ANN: dsptools-0.4.0

[Simon Burton]

First public release. Feedback sought.

dsptools
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Here be Python wrappers for portaudio, ladspa and libsndfile.
There are three modules: ladspa, sndfile, and portaudio.
They are independant of each other, ie. they should compile/run individualy.

Data interchange is type sensitive and uses numarray arrays to store sound data.

It's possible to segfault by doing stupid things, eg. from within the portaudio callback only some portaudio calls are allowed.

See the python scripts for example usage, *.pyx files for implementation, and *.pxi for underlying c library info.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsptools/

It's under tested, under documented, but it's pretty cool.

Install
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Use any of the setup scripts:
$ python setup*.py build
$ python setup*.py install


Dependancies
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python 2.2.3 or better:
http://www.python.org/

numarray 0.8.1 (or better):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/

For portaudio module:
portaudio v18.1 (not v19):
http://www.portaudio.com/

For sndfile module:
libsndfile 1.0.5 or better:
http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/

For ladspa module:
ladspa.h v1.1 :
http://www.ladspa.org/ladspa_sdk/
and any plugins (optional):
http://www.ladspa.org/

Todo
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* Enable the writing of ladspa plugins in python (!)
* portaudio v19

Related Projects
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fastaudio, for portaudio & libsndfile :
http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/pyPortAudio/

libsndfile-python :
http://arcsin.org/archive/20030520025359.shtml

Thanks to
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Ross Bencina (portaudio)
Erik de Castro Lopo (libsndfile)
Greg Ewing and all the pyrex people

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Simon Burton
March 23, 2004