Bol Processor 2.9.8 (Mac version) had been around for eight years and required very few bug fixes. However, it had to be completely rebuilt to work with MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) and future versions: only 64-bit applications are allowed. The highest system version supporting BP 2.9.8 was MacOS 10.14 (Mojave).
The graphical interface was completely redesigned for this purpose. We decided to develop a console server application that receives instructions via command lines. At the time of writing, the new application is working, although some features such as real-time MIDI have not yet been implemented. We are pleased to report that it successfully compiled on many systems including MacOS, Linux and Windows with both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel processors! This was a big step towards a multi-platform version.
This new application (BP3) is being tested with a graphic user interface programmed in PHP. This requires a web server on which to run, but it allows anyone with a web browser to try out BP3 without installing anything (follow this link).
We are now planning to create a standalone version of BP3 that will run in MacOS, Windows and Linux environments. This step is within our reach using the PHP Desktop platform. Versions in MacOS and Windows are already up and running, but there are still a few issues that need to be resolved to reach the state of a distribution.
➡ We invite software designers to join the team and contribute to the development of the core application and its client applications. Please join the BP users help forum , BP open discussion forum and/or the BP developers list to stay in touch with the progress of the work and to discuss related musical or theoretical/technical issues.