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What is timbap and why should I care? |
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Written by Andhi Pabst
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Friday, 24 August 2007 22:24 |
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TIMBAP is a new solution for the digital DJ, developed by students and assistants of the University of Ulm. It provides a rugged tangible interface for browsing your music collection AND manipulating playback by scratching, pitching, skipping etc. Like many others it is based on an acoustic timecode signal recorded to vinyl records. In contrast to existing digital solutions however, it completely releases the DJ from mouse, keyboard and monitor. Instead it relies on physical interaction with the standard club turntable only. 
The rotation of the turntable serves as a means for scrolling through the music collection automatically. The user stays in control though and can always intervene manually - for example by holding the record or winding it back. In order to provide goal-oriented search, we also support a direct absolute positioning using the tone arm. |
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timbap beta 0.5.1 released - stable and platform-independent |
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Written by Andhi Pabst
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 23:57 |
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This is the first stable release of timbap - a platform-independent application for augmented DJing. The timbap visualizer has been re-implemented from scratch and is now independent from any operating systems or specific runtimes. It only requires Java 1.5. For vinyl control, we still include a VST plugin that is powered by the MsPinky SDK and works with both MsPinky and Torq control vinyl. The VST plugin hasn't changed a lot. However, we also package a Mac OS X version now. ==> Download timbap beta 0.5.1 release In the early access version, audio playback in Mac OS X was broken. This is fixed in the currently downloadable version. There is also a hotfix available that includes the fixed VST plugin for Mac OS X only . |
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timbap beta 0.5.0 for Windows and OSX released |
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Written by Andhi Pabst
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Saturday, 31 May 2008 20:58 |
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The platform-independent version has arrived just in time. You can download it here: timbap 0.5.0 beta (9,8 MB - ZIP - both Windows and Mac OS X, Java 1.5 or higher required) The installation procedure of the visualizer is much simpler now: Simply extract the ZIP file to any location you want and run the executable. Instructions on how to setup your VST host for the audio component are in the VST host setup guide. We also included an audio simulator. It can be used to simulate the time code using your keyboard. More details on the release to follow.
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Written by Andhi Pabst
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Saturday, 26 April 2008 00:31 |
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The timbap visualizer is currently being re-implemented using a platform-independent runtime, namely Processing, which itself uses the Java Virtual Machine and the JOGL OpenGL Binding. This has a number of advantages: - We will shortly be able to provide a Mac OS X version of the whole timbap digital vinyl system
- This is the first step to real platform independence at a later time. Actually, the visualizer itself can be run on any system that provides a JVM.
- The installation process will become a lot easier as there will be no more external dependencies.
- The code has been refactored and is now more efficient, extensible and clearly structured.
Currently we are fixing some issues and preparing an installation package. We are planning to release a new platform-independent beta of the visualizer together with a Windows and a Mac OS X version of the VST plugin in May. |
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