ans assign to a LOOP > > not to a channel. > > > > 2) Once recorded...the MIDI measures are treated like a loop. > > > > 3) Allow Jazz to have multiple INPUT sources, like a Oxygen. > > > > 4) Assign any MIDI loop to any key on a MIDI control. > > > > 5) When key is played...MIDI loop is played at the beginning of the > > next measure. > > > > 6) If a key is played during playing MIDI loop...the first loop plays > > until the next measure then the next loop plays. > > > > 7) While a loop is playing...a second MIDI controller can be used to > > play in real-time. > > > > 8) Loops can be layered. > > > > 9) Loops can be arranged in sequences and an entire sequence can be > > triggered from one note. > > > > 10) Loops can be transformed. Key, Timing, MIDI Channel, etc. All in > > Real time. > > > > 11) Loops can be merged. > > > > 12) Loops can play to multiple MIDI channels simultaneously. So in > > other words..a Loop is like an entire MIDI file with its own channels > > of MIDI, nut it is treated as one entity. Pretty cool huh? > > > > What do ya think? > > > > The reason I bring this up now...is I would like to discuss a MIDI > > Event Queuing architecture that can handle this. Which if you think > > about it...Jazz already does most of what I am proposing..but at the > > Channel level. > > > > Tony > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Patrick Earl [mailto:jaz...@pa...] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:33 PM > > To: Tony Leotta > > Cc: jaz...@li... > > Subject: Re: Web Site > > > > Nobody else has volunteered, so go for it. :) When you have something > > to stick on the web, send me your sourceforge ID and I'll add you to > > the project. > > > > It'd be a good idea to subscribe to the SF development list here: > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel > > > > As for helping with the coding, that'd be great too. There are a lot > > of things to be done. Here are just a few. > > > > 1. Finish the GUI port to wxWindows 2.4. It "works," but there are > > pieces missing in numerous places. > > > > 2. Re-port to Windows. It sounds like there is somebody else on the > > the list who is interested in working on this. > > > > 3. Fix the problems reported by valgrind, aiming to eliminate the > > random crashes. Various code may need to be rewritten to ensure > > things get destroyed in the correct order. One strategy for handling > > this is to replace dynamic allocation with static allocation where it's > > appropriate. > > > 4. Though I'm not sure what needs done to the underlying midi/audio > > layers, apparently there's work to be done there too. > > > > Basically, if you wanna work on the code, just do something. :) The > > current CVS on SF is where to start from. > > > > Patrick > > > > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 10:35, Tony Leotta wrote: > > > I can build a web site.... > > > > > > I just built this site in 3 days... > > > > > > http://www.pillarsoftware.com/ptt/ > > > > > > Tony > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux > > tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo > > technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3D1470&alloc_id=3D3638&op=3Dc= lick > > _______________________________________________ > > Jazzplusplus-devel mailing list > > Jaz...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel > > -- > Visit my website! > http://www.davefancella.com/?event=3Dem > > The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who > have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. > -- Benjamin Franklin. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3D1470&alloc_id=3D3638&op=3Dcli= ck > _______________________________________________ > Jazzplusplus-devel mailing list > Jaz...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jazzplusplus-devel =2D-=20 Visit my website! http://www.davefancella.com/?event=3Dem Bipolar, adj.: Refers to someone who has homes in Nome, Alaska, and Buffalo, New York. |
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