Platform independent beta version coming up Print
Written by Andhi Pabst   
Saturday, 26 April 2008 01:31

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The timbap visualizer is currently being re-implemented using a platform-independent runtime, namely Processing, which itself uses the Java Virtual Machine and the JOGL OpenGL Binding. This has a number of advantages:

 

  1. We will shortly be able to provide a Mac OS X version of the whole timbap digital vinyl system
  2. This is the first step to real platform independence at a later time. Actually, the visualizer itself can be run on any system that provides a JVM.
  3. The installation process will become a lot easier as there will be no more external dependencies.
  4. The code has been refactored and is now more efficient, extensible and clearly structured.

Currently we are fixing some issues and preparing an installation package. We are planning to release a new platform-independent beta of the visualizer together with a Windows and a Mac OS X version of the VST plugin in May.