ProcessPP
ProcessPP is the realisation of a rather silly idea: A livecoding environment for C++. As C++ is not interpreted, but compiled, this indeed does sound like a really silly idea. But the twist is that while “true” livecoding cannot be done, it can be at least made as easy as possible to try out new code snippets.
ProcessPP consists of three distinct parts
- procespp: A host application that can load shared objects and execute the code contained in them
- qprocesspp: A Qt GUI application which serves as an editor for hacking away functions and to compile them easily into a shared object. Then it tells processpp to load and run the shared object
- libprocesspp: A shared library which is the “glue” between processpp and user generated shared object files. Right now it only containes code for the shared object to find out stuff like samplerate, buffersize, number of input/output channels, etc..
For illustrative purposes here are the steps involved in making noise:
- File->Open from Template (choose process.template.cc)
- Add some code in the inner loop to make noise
- Process->Run
- Hear the noise!!!
If the above don’t work, take a look at the log in the lower half of the main window. Often some slight tweaks to the config file (~/.config/Ugh!/process++.conf) need to be made.
Downloads can be found here: Download directory
- Qt 4.x
- QScintilla2
- Jack
- Boost
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