Description
Integra Live is an open source modular environment that makes it easy to use interactive audio processing to create and perform new music. The software was originally supported through the EU-funded Integra – Fusing Music and Technology project, and is now developed by Integra Lab at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Integra Live has applications in education as well as music production and opens up new possibilities for anyone interested in interactive sound design.
Integra Live Features
Frequently Asked Questions
The best place to start for developer information is the Integra Live wiki. If you would like to discuss contributing to the project please contact us through the form at the bottom of the page.
Integra Live was originally developed for GNU/Linux as well as Windows and Mac OS. The Integra Live GUI is based on Adobe Flex, and one of the reasons we chose this framework was cross-platform support provided by the Adobe AIR runtime.
However, when Adobe withdrew support for the Adobe AIR runtime on Linux, we had to cease development on the Linux platform.
We are now developing version 2.0 of the software on JUCE, which means that Integra Live will be available on Linux once v.2 is released.
Yes. See the Module Development Quick Start guide to find out more.
We have no immediate plans to support audio plugins in Integra Live. This is because including support for plugins would break project file portability. However if you have a plugin you’d like to use, post a feature request and we’ll consider making a new module.
Currently Integra Live runs as three separate processes: the graphical user interface (GUI), the Integra server, and the Pd audio host. These processes communicate with each other using networking protocols on the local machine. Several ports therefore need to be unblocked in order for the software to work.
In a future version of the software all of these components will be combined into a single process and there will no longer be any need to unblock ports.
Yes. A future release of Integra Live will include a eurorack-style step sequencer modules as well as improved synthesis modules.
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