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[18:02:31 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> he's got a nice, if not 100% super fast Filter API that can handle any order of complexity
[18:03:19 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> You can see how few lines of code it took, because I was using the DSP API: https://github.com/colinbdclark/Flocking/blob/dspapi/flocking/flocking-ugens.js#L1637-L1651
[18:03:41 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Once you're a filter expert you can advise me on better coefficients to use
[18:04:11 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> we are starting the filter stuff right now
[18:04:12 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> but so far the Butterworth coefficients and Robert Bristow-Johnston's cookbook seem pretty good
[18:04:18 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> although I'm still getting pretty lost
[18:04:20 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I'd love to add a nice 303-esque filter
[18:04:28 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> yeah, it's pretty snarly stuff
[18:05:10 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> the next two quarters I'll be doing classes on modelling
[18:05:23 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> and hopefully that will give me enough to start doing some cooler stuff this summer
[18:05:29 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> yeah, that sounds awesome
[18:06:24 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Mayank's granulator is coming along really nicely
[18:06:30 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> it's not quite working yet, but it's really close
[18:06:34 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> does he have his own fork now?
[18:06:37 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I can't wait to make some music with it
[18:06:38 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> He doesn't yet, no
[18:06:41 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I suggested he should
[18:06:46 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I wonder if he needs a bit of a Github primer
[18:06:47 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> ?
[18:06:48 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> I don't know if he's used git before
[18:06:53 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> I can help him with that
[18:06:57 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> He seems to have an account
[18:07:05 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> If he's up for it, and you are, that would be very cool
[18:07:26 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I optimized his code by a factor of 10x this morning
[18:07:38 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> but I haven't pushed the change up to Github because I figured he might want to do it himself
[18:08:02 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> function calls still ain't cheap in JavaScript
[18:08:03 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> should I tell him?
[18:08:06 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> but I guess they aren't in C, either
[18:08:08 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> we were maybe going to hang tonight
[18:08:09 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> tell him?
[18:08:13 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> that's awesome
[18:08:19 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> that I made his code faster? I told him in an email today
[18:08:23 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> gave him lots of suggestions, etc.
[18:08:23 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> ahhh ok
[18:08:36 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I told him I was happy to share the optimizations
[18:08:38 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> I'm glad he decided to work on flocking
[18:08:48 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> but that I didn't want to take the fun away if he'd rather experiment with it himself
[18:08:55 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> makes sense
[18:09:15 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> so is the master branch of flocking working on android now?
[18:09:35 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Nope, you'll still need to use the ff-output branch
[18:09:41 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> word
[18:09:45 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> and what about polyphony?
[18:09:54 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I hate to leave it in a branch for so long, but I just want to make sure it's really well tested
[18:10:00 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Polyphony has been in for a while now
[18:10:09 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I think
[18:10:10 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> wait
[18:10:59 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> okay, i'm wrong
[18:11:00 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I suck
[18:11:06 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I've been holding it out for more unit tests
[18:11:08 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> many of which I wrote
[18:11:23 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> lol
[18:11:37 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> I might have some time between semesters to help out a bit with that stuffs
[18:12:32 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> cool
[18:12:34 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> i'd love the help
[18:12:42 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I'm looking forward to getting back to it over the holidays too
[18:12:58 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> First up, it sounds like, I'll need to merge some branches back together
[18:13:00 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> well I finish around the 14th
[18:13:03 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> I can't legally work
[18:13:17 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> so you've got some free time
[18:13:21 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> and the only other thing on my plate is going to be learning some c++ to prep for courses I'm taking next quarter
[18:13:26 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> nice
[18:13:31 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> C++ is a crazy language
[18:13:46 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> a good skill to learn, but don't let it rot your brain
[18:14:10 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> anyway, I should run
[18:14:42 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> no prob
[18:14:45 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> good talk
[18:14:45 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I have 100 pages of Baudrillard to read tonight
[18:14:50 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> yeah, always nice to chat
[18:14:52 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> ohhh quickly
[18:14:54 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> before you run
[18:14:55 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> let me know if you do any visualization stuff
[18:14:57 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> yep
[18:15:20 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> http://www.amazon.com/Counterculture-Cyberculture-Stewart-Network-Utopianism/dp/0226817423
[18:15:26 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> and
[18:15:40 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Gadget-Manifesto/dp/0307389979/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353802532&sr=1-1&keywords=you+are+not+a+gadget+a+manifesto
[18:15:56 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> two books on my shelf right now
[18:16:22 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Ah, yes. Jeron Lanier
[18:17:41 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> Paul Demarinis suggested CounterCulture to cyberculture
[18:17:51 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> the Lanier one was from a reading David had me do last year
[18:21:08 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Say hi to Mayank for me if you see him tonight
[18:21:18 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> I'm really impressed with his progress
[18:21:35 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> I will extend the message D:
[18:21:38 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> that was to be a
[18:21:48 CST(-0600)] <colinclark>
[18:21:49 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> be well, and again thanks for the lesson
[18:22:08 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> You should get this Schmickler album sometime if you're in the mood for some crazy computer music: http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+113
[18:22:26 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> It's curiously reflexive of computer music history, too
[18:22:35 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> which might resonate with you as you learn all the techniques