Table Of Contents

Introduction : Overview of the goals of the McLaren Synth Kit and its group of Frameworks.

GNUstep and VSCode : How to great a GNUStep environment on your Linux computer. Also, a "how-to" about using VSCode with Objective-C on Linux for a nice development environment.

Alsa Sound Kit - MIDI : An introduction to the MIDI event and route handling capabilities provided by the Alsa Sound Kit.

Alsa Sound Kit - PCM : An introduction to the PCM (audio device) handling provided by the Alsa Sound Kit.

McLaren Synth Kit - Overview : An explanation of the features of the McLaren Synth Kit. It introduces the MSKContext which abstracts an audio device, and the powerful audio operators that help in constructing sounds.

McLaren Synth Kit - Samples : Samples are short segments of audio stored in a buffer. You can capture a Sample from a Capture Context, or play one back in a Playback context. Samples can also be read and written from files or resampled to a new sample rate or pitch.

McLaren Synth Kit - Metronome : An introduction to the beat-keeper in the McLaren Synth Kit - the Metronome.

McLaren Synth Kit - Patterns : An explanation of how to use Patterns with the Metronome to make beats and songs.

McLaren Synth Kit - Liveloops : An explanation of how to use Patterns with the Metronome to make beats and songs.

Conclusion : Some concluding remarks about the McLaren Synth Kit.