Strom Is Back
Strom the generative composition part of the Klangstrom project is back.
like Klang it also works with a mixture of node+text-based paradigms. it comes with a series nodes that produce signals/values and events.
events and data can be exchange between Klang and Strom.
however, Strom and Klang are not the same. while Klang is designed to produce audio signals at very fast rates ( e.g 48000 samples per second ), Strom is intended to produce musical data at more human rate ( e.g 120 beats per minute ).
Strom uses a downstream model ( i.e nodes push events and data down to child nodes ) in contrast to Klang which uses an upstream model ( i.e nodes request parent nodes to update audioblocks ).
Klang child nodes ( e.g NodeDAC ) requests signals ( in blocks ) from parent nodes ( e.g NodeOscillator ):
KLANG:
[ PARENT ] [ CHILD ]
+--------+ +--------+
| SIGNAL | << PULL << | SIGNAL |
+--------+ +--------+
Strom parent nodes ( e.g StromNodeSine ) push data to child nodes ( e.g StromNodeNotes ):
STROM:
[ PARENT ] [ CHILD ]
+--------+ +--------+
| DATA | >> PUSH >> | DATA |
+--------+ +--------+
i am currently considering if it is good to have two different models …