On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Dave Griffiths wrote: > > "Dave Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Mario, > > > > > > Could you give some descriptions of a text based interface you would like > to > > > use for realtime control of a modular synth? The building of patches seems > > > fairly easy (via a CLI), but I'm thinking you'd want a more direct > control for > > > actually playing the thing - mapping the parameters to different keys > maybe? > > > > Let me explain. The building of patches is what currently > > doesnt work at all, so if a cli is easy to write for that, that > > would help ALOT! > > Ok, I'll have a look at doing this. > > > P.S.: The CLI is not only good for us blind people, > > there are alot of benefits for such an interface, think > > scripting. > > Also load/save files can simply become a list of commands for building the > patch. I believe this is how PD works, so maybe that has some potential too. > > dave >
I think ecasound has provided a perfectly good example to follow. The engine should be runnable as a daemon and there needs to be a real-time control syntax. That way, any number of scripts or guis can be built for special or general purposes. Bill
