Looking forward to trying it! On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Anton Kholomiov <anton.kholom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Haskell artists, > > I'm glad to announce the new version of the library csound-expression [1] > It's a csound code generator with functional interface. > > Csound is an audio programming language. It can describe synthesizers > and trigger them in real time (with midi devices or event streams) and > offline > (with list of notes). The csound compiler turns the text based description > to > audio files or real-time performance. It's very efficient but low-level. > It has more than 1500 sound processing units. > > The csound-expression embedds the csound in haskell. > We can use the powerfull csound primitives and glue them > together with haskell. > > All wiring is hidden with functional interface. > The instrument is a function that takes parameters and turns them > to the sound signals. We can use midi devices, event streams or > lists of notes with instruments and get the final polyphonic signal. > Then we can use this sound in another instrument or apply effects to it. > > We can create sound right in ghci. Just one line to make it going: > > Prelude Csound.Base> dac $ osc 440 > > Creates a sine wave and sends it speakers. > > Prelude Csound.Base> dac $ (* 0.5) $ midi $ onMsg osc > > Triggers a sine wave with a midi-device. > > For more information checkout the 5-minutes guide [2]. > > Key features: > > * tries to be simple and minimal (several lines to get the sound going) > * uses functional intrfaces > * implements all csound opcodes > * uses FRP-model to describe the event streams (merge, filter, map) > * no barrier between notes and sounds (we can trigger the > instrument with events, get the mixed sound and use it in > another instrument) > * it's safe to use. The output signal is clipped by 1, so > the value of the amplitude can not exceed the 1. > * it's open to other libraries. The list of notes is a type class > users can use their own libraries. > > There is a collection of the instruments in the package > csound-catalog [3] > > [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/csound-expression-3.0.0 > [2] > https://github.com/anton-k/csound-expression/blob/master/tutorial/QuickStart.markdown > [3] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/csound-catalog-0.1 > > Anton > > _______________________________________________ > haskell-art mailing list > haskell-art@lurk.org > http://lists.lurk.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-art >
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