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[elektron] Re: MD Machine Lab (and why it's not finished yet)

2004-10-19 by sidstationownsyou

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Federico Ciapi
<federico.ciapi@t...> wrote:
> what is this program supposed to do?


Here's the description of MD Machine Lab which I plan to post on my
website:


MD Machine Lab    


A Perfect Symbiosis of Mac and Machinedrum

Imagine being able to harness the power of Machinedrum's synthesis
engine with your Mac. This dream is now a reality! MD Machine Lab
allows you to create, tweak, and save individual machines (drum
sounds) on your Mac! It provides a slick, easy-to-use interface,
giving you complete control over your sonic design.


Fast and Lightweight

I wrote MD Machine Lab on a 400 MHz iMac DV SE. While it's not THE
slowest machine out there, it's still pretty freakin' slow! Therefore,
ensuring that my programs run as efficiently as possible is a top
priority. MD Machine Lab is a Cocoa application, written entirely in
objective-C. Furthermore, it's multi-threaded, and includes
optimizations for the G5.


Undo! Undo!

Make a mistake? No worries: MD Machine Lab features unlimited levels
of undo and redo! This means you can tweak all you want — without
fear
of losing a precious creation.


Randomize!

The randomize feature of MD Machine Lab gives you the ability to set
machine parameters to random values. Additionally, you get to choose
which parameters get randomized!


Internationalized

Speak a language other than English? No problem! MD Machine Lab
supports many different languages, including Swedish, French, German,
and Japanese.



I'll let everyone here know when I finish it ;)

Andrew

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