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Starting a Session

Covered Topics

• Launching OM, creating and locating a workspace. The working environment : workspace and OMListener windows

• Importing tutorial patches and maquettes, storing items in the workspace : Workspace and Elements folders

Keywords

Patch[1], Workspace[2], Listener[3]

Main Links to the User Manual

See also

• Going Through an OM Session
• Windows of the OM Environment

References :

1. Patch

A programming unit where objects and functions - boxes - are interconnected to build a musical algorithm, that is, a sequence of instructions. A patch can also be embedded as a box within another patch.

1. Workspace

OpenMusic’s working environment. Each session starts with choosing a workspace, the equivalent of a desktop where programs are created and organized, and where items can be stored.

1. Lisp Listener

A Lisp communication interface displaying results of computations, warnings or error messages, and where Lisp expressions - programs - can be evaluated.

Contents :

• OpenMusic Documentation
• OM User Manual
• OpenMusic QuickStart
  • Summary
  • Starting a Session
  • Programming a Simple Patch
  • Manipulating the Patch
  • A Musical Application
  • Manipulating and Visualizing Objects
  • Saving and Quitting OM

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