Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker Kjetil Matheussen Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and the Arts (NOTAM) May 3, 2014 Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 1 / 16 Outline 1 Introduction to Radium 2 Introduction to music trackers 3 How Radium is different from a music tracker 4 Radium Interface The editor The modular mixer The compressor interface 5 STK Instruments 6 Common Music Notation 7 Embedding Pure Data 8 Smooth scrolling 9 Acknowledgements Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 2 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Radium Introduction to Radium I A music editor. I Made for composing music. I Interface inspired by the tracker interface. 1. First stable version released in 2000, for AmigaOS. 2. Pre-alpha version for Linux available in 2001 3. First usable version for Linux available in 2005. Called \E-Radium". 4. First non-alpha native Linux version released in 2012. I The two major dependencies for Radium are Jack and Qt. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 3 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. I First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. I First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. I First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. I First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. I First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC. I First tracker called Ultimate Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski, 1987. Kjetil Matheussen (NOTAM) Radium: A Music Editor Inspired by the Music Tracker May 3, 2014 4 / 16 Introduction to Music Trackers Introduction to Music Trackers I A type of music editor I Editor is a two-dimentional table I The cells in this table only contains text. I tracks as columns I lines as rows (time) I Time goes downwards I Cursor always in a fixed position in the middle of the screen I 80s and 90s on the Amiga and PC.