Mac OS X
Contents
- System Configuration
- Installation
- External applications
- Uninstallation
System Configuration
OM 6 is distributed for Macintosh Intel or PPC computers on Mac OS X systems. It currently runs on Macintosh Intel or PPC computers (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher).
Installation
Procedure
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Double click on the .dmg file to mount the OM installer
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Open the .mpkg package.
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Follow the directions of the installer :
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Select a destination folder.
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Select the
Standard Installation, or thePersonnalized Installationto select specific elements to install with OM.
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Installed Items
The following items should be installed on your computer :
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OM Application : Applications / OM-6.X.X Application -
Midishare utilities and libraries :
Applications / Midishare
Midishare is MIDI support used for rendering and processing external musical data and resources. These must be installed prior running OM to include their corresponding functionalities.
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Musical fonts :
Library / Fonts- omicron.ttf
- omheads.ttf
- omextras.ttf
- omsign.ttf
These fonts are used by OM score editors.
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Dynamic libraries[1] for MIDI :
System / Library / Frameworks- SDIF.framework
- LibAudioStream.framework
These libraries are used by OM for sound rendering and processing. LibAudioStream is used for playing and representing sounds.
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External applications
External applications may be necessary to play sounds or manipulate sound analysis files when using OM. These tools are :
- Microplayer : a microtonal player in Max/MSP for the rendering of musical objects using extra sound fonts.
- Multiplayer : an application for interactive playback of the multichannel files
- SDIF-Edit : a 3D editor for SDIF sound description files visualization.
Some OM libraries also use external sound processing or synthesis tools to manipulate or generate audio files :
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SuperVP and Pm2 : two sound processing kernels dedicated to sound analysis-synthesis. SuperVP is the kernel of Audiosculpt and based on Fast Fourier Transform. Pm2 performs a partials analysis based on the additive model. They can be downloaded via the Ircam Forumnet.
- Csound: a general a sound synthesis and signal processing system. It can be downloaded on the Csound website.
- etc.
Uninstallation
The elements above must be removed by the user :
- select the items and press
Cmd+Backspace - drop them in the trash manually.
References :
- Library
A library is a set of tools, or framework, used by an application - like OM - to execute specific tasks.
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