Making Noise with Kotlin Native

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Kotlin/Native generates native binaries with a C interop layer so a terminal aquarium becomes a hardware audio synth: a C DSP library produces PCM sine waves, PortAudio handles cross‑platform audio, and ncurses drives the UI. Build uses the Konan compiler + Gradle plugin, Docker for docker cross‑compile to arm32hf Raspberry Pi, and optional static linking to embed libs. The demo plays live audio from the compiled binary and the module integration is working but CV I/O is still pending.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:14Modular synthesizer
3. 3:32Why Kotlin Native
4. 5:28Quick Overview
5. 6:08Convert C code to Kotlin
6. 6:58GCC
7. 8:03Hopper
8. 8:36Program KXE
9. 9:15Inspect Assembly
10. 10:00Aquarium
11. 10:38POSIX
12. 11:48Gradle
13. 13:15Gradle W
14. 13:49Sea Lion
15. 17:33Kotlin Native Module
16. 18:04My Fish
17. 18:41Cottons Binding
18. 19:15Read a File
19. 21:22Interface with Standard Library
20. 22:45Memory Allocation
21. 23:23Memory Management
22. 24:30C Interface
23. 26:04Compile
24. 26:41Dependencies
25. 27:37Def Files
26. 28:31Gradle Task
27. 30:49Embed a static library
28. 31:21Embed the dotA
29. 31:34The difference between dotA and dotLive
30. 31:57C pointer
31. 32:28C class mapping
32. 33:16Window C pointer
33. 33:30Cleaning up the API
34. 33:59Building a synthesizer
35. 34:35Writing in C
36. 35:19Sine Wave Generator
37. 36:07PortAudio
38. 37:11PlayStream
39. 37:23Header File
40. 37:43Def File
41. 38:30Fish as Instrument
42. 39:11Tap a Raspberry Pi
43. 39:23CrossCompile
44. 39:56Docker
45. 40:14Raspberry Pi
46. 41:25pitchfork
47. 42:47modular rig
48. 43:14terminal tedium
49. 44:09Takeaways
50. 44:36Kotlin Native Wishlist
51. 45:41Resources

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