RTC-lib (Realtime Composition Library) for Max5 - just released

Karlheinz Essl's icon

Dear Maxers!

Today I released a new version of my RTC-lib (Realtime Composition Library) - a versatile toolbox for algorithmic composition in realtime which I am developing since 1993. This version is optimized for Max5 and includes completely new help files and many improvements.

More information and free download from www.essl.at.

Enjoy,

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Essl
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Institut für Komposition und Elektroakustik

Luke Hall's icon

Amazing news! Studying the RTC-lib files and the other works on your web site is what roped me in to using max after I was first introduced to the software at university. Also I think your "Sequitur" series is stunning, thank you Karlheinz.

lh

the_man361's icon

more great work karlheinz :)

many thanks for sharing.

alfonso santimone's icon

many thanks!
..but i'm on windows OS...any version planned for the new 5.0?

thanks

Karlheinz Essl's icon

I just posted an experimental Windows XP version of RTC-lib 5.0 to:

where I exchanged the view remaining externals by their Windows equivalents. As I am not working on a PC I have no chance to test it myself - so please use it with care.

Cheers,
--- kHz

Anthony Palomba's icon

Awesome, thanks Karl for all your hard work!

Karlheinz Essl's icon

Could some nice soul please tell me whether the Windows version of RTC-lib works?

Thanks and cheers,
--- kHz

Anthony Palomba's icon
rawore's icon

trying the windows release (max novice here) on windows xp sp3 unzipping the files reports password locked directories. eg unable to get the RTC-overview.
nothing in the unzipped directory if i choose skip.

rawore's icon

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a bit later

I tried copying directly from the zip into max-startup (which was read only, 'til I changed). nothing showed, but...

... using the browser, i did find a copy of the overview. maybe something to do with the max-startup directory,?

not sure what to expect from mac sourced zip.

Karlheinz Essl's icon

I just posted a (hopefully) Windows compatible ZIP archive with the Windows version of the RTC-lib 5.0 to:

Please check again!

Thanks for your patience,
--- kHz

Anthony Palomba's icon

I am still getting error when it unzips, it complains about invalid
file names.

rawore's icon

the most recent zip only reported a problem with the help file in "put content into max startup', requiring a password.

I think the same file is in 'put content into patchesRTC-libRTC-lib Help Help-Screens'. file is RTC-Overview

this is from an xp sp3 system, using '7-Zip', in my case.

rawore's icon

while poking around last night i was having problems with the audio output.
it looks like init_Qt_synth is hardwired to "AU DLS Synth 1"

I have quicktime but am not sure about a synth. some other examples in 5.1 have a chooser for available targets. Maybe I can learn how to integrate that
here.

called from QT_PercPlayer

rawore's icon