It looks amazing. I may get back to music as well ;) Great work :)
2017-04-23 14:24 GMT+02:00 Guillaume Laforge <glafo...@gmail.com>: > Congrats on the release! > I need to get back into music :-) > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 5:21 PM, 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 >> > > > > -- > Guillaume Laforge > Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President > Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> >
