vanDongen/Gilcher wrote:
SuperCollider is pretty much a synthesis engine as far as I know. With extensive support for algorithmic compositio of course, but doesn't seem to be the "composers workspace" that is the ambition.SC3 certainly has enough "composition primitives" to keep a composer happy at the atomic level, but:
*This* is the bee's knees for computer-assisted composition. Current versions of CM now include graphic tools (plotter, output control panel), and Rick's book (Notes From The Metalevel) is an exhaustive introduction to using Common Music. Highly recommended.However have you looked at: common music http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/cm/doc/cm.html lisp based , text controlled, also with a nice notation package
Btw, CM's output targets include MIDI (file & stream), Csound and Common Lisp Music score formats, and Common Music Notation.
open musicAlas, development of OM for Linux is currently in limbo. AFAIK there's no-one supporting it at this time. And unfortunately the Linux version is incomplete in some important respects.
http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=15
graphical but also lisp-based. There is a port to linux on sourceforge CVS, but I never got the required lisp stuff to work properly, but I didn't really try hard.
Earlier versions of Planet CCRMA supported OM, but I believe that some of Fernando's latest Planetary enhancements have eliminated support for OM.
And of course always go to http://www.linux-sound.org/
and browse for all the wonderful unfinished software that exists that almost does what you think you wanted.
You might even find a tool or two that actually works... ;-)
Best regards,
dp
