Modular design

[scalarwaves]

• document mod - UI gets wrapped around the loaded document

  • pattern editor view
  • graph view
  • mixer view
  • instrument view
  • buffer view

• config mod

• graph mod

  • devices
    • vst
    • au
    • ladspa
    • lv2
    • sound file
    • faust diagram
  • ports
  • connections

• mixer mod

  • channels
  • buses
  • meters

• envelope mod

  • automation
  • ADSR

• dynamic mod

  • REPL
  • livecoding - chuck

• bar mod

• beat mod - beats per bar

• note mod

• pattern mod - notes per pattern

• track mod - tracks per sequence

• channel mod - channels per graph

• sample mod - samples per recording

• sequence mod - patterns per sequence

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• edge mod
• node mod
• graph mod - graphs per document

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• instrument mod - phrases, envelopes, devices
• phrase mod - sound files (a.k.a. samples)
• envelope mod - parameter automation
• point mod - points per envelope

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• device mod - primary device is a sequence player/editor, secondary devices may be plugins or other “machines”
• plugin mod - vst/au/lv2/ladspa/etc.
• socket mod - sockets per device
• direction mod - directions per socket/edge

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• document mod - song/project, a.k.a. mod or module
• formula mod - a dsp formula that can act as a building block for new statics/dynamics/devices
• static mod - recordings/snippets/scripts in other languages
• dynamic mod - REPL/livecoder/ui
• snippet mod - a block of code to be executed or text node

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• nodes can have instruments, patterns, sequences, phrases, and edges
• graphs can have sequences, devices, channels
• devices can have plugins, sockets, directions
• sequences can have samples, patterns, notes, bars, beats, tracks, and channels
• channels can have directions, plugins, tracks, sockets
• documents can have formulas, statics, dynamics, snippets, graphs