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DX490a - Summer 2010
Instructor: Stelios Manousakis
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Class 2.3:
Extending SuperCollider with Quarks
Contents:
• Quarks
- About
- Downloading and keeping up-to-date
- Publishing a Quark
- Adding classes manually
- Some useful Quarks for the scope of this class (June 2010)
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// ================= QUARKS =================
// Quarks are third-party extensions to SC's library, documentation and UGen plugins. A Quark is a package containing SC classes (.sc file(s)), helpfiles (.html), possibly C++ source for UGens (.scx) and perhaps example, overview or other files.
// When you download the full SC version, you get the entire Quarks library existing at the point of your download.
//Here's a link to the online quark repository:
"open http://quarks.sourceforge.net/".unixCmd
// ====== DOWNLOAD AND UPDATE ======
// ------ OSX and LINUX ------
Quarks.gui // use this command to install any quark via a GUI, then do what the GUI says
/* or, read here for different ways, and more info:
[Quarks]
*/
// ------ Windows -----
// to install quarks into windows machines look here (the method is different:
// http://swiki.hfbk-hamburg.de:8888/MusicTechnology/883
// ------ Publishing a Quark ------
// Read here as well if you want to publish a quark. You probably also want to consult the sc-users mailing list for naming conflicts...
// [Quark]
// ------ Adding classes manually ------
// Of course, you can also add or remove classes that you've downloaded or classes that you have created yourself:
// Class files are located in the SCCLassLibrary folder of your SuperCollider application directory:
"open SCCLassLibrary".unixCmd
// Help files are located in the same directory, inside the Help file:
"open Help".unixCmd
// If you add help-files, you may have to recompile the help path for them to appear on the Help GUI. The command is:
Help.rebuildTree
// UGen plugin files are located inside the plugins file:
"open plugins".unixCmd
// Have a look here for more details on folder locations and extension file organization:
// [Using-Extensions]
// ====== SOME USEFUL QUARKS FOR THIS CLASS (as of June 2010) ======
// ======= large libraries =======
Ctk // Josh Parmenter's MUST-HAVE library
dewdrop // (huge library, some useful MIDI stuff, Patterns and other)
RedSys // (huge library, 'traditional' electronica toolkit)
wslib // (huge library, some MIDI, extensions, and the best looking GUI)
// ======= Interfacing =======
// Computer Peripherals
// On-board laptop sensors
//Arduino
// Sensors
// Haptic controllers
Dimple // only partial implementation for now...
// tangible interfaces
// ======= Open Sound Control =======
// OSC
OpenObject //OSC simplified
// Networking
OscGroupClient //OSC through the internet
// ======= GUI and graphics =======
//GUI
wslib // a quark library with many - and the best looking - GUIs
// graphics
// ======= Utilities and other =======
// Scheduling
// Presets
DataCollector (from SenseWorld)
// Statistics
extStatistics (from MathLib)
StatUGens (from SenseWorld)
// physical models
redUniverseExamplesOverview // redUniverse quark (huge library, with some amazing stuff)
// Bio-algorithmic goodies
// other
MP3 // read mp3's locally and on the net
ProcessTools // interact with UNIX
RedTapTempoGUI //from redSys
// ======= Various audio (not the focus of this list) =======
// sampling
RedSampler // a giga-sampler-like Class
// Spatialization
Atk // Ambisonics (not released yet)
AmbIEM // binaural
// Builduing AUs