Thanks Chuckk. Will do. -Morgan On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Take a closer look at Csound. This is a very confusing world, and you > never know who to trust, but Csound is actually released today under > the LGPL, that L meaning "lesser", and the general idea of this is > that it's for software libraries more than end-user products, and it > includes provisions for those who would use the software in question > as a library in their own software. I've done so myself, but I > released under GPL, so I wasn't terribly concerned with that. But from > what I understand, you can use Csound in a closed-source program. > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License > > The readme from a current version of Csound indicates that it is > covered by the LGPL. Check your other options for this, too. > > -Chuckk > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Morgan Packard <mor...@morganpackard.com> > wrote: >> (First post to this list. Sent this a few days ago and it doesn't seem >> to have gone through, so trying again.) >> >> >> Hi There, >> I've been writing low-level code for my iOS app, Thicket, pretty much >> myself, with the exception of a sine oscillator and an envelope >> borrowed from STK. I'd like to be able to work on this platform in a >> much faster way than I have been, simply plugging unit generators in >> to one another, not having to stop and think about how to, for >> example, go from a mono oscillator signal to a stereo reverb signal. >> I'd like to be able to work more like I work in SuperCollider, writing >> higher-level code to create a "signal path", trusting that the >> connections will be efficiently managed for me. In other words, I'd >> like to spend a little less time being a fairly incompetent engineer, >> and more time being a halfway-decent artist. I'm finding that my list >> of options is surprisingly small >> SuperCollider -- GPL licence, would require that I open-source my app >> ChucK -- GPL license, would require that I open-source my app >> CSound -- the FAQ indicates that I need to make arrangements with MIT >> to put it to commercial use. Worth looking in to, perhaps. >> JSyn -- java, not gonna work on iOS >> MusicKit -- looks very interesting, but doesn't seem to be a very >> active project, and I don't think anyone has gotten it running on iOS >> yet >> Pure Data -- seems like my best option. more permissive license, but >> I'm wary of the visual programming paradigm, and have at least one >> technical detail which is making me a bit uncomfortable >> >> Am I missing something? Is there anything -- free, or not, which I >> should look at for iOS development besides Pure Data? Are there not >> hundreds of other people with the same needs that I have? Are my >> options really limited to: Pure Data or rolling my own, or >> open-sourcing my app? >> I sincerely appreciate any info or thoughts any of you are able to >> share with me. >> thanks, >> -Morgan >> -- >> ================================ >> Web: >> http://www.morganpackard.com >> Music/Art: >> Latest album: Moment Again Elsewhere >> iOS app Thicket available on iTunes store. >> ================================ >> >> >> >> -- >> ================================ >> Web: >> http://www.morganpackard.com >> Music/Art: >> Latest album: Moment Again Elsewhere >> iOS app Thicket available on iTunes store. >> ================================ >> -- >> dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: >> subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp >> links >> http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp >> > > > > -- > http://www.badmuthahubbard.com > -- > dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: > subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp > links > http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp
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