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GNU Rocket
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GNU Rocket is an intuitive new way of... bah, whatever. It's a sync-tracker,
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a tool for synchronizing music and visuals in demoscene productions. It
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consists of a GUI editor that runs on Microsoft Windows, and an ANSI C
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library that can either communicate with the editor over a network socket,
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or play back an exported data-set.
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Compile Editor
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GNU Rocket compiles using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Open editor.sln and
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select "Build" -> "Build Solution" from the menu to build the editor.
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Compile Example
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GNU Rocket contains an example client called example_bass. This is a simple
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Direct3D 9.0 and BASS audio library application, that demonstrates how to
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use the GNU Rocket API.
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Before compiling the example, you need to make sure you have a recent
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Microsoft DirectX and BASS SDKs. These can be downloaded from the following
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web-sites:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/
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http://www.un4seen.com/
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Once the prerequisites are installed, the example can be compiled much like
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the editor; by opening examples.sln and selecting "Build" -> "Build Solution"
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from the menu.
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Using the editor
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The GNU Rocket editor is laid out like a music-tracker; tracks (or columns)
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and rows. Each track represents a separate "variable" in the demo, over the
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entire time-domain of the demo. Each row represents a specific point in time.
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Each row consists of a set of key-frames, which are interpolated over time
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according to their interpolation modes.
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Keyboard shortcuts
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Some of the GNU Rocket editor's features are available through the menu and
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some keyboard shortcut. Here's a list of the supported keyboard shortcuts:
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Up/Down/Left/Right Move cursor
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PgUp/PgDn Move cursor 16 rows up/down
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Home/End Move cursor to begining/end
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Ctrl+Left/Right Move track
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Enter Enter key-frame value
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Del Delete key-frame
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i Enumerate interpolation mode
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Space Pause/Resume demo
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Shift+Up/Down/Left/Right Select
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Ctrl+C Copy
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Ctrl+V Paste
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Ctrl+Z Undo
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Shift+Ctrl+Z Redo
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Ctrl+B Bias keyframes
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Shift+Ctrl+Up/Down Quick-bias by +/- 0.1
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Ctrl+Up/Down Quick-bias by +/- 1
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Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn Quick-bias by +/- 10
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Shift+Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn Quick-bias by +/- 100
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Bugs and feed-back
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Please report bugs or other feed-back to the GNU Rocket mailing list:
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rocket-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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Patches or technical questions can be sent to the developer-list:
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rocket-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
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