From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 30 23:55:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B162F16A402 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:55:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jaj@0b10111.de) Received: from 0b10111.de (static-ip-62-75-155-129.inaddr.intergenia.de [62.75.155.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757A313C465 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:55:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jaj@0b10111.de) Received: from localhost (4be54-4-82-234-154-189.fbx.proxad.net [82.234.154.189]) by 0b10111.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4119872C428; Tue, 1 May 2007 01:26:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 01:26:48 +0200 From: Jona Joachim To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20070501012648.6f8bc95d@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070430154751.GA21982@thought.org> References: <20070430154751.GA21982@thought.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: music-generator for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:55:02 -0000 On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:47:51 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: >=20 > Guys, >=20 > This is a bit off-topic, but maybe somebody out there can > give me someclues. Bearing in mind that I know zip about music > composition, is there a MIDI (or mp3 or other) toolkit that > would generate short background slices of music? =20 >=20 > Say that I wanted some jazzy melody for several seconds. This > application would generate it. Or a classical tune. Last > night I found a possibly MIDI app for Windows; there were several that > Google found that mentioned Linux but nothing panned out. >=20 > Anybod know? Take a look at Pure Data (audio/pd in the ports). I just found out about it. It doesn't really create jazz melodies but it such a great synthesizer. It allows you to arrange objects graphically, like oscillators and analog/digital converters and combine them to create sounds. It's a real graphical programming language. Regards, Jona --=20 "Und das Sch=C3=B6nste daran ist, dass die Mehrzahl der Amerikaner durch die von Illuminaten gedeckten Terroranschl=C3=A4ge so weit in Angst versetzt sein werden, dass sie darum betteln werden, kontrolliert zu werden, wie der Masochist nach der Peitsche wimmert." Hagbard Celine