Next week the joint ICMC / SMC (International Computer Music Conference / Sound and Music Computing Conference) takes place in Athens. I’m involved with three papers and a demo session during the conference. I very much look forward to the conference, and to present everything that we have been working on.
The papers are available from the text section of this web site.
ATK Reaper: The Ambisonic Toolkit as JSFX plugins
by Trond Lossius and Joseph Anderson
Thursday 18, September 2014
12:10-12:45: Poster Session craze – Odeon 1
12:45-14:30: Poster Session - Odeon 0
While there is a well-established workflow for stereo production in DAWs, options have been more limited when working with Ambisonics. The Ambisonic Toolkit (ATK) brings together a number of tools and transforms for working with first order Ambisonic surround sound, and includes intriguing possibilities for spatial soundfield imaging. These tools have previously only been available for public release via the SuperCollider real-time processing environment.
Cockos Reaper is a reasonably priced and flexible DAW, popular among many composers and sonic art\-ists working with spatial sound. Reaper’s versatile design conveniently supports the ATK’s Ambisonic workflow model. Using the JSFX text-based scripting language, the ATK has now been ported to plugins for Reaper; these include intuitive graphical user interfaces.
Model-View-Controller separation in Max using Jamoma
by Trond Lossius, Theo de la Hogue, Pascal Baltazar, Tim Place, Nathan Wolek and Julien Rabin
Wednesday, 17 September
09:00-10:40: Oral session – Computer environments for sound/music processing (1) – Odeon 4
The Model-View-Controller (MVC) software architecture pattern separates these three program components, and is well-suited for interactive applications where flexible human-computer interfaces are required. Separating data presentation from the underlying process enables multiple views of the same model, customised views, synchronisation between views, as well as views that can be dynamically loaded, bound to a model, and then disposed. Jamoma 0.6 enables MVC separation in Cycling’74 Max through custom externals and patching guidelines for developers. Models and views can then be nested for a hierarchal structuring of services.
A local preset system is available in all models, along with namespace and services that can be inspected and queried application-wide. This system can be used to manage cues with modular, stringent and transparent handling of priorities. It can also be expanded for inter-application exchange, enabling the distribution of models and views over a network using OSC and Minuit. While this paper demonstrates key principles via simple patchers, a more elaborate demonstration of MVC separation in Max is provided in Lossius et. al. (2014a).
Demo: Using Jamoma’s MVC features to design an audio effect interface
by Trond Lossius, Nathan Wolek, Theo de la Hogue and Pascal Baltazar
Monday 15 September 2014
09:50-10:40: Demo session – Room A
The Model-View-Controller (MVC) software architecture pattern separates these three program components, and is well-suited for interactive applications where flexible human-computer interfaces are required. Separating data presentation from the underlying process enables multiple views of the same model, customised views, synchronisation between views, and views that can be dynamically loaded, repurposed, and disposed.
The use of MVC is widespread in web applications, but is far less common in interactive computer music programming environments. Jamoma 0.6 enables MVC separation in Cycling’74 Max, as presented in Lossius et. al. (2014b). This demonstration will examine the development of a multi-band equaliser using these recent additions to Jamoma. This review of the design process will serve to highlight many of the benefits of MVC separation.
The SpatDIF library – Concept and practical applications in audio software
by Jan C. Schacher, Chikashi Miyama and Trond Lossius
Poster session Monday, 15 September 2014
12:10-12:45: Poster Session craze – Odeon 1
12:45-14:30: Poster Session - Odeon 0
The development of SpatDIF, the Spatial Sound Description Interchange Format, continues with the implementation of concrete software tools. In order to make SpatDIF usable in audio workflows, two types of code implementations are developed. The first is the C/C++ software library `libspatdif’, whose purpose is to provide a reference implementation of SpatDIF. The class structure of this library and its main components embodies the principles derived from the concepts and specification of SpatDIF. The second type of tool are specific implementations in audio programming environments, which demonstrate the methods and best-use practices for working with SpatDIF. Two practical scenarios demonstrates the use of an external in MaxMSP and Pure Data as well as the implementation of the same example in a C++ environment. A short-term goal is the complete implementation of the existing specification within the library. A long-term perspective is to develop additional extensions that will further increase the utility of the SpatDIF format.
References
T. Lossius, N. Wolek, T. de la Hogue & P. Baltazar (2014a): Demo: Using Jamama’s MVC features to design an audio effect interface. Proceedings of the joint 40th International Computer Music Conference & 11th Sound and Music Computing Comference, Athens.
T. Lossius, T. de la Hogue, P. Baltazar, T. Place, N. Wolek & J. Rabin (2014b): Model-View-Controller separation in Max using Jamoma. Proceedings of the joint 40th International Computer Music Conference & 11th Sound and Music Computing Comference, Athens.
