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FAUST : a programming language for
audio applications and plugins
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Grame, Centre National de Creation Musicale
http://www.grame.fr
1/ Introduction
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Faust is a functional programming language specifically designed for realtime audio applications and plugins. The syntax of the language is block diagram oriented. The faust compiler translate signal processing specifications into optimized C++ code for signal processing applications.
The generated code can be wrapped into an 'architecture file' in order to create for example a standalone jack/gtk application, a VST plugin, etc. Several architecture file are provided and additional contributions are welcome.
2/ Organisation of the distribution
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architecture : the architecture files currently supported
compiler : sources of the Faust compiler
examples : examples of Faust programs
syntax-highlighting : support for syntax highlighting for several editors
documentation : Faust developer's documentation
tools : Additional tools for pd and sc plugins
windows : Visual C++ project
3/ Compilation and installation
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There is no configuration phase. To compile and install the Faust compiler do :
make
su
make install
2/ Compilation of the examples
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Several faust examples are provided in the example folder. To compile and test the examples with Jack do :
cd examples
make jackgtk
This will create a subfolder jackgtkdir with all the jack applications. You can also create alsa applications (make alsagtk) as well as other formats.
The supported architectures are the following :
jack-gtk.cpp
jack-qt.cpp
alsa-gtk.cpp
alsa-qt.cpp
q.cpp
vst.cpp
ladspa.cpp
supercollider.cpp
max-msp.cpp
sndfile.cpp
Other architecture files are also available :
oss-gtk.cpp
plot.cpp
matlabplot.cpp
bench.cpp
oss-wx.cpp
minimal.cpp
pa-gtk.cpp
jack-wx.cpp
module.cpp
pa-wx.cpp
3/ Limitations
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The SIMD code generator is outdated and will be replaced in future versions. The generation of postscript files (-ps) doesn't work very well and have to be updated
4/ Acknowledgments
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Several persons have contributed to the project, in particular :
- Thomas Charbonnel
- Etienne Gaudrin
- Albert Graef
- Stefan Kersten
- Mathieu Leroi
- Remy Muller
- Nicolas Scaringella
as well as my colleagues Dominique Fober and Stephane Letz
5/ Questions and suggestions
----------------------------
If you have questions suggestions and comments, or if you want to contribute to the project, you can contact me by email : orlarey@grame.fr
Yann Orlarey
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