I’ve spent some time the last few days, here in Bergen, working on Tap.Tools 2 – which I am now calling Tap.Tools Blue. It has been very productive, here are some of the developments I’ve been working on…

I’ve added a couple of (c++) objects including tap_clip and tap_lfo and I’ve made more efficient objects of tap_zerox, etc. The Max externals which I build from these now begin with a “blue.” prefix instead of a “tap.” prefix. This allows me to sidestep some backwards compatibility issues – the “tap.” prefix will remain in use for a set of abstractions I will build to keep backwards compatibility.

With some of the optimizations, blue.verb~ is now running at more than double the speed of the old tap.verb~. This is really exciting, though I know I can’t expect this type of speed boost with all of the objects. This speed boost comes even with the addition of a number of new features, which I hope to make standard among the audio externals. These features at the moment are:

• dcblocking
• limiting
• clipping
• lfos
• wet/dry mix
• gain
• downsampling
• mute
• bypass

I’ve also updated the look and feel of the help patches; I think they are much clearer now.

Well, I’ve finished my dessert (a waffle with strawberries) and my coffee is about done too. Time get back to the code!