[Fluxus] usefulness for audio?

[Peter Todd]

I suggest you look at Overtone, which is a Clojure library for
SuperCollider: http://overtone.github.io/

This isn't meant as any slight against fluxa; I really haven't used it at
all, but as you say, I suspect it may not come out of the box with much in
the way of fancy audio analysis etc. Overtone should be able to give you
the strength of SuperCollider with a lisp syntax and integration with emacs.

Cheers,
Peter

On 25 October 2014 03:10, plutek infinity <plutek at infinity.net> wrote:

> greetings!
>
> for a number of years, i've been using puredata to code a live performance
> rig which takes input from a clarinet, and analyzes and transforms it
> various ways to yield a kind of extended instrument for improvisational
> performance. lately, i've become disenchanted with puredata, and want to
> use something more text-based as well as more easily modifiable and
> expressive on-the-fly...
>
> i've looked at ChucK, SuperCollider, and fluxus+fluxa.
>
> in terms of the general aesthetic of the environment, and the "feel" of
> working in each, i'd have to rate them this way:
>
> 1. fluxus+fluxa
> 2. ChucK
> 3. SuperCollider
>
> i'm using a lot of MIDI input for control, and need a deep capability for
> audio analysis and transformation -- this is fundamentally about sound,
> with future possibilities for graphics as a distant possible dream. also, i
> need to start with a significantly developed machine ready to go, but with
> a live-coding approach available during performance, for modifications.
>
> so, i'm interested in thoughts any of you might have about the possibility
> of fluxus+fluxa really being a viable environment for what i'm doing; my
> sense is that it's a real stretch to think that it's truly appropriate --
> which is truly a shame, because it is just simply such a beautiful and
> intuitive thing!  :(
>
> on the other hand, i'm extremely comfortable already with the
> text-file-editing paradigm implied in ChucK -- i already do "way too many"
> things in emacs, and that environment is just second nature to me. the
> C-based syntax, and lack of attention to visual aesthetic is just simply
> not as appealing as the lisp-based beauty of fluxus.
>
> SuperCollider is a complete "wildcard", which i really know nothing about,
> and just seems like a Big Black Box, although what i've read and watched
> seems to indicate it would work.
>
> so, if you would, please give me some collective wisdom about
> appropriateness, functionality, reliability, etc., etc....
>
> thanks so much in advance... cheers!
> .pltk.
>
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