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Strasheela 0.9.10 released

From:  Torsten Anders <torsten.anders-AT-plymouth.ac.uk>
To:  linux-audio-announce-AT-lists.linuxaudio.org
Subject:  [LAA] Strasheela 0.9.10 released
Date:  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:28:58 +0000
Message-ID:  <1AB3BB8E-5158-44E6-9CC5-3CD24BC1F1B5@plymouth.ac.uk>
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Dear all,

Strasheela is a highly expressive constraint-based music composition  
system. Users declaratively state a music theory and the computer  
generates music which complies with this theory. A theory is  
formulated as a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) by a set of  
rules (constraints) applied to a music representation in which some  
aspects are expressed by variables (unknowns). Music constraint  
programming is style-independent and is well-suited for highly  
complex theories (e.g. a fully-fledged theory of harmony). Results  
can be output into various formats including MIDI, Lilypond, and Csound.

This release fixes a serious bug: before, Strasheela only worked when  
IOzSeF (an Oz extension for constraint solvers) was installed. It  
simplifies the installation on Windows by providing an installation  
batch file. It also adds a collection of ready-made constructors for  
musical segments such as contrapuntual lines, homophonic chord  
progressions, or specific motifs, and adds a number of harmony- 
related constraints. Further additions and bug fixes have been made  
as well.

For more information on Strasheela, please visit
http://strasheela.sourceforge.net/


Changes are described at
http://strasheela.sourceforge.net/strasheela/doc/Changes....

This release can be downloaded from:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16...

Best
Torsten

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Torsten Anders
Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research
University of Plymouth
Office: +44-1752-586219
Private: +44-1752-558917
http://strasheela.sourceforge.net

http://www.torsten-anders.de



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