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“TapTools turns Blue”

10/21/2003

I’ve spent some time the last few days, here in Bergen, working on Tap.Tools 2 - which I am now calling Tap.Tools Blue. It has been very productive, here are some of the developments I’ve been working on…

I’ve added a couple of (c++) objects including tap_clip and tap_lfo and I’ve made more efficient objects of tap_zerox, etc. The Max externals which I build from these now begin with a “blue.” prefix instead of a “tap.” prefix. This allows me to sidestep some backwards compatibility issues - the “tap.” prefix will remain in use for a set of abstractions I will build to keep backwards compatibility.

With some of the optimizations, blue.verb~ is now running at more than double the speed of the old tap.verb~. This is really exciting, though I know I can’t expect this type of speed boost with all of the objects. This speed boost comes even with the addition of a number of new features, which I hope to make standard among the audio externals. These features at the moment are:

  • dcblocking
  • limiting
  • clipping
  • lfos
  • wet/dry mix
  • gain
  • downsampling
  • mute
  • bypass

I’ve also updated the look and feel of the help patches; I think they are much clearer now.

Well, I’ve finished my dessert (a waffle with strawberries) and my coffee is about done too. Time get back to the code!

-tap

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