SNEX - my next attempt at DSP prototyping

[Christoph Hart]

Hi everybody,

I've recently migrated the JIT compiler I was working on for a few years now into the scriptnode branch.

It is built upon the asmjit library and basically let's you run code in almost native C++ performance (about 10x faster than HiseScript) in a special node called core.jit.

The language is a (extremely simplified) subset of C++, but anyone that can write Javascript should be able to adapt to it pretty quickly - there's no weird pointer stuff, the only thing that is really different is that it's strongly typed.

A general overview of the syntax can be found here:

https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/blob/scriptnode/hi_snex/Readme.md

There's also a little tool called SNEX Playground, which can be used to get a feeling for the language, so feel free to compile it and let me know what you think.

Also This is the last missing piece in scriptnode, now I'll start to flatten the edges of it and prepare for the next big HISE (3.0) release.

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart Excellent, I'm glad to see you're enjoying your birthday

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart nice!

minor point in the SNEX documentation:
"The rules of operator precedence are similar to every other programming language on the planet"

should read:
The rules of operator precedence are similar to every other programming language on the planet, that isnt SmallTalk"

--- yeah call me a pedant - but I'm a SmallTalk programming pedant....

[orange]

@Christoph-Hart Great news, I'll looking forward to try it

[ulrik]

Thrilling!!

[arminh]

@d-healey so now im waiting for some tutorials from you haha

[briandoliveira]

This is seriously dope! Can't wait to see what crazy audio mayhem we are going to be able to flex with this!

[d.healey]

How does one access the SNEX playground?

[Dominik Mayer]

In the latest scriptnode build...

• make a new Script FX or Scriptnode Synthesiser
• put the new magic formula Engine.createDspNetwork("abracadabra"); in the onInit Callback
• click the little open in workspace symbol
• Add a core.jit node
• right-click on it and hit edit code

[d.healey]

@Dominik-Mayer Perfect, thank you!

[Alex Paradis]

@Dominik-Mayer
Sweeet! Thank you.

[Christoph Hart]

you can also just compile the project snex_playground found in the tools subdirectory, it gives you the window without any actual audio processing but has a function plotter that draws the rendered signal.