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Plan:
1. Add MIDI processors - this may be complicated by cross fading scheme.
TODO: fix cwDsp.h: ampl_to_db(),db_to_ampl(), add pow_to_db() and db_to_pow().
Implement vectorized version in terms of the scalar versions in cwDsp.h.
Decide on standard dB range. e.g. -100 to 0, 0 to 100 ....
* Flow Variables Class
** Attributes
+ type: real,int,string,audio,spectrum,enum
+ flags: attribute flags
- src: This variable must be connected.
- multi: This variable may be instantiated multiple times
- fan_in: This variable allows multiple incoming connections.
+ value:
- real,int { min,max,value,center,step }
- enum [ list of (id,label) pairs ]
+ doc: documentation string
+ max_multi: max count of instantiations due to multiple connections
+ min_multi: min count of instantiations due to multiple connections
* Flow Proc Class
** Attributes
+ doc: documentation string
+ sub_proc:
- sub_proc_cnt:<int> set an absolute sub_proc_cnt
- sub_proc_cnt_min:
- sub_proc_cnt_max:
- sub_proc_var
+ label
+ flags: [ audio_chs, multi_chs, fan_in_chs ]
Calculate the sub_proc_cnt based on the count of mult's,fan_ins, and audio channels.
* Proc Instance setup
* Plan
** Flow processor 'multi' processor:
Add the ability for a processor to expand the number of variables based on
incoming connections.
- Variables with this capability must have the 'multi' attribute in the class description.
- The new variables will be named by adding a suffix in the connection command.
e.g. in:{ in.a:out.foo } connect the output out.foo to a new variable instantiated
on the the local variable description 'in'.
- The new variable may then be addressed by referring to 'in.a'.
- The proc instance may then ask for a count of variable instances for a given base varaible.
var_get_multi_count( ...,'in') and address them by var_get( ...,'in',multi_idx).
- Note that once a variable is given the 'multi' attribute the only way for the instance
to access the variable is by supplying the 'multi' index since the variable
label alone will not be adequate to select among multiple instances.
** Flow processor Fan-in capability:
Add the ability for a processor variables to support multiple incoming connections.
- Fan-in capability must be enabled in the processor class description with the 'fan-in' attribute.
- The array of variables associated with fan-in connections will be
addressed via "<label>.<integer>".
- The count of inputs to a fan-in varaible instance can be accessed via: var_fan_in_count( ...,var_label)
- The variable instance associated with each fan-in connection can be accessed with
var_get( ...,'in',fan_in_idx).
- Note that once a variable is given the 'fan-in' attribute a fan_in_idx must be used to access it.
** Add MIDI processors - this may be complicated by cross fading scheme.
- maybe cross-faded proc's should be all placed in a 'sub-net' and
only those processes would then be cross faded.
2. Add subnets. (see outline below)
3. Add auto-UI (this will require a separate app).
** Add subnets. (see outline below)
** Add auto-UI (this will require a separate app).
# Functionality
## libcw:
* Functionality
** libcw:
- Remove dependency on locally built websockets library.
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Allow ui.js to be shared by all apps.
## UI:
** UI:
- Add support for custom controls
- Document the UI resource file format.
- Document the UI client/server protocol.
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Print: ele name, uuid, appId and parent name, uuid, appId
## Flow:
** Flow:
- Create automatic UI for proc's.
- Create the ability to script sub-networks.
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of calling explicit functions (e.g. `register_and_get(), register_and_set()`)
+ Subnet scheme:
*** Subnet scheme:
```
{
balanced_mix: {
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Note that it would be easy to form these messages on the stack and
transmit them to connected processes.
# TODO:
* To do list:
## libcw
** libcw
- Fix the time functions to make them more convenient and C++ish.
- libcw: document basic functionality: flow, UI, Audio
## Flow
** Flow
- Implement MIDI processors.
- Implement flow procs for all libcm processsors.
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- why are multiple records given in the 'args:{}' attribute?
## UI:
** UI:
- Notes on UI id's:
1. The appId, when set via an enum, is primarily for identifying a UI element in a callback switch statement.
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- UI needs a special UUID (not kInvalidId) to specify the 'root' UI element. See note in cwUi._createFromObj()
## Audio:
** Audio:
- Should a warning be issued by audioBuf functions which return a set of values:
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- Remove Audio file operations that have been superceded by 'flow' framework.
## Socket
** Socket
- Any socket function which takes a IP/port address should have a version which also takes a sockaddr_in*.
## Websocket
** Websocket
- cwWebsock is allocating memory on send().
- cwWebsock: if the size of the recv and xmt buffer, as passed form the protocolArray[], is too small send() will fail without an error message.
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- Improve performance of load parser. Try parsing a big JSON file and notice how poorly it performs.
## Misc
** Misc
- logDefaultFormatter() in cwLog.cpp uses stack allocated memory in a way that could easily be exploited.
- lexIntMatcher() in cwLex.cpp doesn't handle 'e' notation correctly. See note in code.
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- (DONE) change all NULL's to nullptr
- (DONE) implement kTcpFl in cwTcpSocket.cpp
# UI Control Creation Protocol
** Documentation
*** UI Control Creation Protocol
The UI elements have four identifiers:
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Client sends 'register' messages.
Server send' 'id_assign' messages.
# sockaddr_in reference
*** sockaddr_in reference
#include <netinet/in.h>
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# Development Setup
*** Development Setup
0)
```
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/sdk/libwebsockets/build/out/lib
# Raspberry Pi Build Notes:
*** Raspberry Pi Build Notes:
cd sdk
mkdir libwebsockets
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# Flow Notes:
*** Flow Notes:
- When a variable has a variant with a numberic channel should the 'all' channel variant be removed?
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DONE: Add a version of var_register() that both registers and returns the value of the variable.
Flow Instance Creation:
-----------------------
*** Flow Instance Creation:
1. Create all vars from the class description and initially set their
value to the default value given in the class. chIdx=kAnyChIdx.