project scaffolding

src/CMakeLists.txt

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+
+# empty

src/Main.qml

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-
-import QtQuick
-import QtQuick.Controls
-
-import AppDemo
-
-ApplicationWindow {
-    visible: true
-    width: 600
-    height: 400
-    title: "sonobulus"
-
-    TimerComponent {
-        id: timerComponent
-    }
-
-    Column {
-        anchors.centerIn: parent
-        spacing: 20
-
-        Label {
-            text: timerComponent.seconds + " s"
-            font.pixelSize: 32
-            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
-        }
-
-        Button {
-            text: "Reset"
-            onClicked: timerComponent.reset()
-        }
-    }
-
-}

src/main.cpp

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     // attach backend gui components
     qmlRegisterType<TimerComponent>("AppDemo", 1, 0, "TimerComponent");
+    // adds the TimerComponent type (exposed in qml as "TimerComponent") to the module named"AppDemo" (numbers mean version 1.0)
 
     // load qml
     //engine.loadFromModule("sonobulus", "Main");
     //engine.load(QUrl("qrc:/Main.qml"));
-    engine.load(QUrl::fromLocalFile("src/Main.qml")); // ugh
+    engine.load(QUrl::fromLocalFile("ui/Main.qml")); // ugh
 
     if(engine.rootObjects().isEmpty()) {
         std::cout << "engine is empty" << std::endl;

src/synth/AudioEngine.cpp

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+
+#include "AudioEngine.hpp"

src/synth/AudioEngine.hpp

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+
+// The audio engine handles the RtAudio implementation of outputing samples to audio. the audio callback fills a buffer of audio samples and submits it for playback

src/synth/KeyboardController.cpp

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+
+#include "KeyboardController.hpp"

src/synth/KeyboardController.hpp

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+
+// the keyboard controller acts as an instrument input device for creating note events from a computer keyboard

src/synth/MidiController.cpp

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+
+#include "MidiController.hpp"

src/synth/MidiController.hpp

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+
+// the midi controller handles interfacing a stream from a midi input device and processing them into note events for the synthesizer

src/synth/NoteQueue.cpp

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+
+#include "NoteQueue.hpp"

src/synth/NoteQueue.hpp

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+
+// the note queue is a wrapper for a FIFO array to which the midi/keyboard controller enters note events into and the synthesizer consumes from