hi again,
[im moving this to pd-ot since it is really nothing pd related]
now that i had a really good laugh, some clarification may be due :
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FTM is one of the more promising remnants left of the corpse what was once called jMax.
first, the combination of java/swing is just the worst you can choose for a responsive gui, not to talk about something suitable for realtime use.
next, ftm is just a re-implementation of jmax, basically. yes, i know, some would object to this, but how would read this : "FTM is based on the FTS server of the jMax project ....", given the fact that the "server" was just all about jmax but the gui, which was the "client" ?
last but not least some words on the general pitfalls with ircam open source :
jmax was open sourced by ircam. they miserably failed the open source idea somehow. mayinly, because they (yes, as a whole, and not a single person) can not communicate. when the jmax list closed, i was upset. yea, i was. not mainly for myself. did you read any "thanks for you interrest" or "thanks for your contributions" or the like spoken to the public ? i mean, really, there where people who used jmax, who relied on the proposals of an forthcomming of the software. how would it feel to you if you start a project with a given software, just to figure out you have to start at almost 0 with the next update ? what about users reporting errors, that are propsed to get fixed. but then, some _completely_ different comes out.... and now, that many of this things gone down as ftm, without a "thanks" to anyone involved, would you really contribute to it ?
oh, and remember: for whatever reason i dont know, the main force behind jmax, f. dechelle, is gone. now, his work is going to be trashed as a plugin to a software that is _closed_ and _pricey_. how do you expect to attract open-source developers to work on a platform they have to spent a lot of money beforehand, and is completely against their open-source idea ?
and for that, it doesnt matter any if ftm itself is open source or not. better not, so they can not fool another bunch of people .....
AvS
greets,
chris
(p.s.: can you make your sig shorter ? most of it is linked on you main site anyway, isnt it ? no offense ;-)