So in the grand tradition of KVR wit and sensibility:
Are we there yet ?
(the product formerly known as) Epoch
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- KVRAF
- 2673 posts since 18 Mar, 2006 from The Void
Just a quick bump, as I'm bleeding money out on all sorts of software updates at the moment and I'd really like to throw some towards !Epoch before I'm grounded (can a wife technically do that ?).
So in the grand tradition of KVR wit and sensibility:
Are we there yet ?
So in the grand tradition of KVR wit and sensibility:
Are we there yet ?
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- KVRAF
- 2728 posts since 25 Aug, 2003 from Bournemouth, UK
I've been mainly fixing all those little to-dos and must-fixes that inevitably build up during a project, and unfortunately must be tackled as some point.
I've also been improving a few things with the dashboard, which is the custom ui panel onto which you can customise and place ui components to build up a interface for you preset. Particularly, I've realised the grouping - the ability to preserve component positions relative to each other - just didn't work how I had envisioned: it had to have a bit of re-design. This is important when it comes to sharing macros; if you import a macro, perhaps one created by someone else, you don't want to have the go through the hassle of realigning various controls: it should layout as designed by the original creator.
I've also been building a few more complex examples, including one that generates MIDI based on Conway's Life on a 32 x 32 grid. I know it's not a staggeringly original idea, but as proof of how easy it is to build things like this, it's a winner! I may expand it to do other forms of cellular automata; the Life rules are in a script isolated from the grid display and MIDI generation so it's trivially easy to swap algorithms in and out.
I've also been improving a few things with the dashboard, which is the custom ui panel onto which you can customise and place ui components to build up a interface for you preset. Particularly, I've realised the grouping - the ability to preserve component positions relative to each other - just didn't work how I had envisioned: it had to have a bit of re-design. This is important when it comes to sharing macros; if you import a macro, perhaps one created by someone else, you don't want to have the go through the hassle of realigning various controls: it should layout as designed by the original creator.
I've also been building a few more complex examples, including one that generates MIDI based on Conway's Life on a 32 x 32 grid. I know it's not a staggeringly original idea, but as proof of how easy it is to build things like this, it's a winner! I may expand it to do other forms of cellular automata; the Life rules are in a script isolated from the grid display and MIDI generation so it's trivially easy to swap algorithms in and out.
Architect, the modular MIDI toolkit, beta now available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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- KVRAF
- 10130 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
Until on the eve of release he has a eureka moment that means a total rewrite :p
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- KVRAF
- 2673 posts since 18 Mar, 2006 from The Void
I doubt a total re-write would be likely...VariKusBrainZ wrote:Until on the eve of release he has a eureka moment that means a total rewrite :p
... replacing LUA with Python, or adding more DAW capabilities though... who knows
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- KVRAF
- 10130 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
I was being a bit facetiouskoalaboy wrote:I doubt a total re-write would be likely...VariKusBrainZ wrote:Until on the eve of release he has a eureka moment that means a total rewrite :p
... replacing LUA with Python, or adding more DAW capabilities though... who knows
personally, I can't wait to lay down some cash for this
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
You know, it strikes me that a development effort of this scope is usually accomplished by a team of developers, not just one individual. This was quite a major undertaking you've chosen for yourself...
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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- KVRAF
- 2673 posts since 18 Mar, 2006 from The Void
Whilst I don't want to diminish the work in any way, I think you may be surprised at just how many 'developers' are involved in most big projects. Sure, things would move quicker if other people were around to help with the other aspects of the business I guess, and maintenance of existing products.deastman wrote:You know, it strikes me that a development effort of this scope is usually accomplished by a team of developers, not just one individual. This was quite a major undertaking you've chosen for yourself...
Most experienced (and dare I say, Old School) developers wouldn't hesitate to take something like this on, on their own - it's generally just life, or politics, that makes it become a team effort.
I also imagine that the 'scope' wasn't so large at the start - feature-creep is a wonderful thing.
Of course, all in my most humble opinion, as a long-time developer
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- KVRAF
- 2728 posts since 25 Aug, 2003 from Bournemouth, UK
Tell me about it!? The scope has changed so much from what the originally plan stated, but I'm absolutely sure that moving in this direction was the right decision. But fighting temptation to include extra features is difficult, but I've been ruthless lately, and only the absolute essential extras, or those requiring absolute minimal development resources, have been included. All else: bumped to a future release. I need to hold some things back for 1.1, right?!koalaboy wrote:I also imagine that the 'scope' wasn't so large at the start - feature-creep is a wonderful thing.
But as I've said, the vast majority of the work now is just polishing.
Architect, the modular MIDI toolkit, beta now available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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- Banned
- 454 posts since 30 Apr, 2013
Just sit back and listen...
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- KVRAF
- 2728 posts since 25 Aug, 2003 from Bournemouth, UK
Still polishing away, mainly unifying various disparate UI elements which really did not go well together; there were just too many ways of doing things, all of which I'm bringing together to make the UI a whole lot sleeker.
Architect, the modular MIDI toolkit, beta now available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
