Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker Kjetil Matheussen Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and the Arts (NOTAM) May 3, 2014 Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 1 / 16
Outline 1 Introduction to Radium 2 Introduction to music trackers 3 How Radium is different from a music tracker 4 Radium Interface The editor The modular mixer The compressor interface 5 STK Instruments 6 Common Music Notation 7 Embedding Pure Data 8 Smooth scrolling 9 Acknowledgements Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 2 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium ◮ A music editor. ◮ Made for composing music. ◮ Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called “E-Radium”. 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. ◮ The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16
Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers ◮ A type of music editor ◮ Editor is a two-dimentional table ◮ The cells in this table only contains text. ◮ tracks as columns ◮ lines as rows (time) ◮ Time goes downwards ◮ Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen ◮ 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. ◮ First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16
Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers ◮ A type of music editor ◮ Editor is a two-dimentional table ◮ The cells in this table only contains text. ◮ tracks as columns ◮ lines as rows (time) ◮ Time goes downwards ◮ Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen ◮ 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. ◮ First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16
Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers ◮ A type of music editor ◮ Editor is a two-dimentional table ◮ The cells in this table only contains text. ◮ tracks as columns ◮ lines as rows (time) ◮ Time goes downwards ◮ Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen ◮ 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. ◮ First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16
Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers ◮ A type of music editor ◮ Editor is a two-dimentional table ◮ The cells in this table only contains text. ◮ tracks as columns ◮ lines as rows (time) ◮ Time goes downwards ◮ Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen ◮ 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. ◮ First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16
Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers ◮ A type of music editor ◮ Editor is a two-dimentional table ◮ The cells in this table only contains text. ◮ tracks as columns ◮ lines as rows (time) ◮ Time goes downwards ◮ Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen ◮ 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. ◮ First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16
Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers ◮ A type of music editor ◮ Editor is a two-dimentional table ◮ The cells in this table only contains text. ◮ tracks as columns ◮ lines as rows (time) ◮ Time goes downwards ◮ Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen ◮ 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. ◮ First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16
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