<s>
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
is	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
interactive	O
sound	O
design	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Integra	O
Lab	O
at	O
Birmingham	O
Conservatoire	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Birmingham	O
City	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
takes	O
an	O
audio	O
input	O
either	O
from	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
audio	B-Device
interface	I-Device
or	O
from	O
an	O
audio	O
file	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
audio	O
transformation	O
to	O
be	O
applied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
is	O
supported	O
on	O
PC	O
computers	O
running	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
on	O
Apple	O
computers	O
running	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
originated	O
as	O
the	O
Integra	O
Environment	O
proposed	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
outcomes	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
phase	O
of	O
the	O
Integra	O
Project	O
(	O
Integra	O
1	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
from	O
5/9/2005	O
to	O
4/9/2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
libIntegra	O
,	O
a	O
library	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
C	O
.	O
libIntegra	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
de-serialising	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
audio	O
module	O
interfaces	O
,	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
module	O
state	O
,	O
instantiating	O
modules	O
within	O
a	O
given	O
audio	O
module	O
host	O
via	O
a	O
'	O
bridge	O
 '	O
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
presenting	O
an	O
external	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
,	O
the	O
Integra	O
GUI	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Max/MSP	O
environment	O
by	O
Sean	O
Fergusson	O
,	O
Marlon	O
Schumacher	O
and	O
Geof	O
Holbrook	O
and	O
contained	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
later	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
design	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
separate	O
"	O
Performance	O
Pane	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
high-level	O
module	O
library	O
,	O
single-level	O
containers	O
for	O
modules	O
(	O
Events	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
module	O
"	O
Routing	O
Pane	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
association	O
of	O
breakpoint	O
control	O
curves	O
for	O
module	O
parameters	O
with	O
Events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
took	O
place	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
phase	O
of	O
the	O
Integra	O
Project	O
(	O
Integra	O
2	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
from	O
1/12/2008	O
to	O
30/11/2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
was	O
made	O
on	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
when	O
the	O
software	O
entered	O
its	O
open	O
beta	O
development	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
1.0.x	O
series	O
of	O
releases	O
was	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
only	O
,	O
(	O
version	O
10.4	O
upwards	O
)	O
and	O
required	O
users	O
to	O
manually	O
install	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
archive	I-General_Concept
containing	O
the	O
software	O
"	O
.app	O
"	O
bundle	O
and	O
a	O
PDF	O
"	O
Quick	O
Start	O
Guide	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
1.2.x	O
the	O
application	O
remained	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
only	O
,	O
supporting	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
(	O
Intel	O
)	O
10.5	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
Integra	O
Project	O
ended	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Integra	B-Application
Live	I-Application
software	O
continued	O
at	O
Birmingham	O
Conservatoire	O
,	O
with	O
Leighton	O
Hargreaves	O
developing	O
the	O
GUI	O
and	O
Jamie	O
Bullock	O
developing	O
the	O
libIntegra	O
library	O
,	O
Integra	O
module	O
library	O
and	O
module	O
host	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	O
version	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
Adobe	O
's	O
"	O
captive	O
runtime	O
"	O
to	O
distribute	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
runtime	O
within	O
the	O
.app	O
bundle	O
and	O
avoid	O
the	O
requirement	O
for	O
an	O
installer	O
.	O
</s>
