Filter design book

Yeah I have been thinking about it and keep returning to different ideas but yeah nowhere near the level of competency yet. I was thinking about trying to keep it as modular and extendible as possible whilst making it simple enough that it doesn't intimidate people that are new to it. Performance shouldn't be the primary concern at least at first. I was toying with the idea of nodular visual programming but also giving the option so users will have access to python/lua (or another scripting language that plays nice with c++) for most of the scripting on the platform with the option of using c/c++ compiled nodes ... who knows, there are lots of options the simplest of which is probably just a straight c++ Library specifically tailored to certain things.

I can appreciate that its not an exact science in certain areas and that its incredibly complex but more complex things have been made simple (well simpler) before so I know its eventually attainable if not by me then by someone. I guess there are solutions out there already like max/msp, puredata, reaktor, synth maker... with synthmaker ( being the closest probably but it doesn't allow you to do what I want really (and it is also on only one platform) ... hopefully with access to tools like this it will inspire people to get more excited about development.

Who knows

well if you want to go hardware, synthmakers sibling touchstone might do exactly what you want, however, I don't think current releases of SM are working very well (I've stuck at an earlier version) and there are real problems with the voicing architecture. However, as a prototyping tool, it is second to none, and will even deliver assembler code which can be easily ported into programs which are crossing the apple/windows divide, and allow for far better voicing architectures.

Yeah I have seen flowstone but I haven't had the time to play with it as yet. It may just be that indeed if you can access assembly.. the main issue with it as I can see is that it isn't very open (at least as far as I remember) I have'nt used synth maker much since the beta-just before version 2 was released maybe its time to get reacquainted. :S

Open in what way?

You can access assembler and if you really need it the machine code itself in SM! (This is what makes it such a great prototyping tool to my mind)

Of course, running SM/flowstone(thanks for correction ) is closed ... as I say, depends on what you want to do.

Open in the sense that it can used as a backend for software/hardware development like an open source vst architecture for hardware in a sense but a little bit more accessible. I am not sure if you do games development or realtime visual work but an analogues product is Unity3d (sort of) it still allows you to use OpenGl which, whilst isn't access to machine code or assembly is enough control to draw what most people need and its environment comes with a library of tools that handle a ton of things you would encounter when trying to write logic. Its essentially as friendly as a puppy to people who would otherwise not know where to start in games development (like synthmaker is essentially) It allows for community driven code sharing etc

Anyway I would like something as accessible but with the power to delve as deep as you need to and unrestrictedly

ah, ok,

essentially like Juce but with a friendlier front end for none programmers?

Well that will certainly be challenging, but go for it!

Exactly

was not my intention to dis your coding - just had no idea what you meant..

(and isn't it a precompile addition of the struct address + offset into struct address? - not that it matters..)

At that point, yeah, its addition.

There is more to say, but I'm rusty, and not finding a good way to say it - will think about it more and try and bring some clarity.

I think the problem is coming down to:

I'm talking about writing information in a broad sense and you're talking about reading it.

As we are now right at memory, we might as well jump into those d-type flip flops, and what do we find they are made of?

NAND gates, that is, AND and NOT.

Which clearly means what we read from memory has undergone boolean multiplacation, or it wouldn't be possible for it to be there in the first place.

Please, don't ask me to explain memory,

1) I'm not sure I can
2) Its pissing rain and I only have internet via hotspots
3) The point has been made, and flogged

The offset calculation really is irrelevant to the point I was making, lol!

Now, I've shown how at a logical level, a function call is the logical ANDing of it's constituent parts and at physical level any data stored has to go through boolean multiplication to even be stored. I'm not really sure what else might be expected of me in putting forward a simple argument to suggest that sometimes, an equation is not a clear way of representating of the underlying mechanisms, but no doubt - there wilk be something.

I've made my point quite a while back, I'm now trying to address technical (and completely unrelated) side issues people have taken with my point - which of course only serves to underline my point - ie seemingly clear statements in formal languages hide a smorgasbord of shit and grief.

apologies for slight thread derailment..

/coat

forgive me if I've seemed harsh Pete - I'm a grumpy intransigent old bastard, no doubt. .

Years of internet posting appears to have taken its toll somewhat.