[directmusic] Re: Wierdness
- From: "Fraser Brown" <freelists.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 12:10:57 +1000
hi everyone.
first post for me - nice to be here!
i thought i'd jump in here because i'm new to direct music and i'm also
reading up on some other stuff that you may also be interested in.
anyone here know of Csound?
it's the grand daddy of computer music and really AFAIK the only true cross
platform solution for implementing any sort of code based music/audio
including *interactive audio*, midi, synthesis and sample manipulation.
it's a lot more 'hard core' tho... helps to have a good knowledge of signal
processing, programming and music.
being new to both csound and directmusic, i'm not sure how they compare in
terms of accepting input from other devices.
so far, the thing that attracts me to direct music is is the idea of
creating content for a widely used platform that shares a whole bunch of
APIs so in the case of interactive audio, i can see that there'll be a
geater chance of getting to use DM content in interesting applications
developed by experts in other areas - graphics, AI etc.
i'd be really dissapointed if direct music doesn't get supported in the
future. interactive music/audio has a lot of potential and MS really have an
opportunity to sew it up if they keep DM a happening thing.
actually the way DM has been made freely available and the fact that it is
catering for a really niche and cutting edge idea/technology (interactive
audio) - coming from MS - has pleasantly surprised me. hate to see it go. is
that really true?
cheers,
fraser
|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jason Booth
|| Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2003 1:31 AM
|| To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| Subject: [directmusic] Re: Wierdness
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|| Which reminds me of my worries - Direct Music is basically not
|| being developed or really supported in the future, and there's currently
|| no plans to port XACT to windows. Whats the future for interactive music
|| on PCs? Will we all have to roll our own systems in the future, or is
|| there some other, preferably cross-platform, solution we should all be
|| moving too?
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