The Interim DynaPiano: An Integrated Computer Tool and Instrument for Composers
Stephen Pope · Computer Music Journal · 1992
/SampledSounds sound UI tools Mixes Mix editors and browsers browsers other structures MIDIVoices SampleVoices Kernel Pope: IDP 9 CMJ 16(3) - Fall, 1992 MODE: The Musical Object Development Environment The MODE software system consists of Smalltalk-80 classes that address five areas: the representation of musical parameters, sampled sounds, events and event lists; the description of middle-level musical structures; real-time MIDI, sound I/O and DSP scheduling; a user interface framework and components for building signal, event, and structure processing applications; and several built-in end-user applications. We will address each of these areas in the sections below. Figure 2 is an attempted schematic presentation of the relationships between the class categories and hierarchies that make up the MODE environment. The items in Fig. 2 are the MODE packages, each of which consists of a collection or hierarchy of Smalltalk-80 classes. The items that are displayed in courier font are ...