Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:00:57 +0200 From: Francois Dechelle <dechelle@linotte.ircam.fr> To: linux-sound@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Ircam releases jMax under GNU's General Public License Ircam releases jMax under GNU's General Public License Paris, France (July 20, 1999) -- IRCAM announces the distribution of jMax, its software environment for music performance and real time digital audio processing, as free software under the GNU General Public License. Since its first public release for the SGI and Linux platforms in early 1999, jMax has reached several hundred users that expressed high interest in the product and its development. This interest, added to the rapid growth of the Linux operating system and the effectiveness of the open development model, created the conditions for an opening of the jMax development. By releasing jMax under GNU's General Public License, IRCAM brings a key contribution to the computer music community and to the adoption of Linux for the multimedia market. jMax is the new generation of real time systems at IRCAM, designed to replace the Ircam Signal Processing Workstation. Based on a client/server architecture, wherein the two components are the C written real-time engine already known as FTS and a Java graphical user interface, jMax features a high portability level. jMax is currently supported on SGI workstations and on Linux for Intel-compatible processors. Porting to other platforms are under development, including Alpha-Linux, Linux-PPC, Solaris, Apple MacOS X and Microsoft's Windows. Compatibilities with Max/MSP (IRCAM/Opcode/Cycling'74) currently running on MacOS will be pursued. Support, documentation, tutorials, CDROMs and musical applications for jMax will be provided by the IRCAM Forum, the IRCAM user group accessible via a yearly subscription. IRCAM Forum can be reached at http://www.ircam.fr/departements/valorisation/forum/index-e.html. jMax is currently being developed at IRCAM by the Real Time Systems team, lead by François Déchelle, with Maurizio de Cecco, Enzo Maggi and Norbert Schnell. jMax is currently used in concert and in studio, at Ircam and on international tours, for productions featuring real time audio synthesis and processing, as well as for virtual reality interactive installations that combine image and sound synthesis. For more information and download, please visit IRCAM's Web site at : http://www.ircam.fr/jmax/ IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/ Musique) is a non-profit organization associated with the Georges Pompidou National Center of Art and Culture, Paris, France. Since its foundation in 1969 by the French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, IRCAM has always been a pioneer in designing real time systems for live interaction between instruments and computers. The first generation of systems lead in 1981 to the 4X processor, designed at IRCAM by Giuseppe Di Giugno. In the 80s, Miller Puckette started developing at IRCAM the Max software, a visual language that brought a new concept in musical interaction. Max, licensed to Opcode Systems Inc., CA, has reached a wide audience in the computer music community. The IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation, designed in 1989 at IRCAM by a team leaded by Eric Lindemann, has been adopted by a large number of composers as a choice platform for real time interactive musical pieces. Contact : François Déchelle IRCAM 1, place Igor Stravinsky F-75004 PARIS FRANCE Fax : +33 1 44 78 15 40 email : jmax-info@ircam.fr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (C) Copyright IRCAM-Centre Georges Pompidou 1999, All Rights Reserved Max, jMax and FTS are registered trademarks of IRCAM All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.