Oddly, I’ve been playing with this library just this week. I’ve also been looking at various alternatives (some of which have already been mentioned in the comments here).
The only functionality I’m actually looking for is the ability to connect and disconnect elements using virtual cables (that flex and look good, just like those in rete). It’s for a software synth patchbay (like those used in the Reason digital audio workstation software). So, ultimately, even though this library is impressive, it isn’t quite the right fit for my project.
If anyone can recommend an alternative that focuses purely on cabling, I’d love to hear about it!
Do you have a working online example? The links don't seem to work (404 or blank), and I'd like to see whether I should try it if I at some time get to write a dataflow graph config tool sitting on top of timely-dataflow. Especially because I expect to use it for a sizable event processing graph.
Currently I am working on a rewrite and I will use flow-view to create custom nodes, for example nodes that have a canvas or a graph inside (images a SinOsc node with a graphic preview). The engine is able to order nodes by level and run them usinng the graph order, it is not an event based engine but every graph compiles a JS function.
I've downloaded vcvrack, but not actually tried it out yet. It looks awesome. However, the project I'm working on is a web-based synth using the HTML5 Web Audio API. It's built using Tone.js and NexusUI.js, so vcvrack isn't really applicable, as far as I can tell at least!
Yes, it will be floss. I've still got a way to go to fully flesh it out, but I'm getting there. Here's a screenshot of what I have so far - https://i.imgur.com/bEBIBFF.png. The sequencer, effects rack to the right, keyboard, pad on the left, wave selection, oscilloscope, level meter, master volume and bottom two dial racks (dry/wet levels) are all working. The rest is yet to be plumbed in, but I've added it in to try and get some idea of the final layout.
At present, the sequence of connections for each effect are pre-determined, but I'm working with the idea that a button will flip the synth around so you can patch the units in any order you wish. Another idea is to start with an empty rack and have you add them in and move them around however you wish too, so you could have more than one of each type in the chain. Very much still a work-in-progress!
I'm actually using Tone.js for this project. So far I'm finding it very useful.
The only functionality I’m actually looking for is the ability to connect and disconnect elements using virtual cables (that flex and look good, just like those in rete). It’s for a software synth patchbay (like those used in the Reason digital audio workstation software). So, ultimately, even though this library is impressive, it isn’t quite the right fit for my project.
If anyone can recommend an alternative that focuses purely on cabling, I’d love to hear about it!