Phil, I don't think Theo was referring to JSyn, but to the algorithm as the "synth engine" that may not be the "next big thing."
On 2/23/12, Phil Burk <philb...@mobileer.com> wrote: > Hello Theo, > > On 2/23/12 5:18 AM, Theo Verelst wrote: > > What's the challenge being met by Google with their wavy lines? > > They were celebrating Heinrich Hertz' 155th birthday. > >> It clearly isn't a graphics problem, nor a particularly good synthesis >> engine being promoted > > I'm sorry you don't like JSyn. Is there anything in particular that I > can improve? Have you tried developing a program using JSyn? > > My goal in developing JSyn was to provide a synthesis API for Java > programmers that could run in a web browser. There are other synthesis > engines, eg. SuperCollider and Chuck, that are more powerful than JSyn. > But they have their own language and are not easily used from Java. > > Also please note that there is no connection between Google and JSyn. I > was just responding to their doodle. > > > (the page with the application is fun and maybe > > sound fun, but isn't put forward as the next big thing in audio). > > I'm puzzled. Does it have to be the next big thing? I obviously just did > it for fun because we were having fun talking about the Google doodle. > Some folks enjoyed it. That's enough for me. > > Phil Burk > www.softsynth.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 > -- 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
