[racket] Small Racket-embedded dataflow DSP language

On May 30, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Tom Schouten wrote:

> On 05/30/2013 05:30 PM, John Clements wrote:
>> On May 30, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Tom Schouten wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi List,
>>> 
>>> Here's a tiny experimental tool I've been working on the last couple of months:
>>> http://zwizwa.be/rai/rai.html
>>> 
>>> It's mostly aimed at the music DSP world (sound synthesizers and effects) where feedback structures are very important, but it could be fairly generic in its use.  I tried to stay as close to Scheme as possible.
>>> 
>>> The basic idea is to use Racket as replacement for Matlab, i.e. to analyze algorithms specified in a high level format, and use it to generate dependency-free C or ASM code for deeply embedded targets.
>>> 
>>> Currently it can generate binary plugins for Windows VSTi, Pure Data and Jack Audio.
>> This looks totally awesome.  Would you consider making a Racket Package out of this? My fall class could definitely be interested.
> 
> 
> Cool :)
> 
> Here's the package:
> raco pkg install github://github.com/zwizwa/rai/master
> That will run all the Racket code.
> 
> For the C code gen, the Makefile is the best point of entry.
> Currently Linux only, and might need some tweaking.

Well, I'll give it a try on mac. I'll let you know what I discover.

John