----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Taube" 
To: "Michael Gogins" 
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Csound 5 and Common Music


> Hello Michael, I think a direct connection between lisp and csound 
> would be quite useful. As to which is a better "host" -- scheme or 
> common lisp -- I would generate an API for both since its done 
> automatically via swig, but there are certainly more musical users 
> working in common lisp than in scheme. There is also a program called 
> FFIGEN that can be used to generate C->Lisp code, I used it to generate 
> a GTK binding (called lamda-gtk) for the most popular free LIsps: 
> cmucl, openmcl, sbcl  so that I could develop gui tools for common 
> music.  BTW one of the tools can be used with Csound, you can see a 
> picture of it here:
> http://pinhead.music.uiuc.edu/~hkt/cm/doc/dict/cmio-topic.html#csound
> 
> let me know if i can be of any help.
> best,
> rick
> 
>> I am one of the primary developers on the next version of Csound 
>> (version
>> 5).
>>
>> I have created a public, standard API for Csound. The API enables 
>> clients to
>> load Csound orchestra and score files, run Csound performances, stop 
>> them,
>> restart them, build up scores programmatically, and so on.
>>
>> Although I have not used Common Music, I am well aware of its 
>> existence. I
>> also know that it can generate Csound files and I am under the 
>> impression
>> that it can run Csound performances.
>>
>> The Csound API currently has Python and Java bindings generated using 
>> SWIG.
>> Do you think it would be useful to add a direct LISP or Scheme binding 
>> to
>> the Csound API enabling Csound to be called from within the Common 
>> Music
>> process?  If so, is a LISP or a Scheme wrapper better, and which type 
>> of
>> SWIG linkage is better (e.g. GH interface or SCM interface)?
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.
>>
> 
>



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