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* Do not save the value of a [var]. Closes #295 * Make sure mfpdsp lib for 32-bit build is in LDLP * Add icon and .desktop file * Fill in paths for desktop file at install time * Add ANNOUNCE * Move ready() to backend * Move console/sidebar toggle handling to backend * Refactor to support Store updates for basic attributes * Async cleanups from testing * Fix async bugs in patch loading and graph-on-parent * More async and other cleanups * Add rand_euclid to doc/ ; fix stepseq init * Make sure parent UI obj is created before children * Fix Programming Error #179 on re-create DSP object * Update README and tutorial * Fix bugs in buffer and scope behavior * Async fix for OSC input handling * Add some more serializable types * Update known bugs for 0.7 release
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| MFP -- Music For Programmers | ||
| Release 0.7 | ||
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| I'm pleased to announce a new version of MFP, mostly consisting | ||
| of internal refactoring and architecture changes. It's been | ||
| almost 7 years since the last release! This one may not have a lot | ||
| of user-facing changes, but MFP is much improved internally and this | ||
| release is the base for what I hope will be a lot of exciting future | ||
| work. | ||
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| If you're wondering why it's been so long since the last release, | ||
| the TL;DR is J-O-B. Recently I have managed to find a time slot | ||
| to work on my personal projects more and I've been really | ||
| enjoying getting back into MFP development. | ||
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| A summary of changes is below. Please see the GitHub issue tracker | ||
| for complete details: | ||
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| http://github.com/bgribble/mfp | ||
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| This version is still source-code-only, but the new build system | ||
| should make it a bit easier for those who would like to try it. | ||
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| Significant changes since release v0.06 | ||
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| * Internal architecture converted to use Python asyncio rather than | ||
| threads. | ||
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| * RPC between main process, DSP process, and UI process shifted | ||
| to a separately-released package called "carp" (will be installed | ||
| as part of build process) | ||
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| * RPC serialization mostly uses protobuf for efficiency | ||
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| * UI code refactored into toolkit-agnostic and toolkit-dependent | ||
| code, in anticipation of beginning a migration to Dear ImGUI | ||
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| * Built UI state management out with a separately-released | ||
| package called "flopsy" (will be installed as part of build | ||
| process). This is building the foundation for robust undo/redo, | ||
| but still not there yet. | ||
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| * Added a step debugger with breakpoints for debugging patches | ||
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| * Lots of new builtins and bugfixes resulting from my attempts to | ||
| do the 2023 and 2024 Advent of Code in MFP patches. | ||
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| About MFP | ||
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| MFP is an environment for visually composing computer programs, | ||
| with an emphasis on music and real-time audio synthesis and | ||
| analysis. It's very much inspired by Miller Puckette's Pure Data | ||
| (pd) and Max/MSP, with a bit of LabView and TouchOSC for good | ||
| measure. It is targeted at musicians, recording engineers, and | ||
| software developers who like the "patching" dataflow metaphor for | ||
| coding up audio synthesis, processing, and analysis. | ||
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| MFP is a completely new code base, written in Python and C, with | ||
| a Clutter UI. It has been under development by a solo developer | ||
| (me!), as a spare-time project for several years. | ||
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| Compared to Pure Data, its nearest relative, MFP is superficially | ||
| pretty similar but differs in a few key ways: | ||
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| * MFP uses Python data natively. Any literal data entered in the | ||
| UI is parsed by the Python evaluator, and any Python value is a | ||
| legitimate "message" on the dataflow network. This makes it much | ||
| easier to make patches that work like conventional "programs". | ||
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| * MFP provides fairly raw access to Python constructs if desired. | ||
| For example, the built-in Python console allows live coding of | ||
| Python functions as patch elements at runtime. | ||
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| * Name resolution and namespacing are addressed more robustly, | ||
| with explicit support for lexical scoping. This allows patches | ||
| to have a dynamic number of inputs and outputs, with hygienic | ||
| layer copying preserving the lexical structure of each "voice" | ||
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| * The UI is largely keyboard-driven, with a modal input system | ||
| that feels a bit like vim. The graphical presentation is a | ||
| single-window style with layers rather than multiple windows. | ||
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| * There is fairly deep integration of Open Sound Control (OSC), with | ||
| every patch element having an OSC address and the ability to learn | ||
| any other desired address. MIDI controller learning is also robustly | ||
| supported. | ||
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| * MFP has just a fraction of the builtin and addon functionality | ||
| provided by PD. It's not up to being a replacement except in | ||
| very limited cases! | ||
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| The code and issue tracker are hosted on GitHub: | ||
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| https://github.com/bgribble/mfp | ||
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| You can find the LAC-2013 paper and accompanying screenshots, | ||
| some sample patches, and a few other bits of documentation in the | ||
| doc directory of the GitHub repo. The README files at the top | ||
| level of the source tree contain dependency, build, and | ||
| getting-started information. | ||
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| More sample patches are in my personal patch repo: | ||
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| https://github.com/bgribble/mfp-patches | ||
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| Where's it going? | ||
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| I've been working on MFP as a spare time project for almost 14 | ||
| years now. The likelihood that it will ever have more than a few | ||
| users is low. Luckily, that doesn't bother me much; MFP is a | ||
| tool I am building mainly for my own use and education. | ||
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| That being said, if there's something about it that appeals to | ||
| you, I welcome your interest and participation. | ||
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| Thanks, | ||
| Bill Gribble <grib@billgribble.com> | ||
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