Fantastic work!! I've just installed it on my MacBook Pro and my Linux laptop running Kubuntu 14.04 and it works fine on both instances. Thanks for this. I plan on sharing this with my daughter (16) who plays the flute for her high school band.
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 8:21 AM Mirco <mirch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Apache Groovy community, > I have the pleasure to announce the release of the first alpha version of > MirComp, the framework for algorithmic and assisted music composition. > The new website is online with some basic information on how to download, > install and launch the application: > > https://mcolletta.github.io/mircomp > > Some notes (not in particular order): > > The application is still not completely stable and has some issues but it > is usable and I was eager to release the prototype :-) > Even developers without an interest in music can use MirIDE, the main > application of MirComp, as a multitab alternative to the groovy console by > simply creating new scripts from the main menu (or from a project) and > using the "Run" action to execute groovy code (however in case you want > full control as in the groovyConsole you have to switch off the sandbox and > compilestatic options by uncheck the voices in the menu). Moreover, since > my neural network library MiRNN is included in the distribution it is > possible to make general AI test (even unrelated to music). > I wish that thanks to MirComp the Groovy language could play an important > role in the algorithmic music field. Indeed, since when I started designing > the framework I have always seen mirchord/groovy as a loose analogy of > html/javascript: MirChord is a declarative notation language while groovy > should be used for music logic. > Moreover, my hope is that MirComp could let musicians to gently approach > the amazing world of computer programming in a fascinating and artistic > context. > > MirComp has beeen tested under Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 but should work > under OSX as well so a feedbak from Mac users would be very appreciated. > For example I noted during the development several different behaviors in > Windows and Linux (just as an example the cut/paste of text with ctrl+c/v > in the code editor needed some more hacking on Linux). > You know, as an old joke said: "Write once, debug everywhere!" > Actually, any kind of feedback is welcome. > MirComp requires a recent version Java 8 (preferably >= 1.8.0_74) and > uses the indy version of Groovy (2.4.10) even if most of the code is > statically compiled. > > Enjoy groovy music (and AI)... in Groovy! > > Mirco >
