[chuck] chuck-1.5.0.0 (chai) released

[Ge Wang]

Dear all,

A new release of ChucK (1.5.0.0; codename "chai") is here:

     https://chuck.stanford.edu/
     https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/

This is a major release; additions and updates include:

* ChucK + AI (ChAI) -- a set of AI/ML tools for building interactive AI 
musical instruments and systems (thanks to Dr. Rebecca Fiebrink for 
blazing the trail on interactive AI for music; thanks Yikai Li and the 
students of Music AI):
     https://chuck.stanford.edu/chai/
     https://chuck.stanford.edu/doc/reference/ai.html

* WebChucK IDE -- code ChucK on the web!
     https://chuck.stanford.edu/ide/
     (thanks Terry Feng + team for WebChucK IDE)

* WebChucK landing page (use ChucK in your web projects)
     https://chuck.stanford.edu/webchuck
     (thanks Jack Atherton for creating WebChucK)

* all new API reference, now auto-generated from the type system (based 
on Spencer Salazar's 'ckdoc' utility; many thanks to everyone who 
contributed documentation and examples):
     https://chuck.stanford.edu/doc/reference/

* audio drivers support -- ASIO and WASAPI support on Windows; can now 
compile Jack + Pulse + ALSA support into a single chuck executable on 
Linux (thanks Dana Batali and Nick Shaheed)

* improved audio devices support, including AirPods and other Bluetooth 
headphones

* The full list of new features and updates can found here:
     https://chuck.stanford.edu/release/VERSIONS

* (extra!) A few projects made with ChAI from a recent course
     https://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/356/
     https://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/356/gallery/

Happy ChucKing to all!
ChucK Team

[Many people contributed to chuck-1.5] Perry Cook, Spencer Salazar, Jack 
Atherton, Celeste Betancur, Chris Chafe, Michael Mulshine, Andrew Zhu 
Aday, Marise van Zyl, Terry Feng, Nick Shaheed, Alex Han, Eito Murakami, 
Yikai Li, Ge Wang

[Additional thanks] Dana Batali, David Braun, Barak Pearlmutter, Eric 
Heep, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, Kunwoo Kim, Stanford HAI, people of CCRMA

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Ge Wang
Associate Professor
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
Department of Music (also Computer Science, by Courtesy)
Stanford University
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/
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