sensekey works, but only at the terminal. If you are targetting kids
that is not the best way to go. USB MIDI will work, but I guess
that might depend on the specific keyboards being support by
alsa. All the ones I tried did work.

Processing speed is like that of a top PC of about 10 years ago, so
realtime is definitely possible, but you might not be able to run
many moog filters at one go. Another way round is lower SRs,
which seems to be the way to go.

Victor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Hunkins" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 4:35 AM
Subject: [Csnd] OPLCsound Advice Request


>I intend my next several realtime Csound projects to also be OPLCsound 
>Activities. First I'll do the traditional Csound part, then adapt them to 
>OPLCsound.
>
> However, from the beginning I want to be clear about both the limitations 
> and opportunities of XO.
>
> So, the following queries:
>
> 1) In terms of opcodes, complexity, etc., are canonical and OPLC Csound 
> different? I'm aware that: a) FLTK is not available; that it's place is 
> taken by Python and Victor's csndsugui; b) that realtime complexity must 
> be limited. Latency will not be an issue for me, and I *assume* that if my 
> instruments are relatively simple, and their number limited, I'll probably 
> be OK.
>
> 2) I assume sensekey works; I may well try to limit myself to the ASCII 
> keyboard instead of getting into on-screen widgets. In this regard, has 
> anyone tried to do (UDO?) a custom version of sensekey for the OLPC? 
> Especially one that incorporates the OLPC's unique keys and screen-side 
> control buttons? I've no idea whether theuttons se keys/b have ASCII 
> equivalents or not; does anyone know, and if so, what they are?
>
> 3) Are there any standard alternative controllers being developed for the 
> XO platform that I should know about - designed especially for the young?
>
> Any other advice, or pointing me to related resources, would be most 
> helpful. I want to get started on the right track.
>
> Art Hunkins
>
>
>
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