I read: > Then I started thinking that it might be possible to start a free > project that is source > code compatible with SuperCollider. SC is a language like Smalltalk, and so > GNU Smalltalk will be a good starting point.
I thought about this (but not too much) a while ago , what I had in mind was more like sc2csound translator (using the newer fltk windget opcodes for the gui stuff) the problem being that I'm not at all familiar with sc I just played around a bit with it some years ago, don't have a mac and if I had one it would run debian ppc ;) > So the things to do are probably: > - see what adaptations GNU Smalltalk needs to understand the syntax, and I don't know if sc's smalltalk like syntax makes a GNUish smalltalk implementation a good starting point. > If you don't know SuperCollider, check www.audiosynth.com. It's the best > audio/music programming environment/language I've ever used or even seen. > But it's not free, as in both freedom and money. You need a Mac and 250 US$. that's really a problem I might buy a linux version but then again I would much rather donate 250$ to a GNUcollider project > Somebody interested? Comments? Suggestions? definitely interested! > One question: is it legal to use the SC documentation to create the > objects, and then > release the code GPL'd? yes, as long as mr mccartney doesn't hold patents on some algorithms that a free implementation might come up with when trying to imitate sc's be- haviour (and you don't disassemble) regards, A x -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Postmodernism is german romanticism with better http://pilot.fm/ special effects. (Jeff Keuss / via ctheory.com)
