source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 04:33:39 -0700 Subject: Rusty vs. Max From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:57:18 +0100 >From: Michael.Saunders@astro.cf.ac.uk (Michael Saunders) >To: mr88cet@texas.net >Subject: Rusty vs. Max >X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII > > >Gary, > >>Rusty sounds interesting. How would you compare it to OpCode's Max? > >Well, the Grid graphical interface, which Rusty uses, is being developed >right now (Max is ~10 years old, I think) in Java. >1. It looks a lot nicer on the screen (and the upcoming version is especially >dazzling) >2. It runs on just about anything made today. >3. It's (I think) a lot more flexible, since you can write unit generators >yourself, popup control panels and all. >4. It can run across networks, since it's in Java. >5. Where Max supports (I think) just a few simple data types, like midi &c., >Rusty unit generators can exchange many very complex musical objects--- >in fact, most of my work is in writing a big, complicated oo library for >music and music theory. but it's only complicated for me!---what users see >are just a lot of very natural classes with a lot of power behind them, >e.g., scales that know how to tune themselves. >you can check out Grid's homepage: >http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Ian.taylor/Grid >which even includes a link to Rusty's homepage. Ian, Grid's author, >could probably tell you more about the advantages Grid has over Max. >In fact, I think he might be working on some midi and synthesis unit >generators soon. > >thanks for your interest! >----------------------------------------------------------------michael > Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 3 May 1997 13:35 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA12885; Sat, 3 May 1997 13:35:46 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03441 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id EAA24833; Sat, 3 May 1997 04:34:11 -0700 Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 04:34:11 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu