Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] [Jazzplusplus-user] Embedded linux Jazz++ -- anyone interested?

[Robert V. <vo...@ct...>]

On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 21:25 +0000, D.B. Moore wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> This'll be aways down the track, but if I raise this here
> and now so I've got plenty of time to succumb under my
> own workload.... ;-) This sort of posting from myself, should
> always start with the words.... "And I was thinking.."
> 
> Essentially, there are two ways to use Jazz++ with Linux.
> 
> 1. As a desktop application -- this is how most people will use it
> 
> 2. As a dedicated DAW and part of a performer's working 'kit'.
> 
> ....I mean, it's -possible-, right? Probably nobody is doing it,
> they're buying dedicated DAW hardwares if they want this
> sort of thing today - and they're expensive MIDI boxes as
> well I might add. It just occurs to me that ix86 hardware has
> come a long way, and now that SSD technology is going
> ahead, a truly 'portable' construct is even more realistic.
> 
> Form a mental picture -- let's say mini-ITX mainboard @ 1.5gHz
> with 1gb+ of RAM and one kind or another MIDI/synth sound
> card in the slot (there is only one slot). The OS is optimized to
> the existent hardware makeup, and made as latency low as
> possible. You would use a solid-state harddrive if you could,
> but anything will do for now...
> 
> Jazz++ is not desktop app here - so you don't get a traditional
> window-manager facade. I would probably choose 'PicoGUI'
> with a customized configuration to fit the purpose. If the fbdev
> proved to be quicker at this than a video xserver, I'd use fb.
> The navigation would be by hotkeys linked to F1--F12, for instance
> the Jazz++ GUI would be fullscreen at F1, F2 might hold JACK
> panels, F3 qsynth panels, F4 perhaps AMS panels....and so on.
> You still of course have keybd&mouse to do stuff with on each
> screen. The way things are with this hardware, it might prove to
> be a lot less costly, and just as performant as professional MIDI
> equipment of the same capabilities...IMHO anyway..
> 
> Like I say though, this would be on the>> other>> side of the
> immediate happy future, but I'm interested to know what people
> think about the idea -now-, so I can plan time for this in the
> future....(if anyone's interested of course ;-).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Donald B
> 

Hi all,

What I look forward to is a multi-core 64 bit processor that has at
least a 3GHz clock and fast components. 64 bit addressing should enhance
audio processing considerably. It could be in a full-size desktop case
because it still fits easily into a small automobile.

That, properly decked out with software, a smart connector, a good
controller keyboard, and good speakers should be all you would want for
excellent music.

Any chance that Jazz++ could go to 64 bit mode ?

Bob