Great. Thanks for the follow up and going ahead with the
application.
I'll take a look at it tomorrow. We can discuss the file
management
later (after Monday!).
Thanks,
Vaughan
Abhishek Batra wrote:
> Hey Vaughan
>
> I realized myself that the deadline for submission of
the proposal is
> near,
> so I applied. Please excuse me for not joining the irc
channel, which
> I won't
> be able to for a few days.
>
> I have addressed the issue regarding development of a
more efficient
> algorithm
> for use in real time in my proposal. The idea is to use
Bayesian
> learning techniques
> so that the actual real time processing is optimized by
maintaining
> profiles
> for different sound sources.
>
> As far as the question about the infrastructural
changes goes, I
> believe that it would
> require changes to the GUI as well as the playback
mechanism. A
> possible solution
> is to pipe the edited sound input for playback. But
this will still
> need a lot of
> work since smooth playback could be hindered by this
playback,
> although I believe that
> it is still worth the effort.
>
> And finally, regarding the file management idea, it
just came to me as
> an afterthought
> and right now I haven't done any groundwork for it. I
won't be able to
> work on that as a
> GSoC project but I'm willing to work one it
nonetheless.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> On 29/03/2008, *Vaughan Johnson* <vaughan audacityteam.org
> <mailto:vaughanaudacityteam.org>> wrote:
>
> Abhishek, thanks for following up. Please do
remember to reply-all to
> include summerofcodeaudacityteam.org
> <mailto:summerofcodeaudacityteam.org>, so
the other mentors can
> comment.
> I'm also cc-ing audacity-devel, which you should
join, in case
> non-mentors have comments.
>
> Again, we'll need lots more details. I didn't
really get an answer to
> the whole infrastructure for real-time question.
And if the
> overlapping
> features are already mostly better in Audacity, why
not convert
> those to
> real-time. And regarding file management, that
seems like a very
> different project, so please explain more what you
mean. Note that the
> deadline for the application is the UTC/GMT end of
March 31. Your
> application will need lots more details than we've
seen so far.
>
> Great that you're interested in working on Audacity
past GSoC, too.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Vaughan
>
>
> Abhishek Batra wrote:
>
> > I forgot to include this in my last mail. I
also wanted to work
> on adding
> > a file management feature to audacity (
maintaining a library ).
> >
> > Please let me know your views on the idea.
> >
> > On 29/03/2008, *Abhishek Batra*
<abhshk.btragmail.com
> <mailto:abhshk.btragmail.com>
>
> > <mailto:abhshk.btragmail.com
<mailto:abhshk.btragmail.com>>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Vaughan,
> >
> > As my project is just a bunch of
algorithms, I would like to
> > integrate it
> > into audacity just as a few real time
effects. And I do
> agree that
> > it is
> > not possible to simulate all effects real
time. By rule,
> there is
> > always a
> > lag / delay between the two sounds ( that
depends on the machine
> > as well as
> > the os ).
> >
> > As far as the conversion of the code from
c++ to python is
> concerned,
> > that won't be a problem, as initially it
was all in c++. The
> > overlapping features
> > though they aren't as technically sound as
implemented in
> audacity
> > ( except
> > echo, for which the code is similar ) the
fact that I have
> > implemented them to
> > be used on the fly makes it worth to add
them.
> >
> > And I would surely love to work with
audacity beyond GSoC, for
> > making other
> > effects real time, and even otherwise.
> >
> > PS: Apologies for the late reply; it was
5:52 am in the morning,
> > and I had dozed off 
> >
> > Hoping for a favorable reply
> >
> > On 29/03/2008, *Vaughan Johnson*
<vaughanaudacityteam.org
> <mailto:vaughanaudacityteam.org>
>
> > <mailto:vaughanaudacityteam.org
> <mailto:vaughanaudacityteam.org>>> wrote:
> >
> > Further thoughts:
> >
> > How much of the effort would be in
converting from
> Python to C++?
> >
> > How would the effects that overlap
Audacity (echo,
> reverb, eq)
> > compare
> > to the current ones? In other words,
are all your features
> > worth porting?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > V
> >
> >
> >
> > Vaughan Johnson wrote:
> > > Thanks for your interest. We'll
need more information.
> How do
> > you plan
> > > to integrate this into Audacity,
as an effect? Real-time
> > processing,
> > > is something we're interested in
for other effects, too
> > (although not
> > > possible for all effects), e.g.,
> > >
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/
index.php?title=ArchitecturalDesign#Real_Time_Ability.
> > >
> > >
> > > If your project is simply to
convert an existing chunk of
> > code into an
> > > effect, that might be too small a
project, so please
> describe it
> > > further. But it would require
some infrastructure changes
> > (e.g., all
> > > effects are simply turned off
during playback now),
> and let
> > us know if
> > > you'd be interested in working
further on making other
> effects be
> > > real-time.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Vaughan
> > >
> > >
> > > Abhishek Batra wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I have been working on a
project independently. It is a
> > sound processor
> > >> ( coded in python ). A
version of it has already been
> > demonstrated in
> > >> Birla Institute of Technology
and Sciences' tech fest in
> > 2007. Though it
> > >> is currently just for win32,
I have been working on
> > development for
> > >> other
> > >> platforms.
> > >>
> > >> The most important feature of
my project is that it
> has the
> > capability
> > >> of processing sound on the
fly. Hence. mixing of various
> > media is
> > >> possible. Other features/
effects that it supports are:
> > Distortion,
> > >> feedback effects, echo,
reverb and equalization
> > >>
> > >> I am fluent with c++ and
python, and in general with
> algorithms.
> > >>
> > >> I'll be grateful if someone
could help me out with
> the final
> > proposal
> > >> if this
> > >> sounds good.
> > >> --
> > >> Abhishek
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Abhishek
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Abhishek
>
>
>
>
> --
> Abhishek
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