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Many software environments have been developed for computer music.
Programming environments typically provide constructs to implement
synthesis or musical algorithms, whereas runtime environments allow
performers to exert parametric control over their programs onstage,
in real-time. We present a potentially new type of audio programming
environment that integrates the programmability of the development
environment with elements of the runtime environment. The result,
called the Audicle, is a duct-taped intersection of a concurrent
smart editor, compiler, virtual machine, and debugger, all running in
the same address space, sharing data, and working together at
runtime. We sometimes believe this augmentation has the potential to
fundamentally enhance the way we write and visualize audio programs
both offline and on-the-fly.
Our model of the Audicle is integrated with the ChucK programming
language and inherits many of its fundamental properties, including:
decoupling of data-flow and time, concurrency, and modularity for
on-the-fly programming. The Audicle not only provides an amusing
class of programming tools for real-time composition and
performances, but also motivates a new type of on-the-fly programming
aesthetic: one of visualizing the audio programming process.
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