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- Looching 2.1 is an updated version to play on a DSP board in an Intel
- Machine. The source is now version 3.x compliant.
-
- The original README follows:
-
- "Looching" is a program which generates pseudo-NewAge (or perhaps it's the
- Real McCoy!) music using the Motorola DSP chip. I wrote it because I like
- to have long droning sounds going while I stare at error messages, read
- news, move windows around on the screen, etc. One of the considerations
- that went into the design of the program was to make it place as light a
- load on the main CPU as possible, so that "Looching" can be hidden away to
- do it's droning without interfering.
-
- The sound-controlling process actually sleeps for 10-20 seconds at a time.
- You may notice that there are 2 Looching procs running while the sound is
- being generated. This happens so that the sound-controlling process can
- sleep while returning control to the interface to accept any parameter
- changes (plus allow you to "hide", "quit", etc.). I didn't use NeXT's fancy
- Orchestra scheduler in order to minimize the CPU load, so this may not be
- the best example in the world of how to program music stuff on the Cube.
-
- To get "Looching" up & running, simply unpack it and make Looching. There's
- some help menus included. You will need to install the executable in one of
- your local "Apps" directories to see the fancy "Looching" ikon from the
- workspace manager.
-
- Hope you enjoy this -- send e-mail with feedback, etc. I'm intrigued by the
- idea of being able to distribute new music like this. I didn't even have to
- dub a cassette!
-
- Brad Garton
- Columbia University Music Department
- brad@woof.columbia.edu
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