On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Dr. des. Alan Fabian wrote: > Hi, > > I am interested in the programm "Arno" by Torsten Anders, it is a extension > of cm.
Looks very interesting - thanks for mentioning it here. > So I tried to install cm and I got Grace. Grace is fantastic and I > am going to work with it, but i have no idea how to get Arno in Grace > running. > > Has anyone experience with it or ideas? This program most likely requires/runs with CM2 - Grace is CommonMusic3, IIRC. To get your copy of CommonMusic2 you need to check out the cm2 branch from the subversion repository. What OS are you using? On Linux/OSX it's as simple as (in a terminal): $ svn co https://commonmusic.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/commonmusic/branches/cm2 (all in one line). That will fetch the code from the repository and put it into a directoy/folder 'cm2'. > Alan > P.S.: I attached the INSTALL-description by Anders, it is from around > 1999... Today, I would certainly use asf and quicklisp to install software dependencies (oh, and wouldn't it be nice to have cm2 as a quicklisp installable software ...;-) I couldn't find the sources for Arno, otherwise I could have given you more detailed instructions. HTH Ralf Mattes > To run ARNO you need the following programs: > > - a Common Lisp compiler (ARNO is testet under Linux with Allegro Common > Lisp > by Franz Inc., see "www.franz.com", and under MacOS with Macintosh > Common > Lisp by Digitool Inc., see "http://www.digitool.com/";) > - Common Music. See > "http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/CCRMA/Software/cm/cm.html"; > - Sceamer. See "http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~screamer-tools/home.html"; > > First you have to install the Common Lisp compiler. The order of the > installation of Common Music and Screamer doesn't matter, but both must be > installed before ARNO. For the installation of the compiler, of Common Music > and Screamer see its documentation. > > To compile ARNO please edit the path in the file compile-arno.lisp. Find the > line > > (setf *arno-dir* "/home/t/lisp/...") > > and put the full path of the program there. Evaluate the file. Your compiler > should notice some compilation and after that you should find the *.fasl (or > whatever extension) files in your dir. > > You have to do this only once. To load ARNO please edit first the path in the > file load-arno.lisp. Again find the line > > (setf *arno-dir* "/home/t/lisp/...") > > and put your path there. Evaluate the file every time you want to load ARNO > into your Lisp compiler. > > If your got an error you perhaps have to chance the extension (".fasl" > defaults for acl and MCL) of the compiled files in the line > > (dolist (path (add-exension cm::*arno-files* ".fasl")) > (load path)) > > If this doesn't work either please contact: > > [email protected] > > Arno is a program for computer assisted composition which extends Common > Music (CM) by means of constraints programming using Screamer. > Constraints programming allows a composer to synthesize a score by describing > it. The composer defines the constraints, in other words, the properties > which the result of the program must fulfil. The program searches > for a solution to satisfy the given constraints. Constraints programming > thus frees the composer to concentrate on what he wants to do musically. > The how is left to the computer. > > The composer can describe the desired musical result from various viewpoints > on the score such as --- traditionally speaking --- harmony, voiceleading > or instrumentation. Arno does not however bind the composer to any > specific musical style. > > In Arno the desired content of a CM container can be declared > nondeterministically > using finite domains. For all parameters of the CM elements in that > container a finite domain (instead of single values) can be declared, > including the rhythm, the note, or any sound synthesis parameter. > Any domain can contain any values or even expressions. After the program > search, each parameter of each CM element is bound with one value > of its domain which fulfils all its constraints. Hierarchic structures > of CM containers in containers can also be declared. > > In Arno, constraints are expressed as predicates which test one CM > object. Various functions are defined to easily express relations > between objects. Functions exist, for example, to reach all predecessors > of an object (in the same CM thread), or to reach all simultaneous > objects (in the same CM merge). Further relationships can be defined > using the CM API. These relationships can be constrained using any > parameter of the objects. > > The program performs a backtracking search. Heuristics for value ordering > in the domain can also be used. For the sake of performance, backjumping > has been implemented. A dynamic CSP variable order is projected. > > > > Arno is the result of my diploma thesis. I did it mainly for my own work, > but if someone else may need it... > > The software is provided "AS IS" and any express or implied warranties, > including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for a > particular purpose are disclaimed. > > > Torsten Anders > _______________________________________________ > Cmdist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/cmdist _______________________________________________ Cmdist mailing list [email protected] http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/cmdist
