if you like the look of sc and your not on a mac, don't despair version three is due to come out in the not too distant future after which a linux port will probably eventuate. also, you might take a look at open sound control. (something which would be really nice to implement in ruby, maybe once i learn the language properly i'll do it :-) http://cnmat.CNMAT.Berkeley.EDU/OSC/ it's sc's and a growing number of other multimedia platforms primary means of communication. after i discovered it i never looked back to midi, well except for control boxes and the likes. regards, c On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 01:30 AM, Peter Hickman wrote: > ccos wrote: > >> i use supercollider which is basically a smalltalk for music/sound >> synthesis? >> just curious how you use ruby for music, are you scripting csound? >> > > Code, in Ruby, to generate random music as text files and a text to > midi converter written in Ruby. I then harvest the good stuff and load > it into Cubasis. Once I have completed the GA package for Ruby that I > am working on at the moment (as if I had the time) there is the CSound > Manual that I want to look into and I guess I will be scripting it from > Ruby also. > > The midi compiler is in the RAA as is a package called Ruple written by > someone else (Neil I think). > > Off to look at supercollider... > >