backwards machine for mac os x 1.0.4

Backwards Machine is an audio effects plug-in that lets you reverse continuous audio in real time.

Backwards Machine is a tool that includes three presets: Reverse Playback, Forward Backwards, and Reverse Repeat. The plug-in is available in VST and Audio Unit formats.

Here are some key features of "Backwards Machine":

· Reverse Playback - Reverses and overlaps snippets of the incoming audio, to produce an ongoing backwards effect
· Forward Backwards - Smoothly cross-fades between forward and backward versions of the incoming audio
· Reverse Repeat - Plays snippets of the input audio backwards, twice. The second time, a slight vibrato is added


Limitations:

· In demo mode, the sound output will momentarily drop out every few seconds.

Backwards Machine description
Backwards Machine lets you reverse continuous audio in real time1 Backwards Machine is a handy library collection that will help you reverse continuous audio in real time!

Backwards Machine includes three effects:

· Reverse Playback: Reverses and overlaps snippets of the incoming audio, to produce an ongoing backwards effect
· Forward Backwards: Smoothly cross-fades between forward and backward versions of the incoming audio
· Reverse Repeat: Plays snippets of the input audio backwards, twice. The second time, a slight vibrato is added

Backwards Machine includes the following controls:

· REVERSER This button controls whether you hear the reversed audio (according to whichever preset is selected) or the original (forwards) audio. The REVERSER button has been deglitched to avoid clicks when switching between forward and reverse playback.

· TIME This slider controls the delay time; i.e., the length of each audio window ("snippet"). The default is 2 seconds, which tends to sound better than very short or very long time settings. The TIME control has been deglitched to avoid clicks when adjusting the slider.

· FEEDBACK DEPTH This slider controls the amount of feedback. Often feedback is not needed for these effects, so the default is 0%.

· WET MIX This slider controls the loudness of the Backwards (wet / effect) sound.

· DRY MIX This slider allows you to mix in some of the (dry / non-effect) input signal. Often you will want to set this slider to 0% (the default), but this slider can be used if you want to hear some of the forwards sound along with the backwards sound.

Requirements:

· About 10 MB available RAM (in addition to that required by your system, host software, etc.)
· About 10 MB available hard disk space
· 800 x 600 screen resolution or higher
· A VST 2.0 host program

Backwards Machine is a handy library collection that will help you reverse continuous audio in real time!

Backwards Machine includes three effects:

· Reverse Playback: Reverses and overlaps snippets of the incoming audio, to produce an ongoing backwards effect
· Forward Backwards: Smoothly cross-fades between forward and backward versions of the incoming audio
· Reverse Repeat: Plays snippets of the input audio backwards, twice. The second time, a slight vibrato is added

Backwards Machine includes the following controls:

· REVERSER This button controls whether you hear the reversed audio (according to whichever preset is selected) or the original (forwards) audio. The REVERSER button has been deglitched to avoid clicks when switching between forward and reverse playback.

· TIME This slider controls the delay time; i.e., the length of each audio window ("snippet"). The default is 2 seconds, which tends to sound better than very short or very long time settings. The TIME control has been deglitched to avoid clicks when adjusting the slider.

· FEEDBACK DEPTH This slider controls the amount of feedback. Often feedback is not needed for these effects, so the default is 0%.

· WET MIX This slider controls the loudness of the Backwards (wet / effect) sound.

· DRY MIX This slider allows you to mix in some of the (dry / non-effect) input signal. Often you will want to set this slider to 0% (the default), but this slider can be used if you want to hear some of the forwards sound along with the backwards sound.

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With this piece of software - available in source code - you can run the SPECviewperf benchmark on Mac OS X.
SPECviewperf is the most renowned benchmark test for characterizing the OpenGL performance of computer systems. Viewperf tries to simulate "real-world" applications and uses large datasets from professional CAD and computer animation software to perform the tests.
SPECviewperf can be downloaded from the official distribution web-site. After combining it with our adaptor code, you can create your own version of the software, compatible with Mac OS X.

With the advent of Mac OS X, the Apple Macintosh has become a powerful platform to run tried and tested Unix software. This includes large-scale applications for CAD, engineering, computer animation, and scientific visualization that have been or will be ported to the Mac OS X platform.
A very important factor in this development is OpenGL, the industry standard Application Program Interface (API) for creating interactive real-time computer graphics. This document describes how to run SPECviewperf, the most renowned benchmark test for characterizing the performance of OpenGL implementations (hardware and software) on Mac OS X systems.
While Mac OS X fully supports OpenGL and the official Unix source code for SPECviewperf can be downloaded from the SPEC organization, it was not easy until now to run SPECviewperf on Apples new operating system: The ViewPerf code does not (yet) consider Apple Macintosh as supported platform to run the benchmark test.

As an additional problem, Mac OS X has one of the richest OpenGL interfaces of the industry because it is able to support four different OpenGL client extensions:
the AGL extensions, the legacy Apple interface used in old-style Carbon applications,
GLX, the OpenGL extensions for the X Window system, used in X11 applications that run on Mac OS X,
the OpenGL Framework, the native interface to the operating systems GL support, used in up-to-date Mac OS X applications,
Core OpenGL, the common low-level interface which is the basis for the previously mentioned APIs.

We have developed adaptor code and a patch for SPECviewperf that enables you to run the ViewPerf benchmarks natively on Mac OS X via the Quartz / Aqua window server. With this piece of software, ViewPerf is able to use the Macs original OpenGL engine and will correctly identify Macintosh hardware. You will be able to run the standard ViewPerf benchmark tests on Mac OS X and characterize the performance of its OpenGL implementation in comparison with other computer and operating systems.
Additionally, we provide some scripts that enable you to build and run the ViewPerf benchmark tests with simple point-and-click operations. So the whole process should be managable even for users that have never been working with the command-line before. Detailed explanations of all steps are given below.

The general procedure is as follows:
1. Download the original SPECviewperf source code and datasets from the SPEC web-site.
2. Download the Mac OS X adaptor code from our web-site.
3. Build the ViewPerf benchmark tools.
4. Run the SPECviewperf benchmark tests.

Whats New in This Release:

· Revised version for ViewPerf 8.1, Mac OS X 10.4.2 "Tiger", and Macintosh systems with PPC or x86 processors.

Mac OS X Bundle provides a Mac OS X-like theme for GTK.

"Mac OS X Bundle" includes:

· readme
· wallpaper
· installation walkthrough
· window border
· control
· splash screen
· xmms skin

INSTALLATON

1. BACKGROUND

1.1.1. Right click your desktop and click "Change Desktop Background"
1.1.2. Click "+ Add Wallpaper"
1.1.3. Navigate to the "mac-osx-bundle" folder and double click
"mac-osx-background.jpg"

2. MAC OSX THEME

2.1 MAC OS X CONTROLS

2.1.1. Go to SYSTEM > PREFERENCES > THEME
2.1.2. Click INSTALL THEME and navigate to the directory with the
"mac-osx-controls.tar.gz" file is and double click it.
2.1.3. Click the INSTALL button
2.1.4. Click THEME DETAILS and click the CONTROLS tab and click
"mac-osx-controls"
2.1.5. Click the CLOSE button

2.2 MAC OS X WINDOW BORDER

2.2.1. Go to SYSTEM > PREFERENCES > THEME (skip if it already is open)
2.2.2. Click INSTALL THEME and navigate to the directory with the
"mac-osx-window.tar.gz" file is and double click it.
2.2.3. Click the INSTALL button
2.2.4. Click THEME DETAILS and click the WINDOW BORDER tab and click
"mac-osx-window"
2.2.5. Click the CLOSE button

2.3 SAVING YOUR NEW MAC OS X THEME (optional)

2.3.1. Make sure you followed section 2.1 and 2.2 EXACTLY
2.3.2. Click SAVE THEME and save it as what ever you want.

3. MAC OS X LOGIN SCREEN

3.1.1. Go to SYSTEM > ADMINISTRATION > LOGIN SCREEN and enter your
account password (not roots password) or go to the terminal and type
sudo gdmsetup and enter your account password (not roots password)
3.1.2. Click the GRAPHICAL GREETER tab
3.1.3. Click INSTALL NEW THEME and navigate to where the
"mac-osx-login.tar.gz" file is and double click it
3.1.4. Click circle next to where it says "Mac OS X" if it isnt
already

4. MAC OS X SPLASH SCREEN

4.1.1. Go to the terminal and type:
sudo cp <mac-osx-bundle-dir> mac-osx-bundle-dir> /mac-splash.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/splash/ (without the quotes) and enter your
password (not roots password)

NOTE: THIS IS FOR UBUNTU USERS ONLY. IF YOU ARE USING A DIFFERENT
DIRECTORY FOR YOUR SPLASH IMAGES, REPLACE /usr/share/pixmaps/splash/
WITH YOUR DIRECTORY SPLASH IMAGES

4.1.2. Go to APPLICATIONS > SYSTEM TOOLS > CONFIGURATION EDITOR
4.1.3. When in the editor, go to APPS > GNOME-SESSION > OPTIONS
4.1.4. Double click "splash_image"
4.1.5. Where it says VALUE: type splash/mac-splash.png and click OK

Whats New in This Release:

· thanks toby for the icons...i use those icons now
· Well, I got the 1400 PNGs on my computer...now its time write up an icon set...ill post it as soon as possible.