LAC 2011 - Slides: Invited Session: Introducing Kronos - A Novel Approach to Signal Processing Languages PDF
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INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCING KRONOS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO SIGNAL PROCESSING LANGUAGES Vesa Norilo CentreforMusic&Technology Sibelius–Academy Linux Audio Conference, 2011 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING OUTLINE INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION The Current State of DSP Programming Why Yet Another Programing Language? KRONOS – AN OVERVIEW A Language Specification A Just-in-Time Compiler Type Determinism CASE STUDIES Examples • MusicalprogrammingenvironmentbyLaurson, Kuuskankare,Norilo,Sprotte • HighlevelvisualinterfacetoLISPprogramming • SynthesizercomponentinC++writtenbytheauthor: PWGLSynth • Kronos began as a bunch of aspirations for PWGLSynth 2 • Genericcomputationengine • Highlevelabstraction • Greatperformance • Since then, Kronos has morphed into a standalone compiler/language • Doctoral study project since 2010 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCTION • Research background: PWGL • Kronos began as a bunch of aspirations for PWGLSynth 2 • Genericcomputationengine • Highlevelabstraction • Greatperformance • Since then, Kronos has morphed into a standalone compiler/language • Doctoral study project since 2010 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCTION • Research background: PWGL • MusicalprogrammingenvironmentbyLaurson, Kuuskankare,Norilo,Sprotte • HighlevelvisualinterfacetoLISPprogramming • SynthesizercomponentinC++writtenbytheauthor: PWGLSynth • Genericcomputationengine • Highlevelabstraction • Greatperformance • Since then, Kronos has morphed into a standalone compiler/language • Doctoral study project since 2010 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCTION • Research background: PWGL • MusicalprogrammingenvironmentbyLaurson, Kuuskankare,Norilo,Sprotte • HighlevelvisualinterfacetoLISPprogramming • SynthesizercomponentinC++writtenbytheauthor: PWGLSynth • Kronos began as a bunch of aspirations for PWGLSynth 2 • Since then, Kronos has morphed into a standalone compiler/language • Doctoral study project since 2010 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCTION • Research background: PWGL • MusicalprogrammingenvironmentbyLaurson, Kuuskankare,Norilo,Sprotte • HighlevelvisualinterfacetoLISPprogramming • SynthesizercomponentinC++writtenbytheauthor: PWGLSynth • Kronos began as a bunch of aspirations for PWGLSynth 2 • Genericcomputationengine • Highlevelabstraction • Greatperformance • Doctoral study project since 2010 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCTION • Research background: PWGL • MusicalprogrammingenvironmentbyLaurson, Kuuskankare,Norilo,Sprotte • HighlevelvisualinterfacetoLISPprogramming • SynthesizercomponentinC++writtenbytheauthor: PWGLSynth • Kronos began as a bunch of aspirations for PWGLSynth 2 • Genericcomputationengine • Highlevelabstraction • Greatperformance • Since then, Kronos has morphed into a standalone compiler/language INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING INTRODUCTION • Research background: PWGL • MusicalprogrammingenvironmentbyLaurson, Kuuskankare,Norilo,Sprotte • HighlevelvisualinterfacetoLISPprogramming • SynthesizercomponentinC++writtenbytheauthor: PWGLSynth • Kronos began as a bunch of aspirations for PWGLSynth 2 • Genericcomputationengine • Highlevelabstraction • Greatperformance • Since then, Kronos has morphed into a standalone compiler/language • Doctoral study project since 2010 INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING M OTIVATION • The industry standard for DSP is C • Plugins and DSP chips tend to have C toolchains • AU,VST,LADSPA • Motorola56k • etc.. • C is relatively hostile to casual programmers • Casualprogrammersmakealotofmusicalapplications! • GettingaudiooutofCisverydifficultforlearners • High performance programs are low level • Manypowerfulabstractionshaveperformancepenalties • Tedioustowriteforprofessionals INTRODUCTION MOTIVATION KRONOS–ANOVERVIEW CASESTUDIES SUMMARY ENDING THE CURRENT STATE OF DSP PROGRAMMING
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