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====== libmapper: a library for connecting things ======
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|title=libmapper: a library for connecting things|
|participants=[[people:Stephen Sinclair]]\\
 [[people:Joseph Malloch]]\\
 [[people:Vijay Rudraraju]]\\
 [[people:Jerôme Nika]]\\
 [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]] |
|funding=FQRSC ([[projects:collaborations:McGill Digital Orchestra]])\\
 NSERC Discovery Grant (Wanderley)|
|license=GNU LGPL version 2.1 or later.|
|period=2010--present|
|status=ongoing|
|image=software:libmapper:libmapper_logo_black_512px.png
|caption=libmapper logo
}}

===== Overview =====

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This library is a system for representing input and output signals on
a network and allowing arbitrary "mappings" to be dynamically created
between them.

A "mapping" consists of an Open Sound Control stream being established
between a source signal and a destination signal -- the source is translated to the
destination's expected format, with some mathematical expression used to
condition the transmitted values as desired.  This can be used for
example to connect a set of sensors to a synthesizer's input
parameters.

For a more in-depth overview of the library's concepts and history,
check out the [[https://github.com/libmapper/libmapper/blob/master/README.markdown|README file]].  To get started quickly with libmapper, be sure to check out the 
[[http://libmapper.github.io/tutorials/introduction.html|tutorials]].

  * [[https://github.com/libmapper/libmapper/blob/master/README.markdown|README]]
  * [[http://libmapper.github.io/tutorials/introduction.html|Tutorials for various programming languages and environments]]
  * [[http://libmapper.github.io/api/index.html|API documentation]]
  * [[http://libmapper.github.io/downloads.html|Downloads]]
  * [[https://groups.google.com/group/dot_mapper|Mailing list]]
  * [[https://github.com/libmapper/libmapper|Repository]]

[[libmapper]] is part of the [[:projects:mapping:Software Tools for Mapping]] project. It provides the functionality needed to easily add mappable signals to your software that can be connected using various [[projects:mapping:graphical_interfaces_for_mapping|graphical interfaces]].  It is one component of the on-going [[:projects:mapping:Software Tools for Mapping]] project, representing research into tools for creation of, experimentation with, and visualization of mapping strategies for digital musical instruments.  See those pages for example videos showing the Mapper in action.

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===== Publications =====

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{{tag>Mapping Software}}