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-rw-r--r--examples/puredata/xtract~.c180
-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--src/descriptors.c317
-rw-r--r--src/libxtract.c5
-rw-r--r--xtract/libxtract.h90
-rw-r--r--xtract/xtract_macros.h6
6 files changed, 455 insertions, 145 deletions
diff --git a/examples/puredata/xtract~.c b/examples/puredata/xtract~.c
index 69c3e0d..c5febd5 100644
--- a/examples/puredata/xtract~.c
+++ b/examples/puredata/xtract~.c
@@ -102,157 +102,70 @@ static void *xtract_new(t_symbol *me, t_int argc, t_atom *argv) {
t_symbol *tmp;
t_xtract_tilde *x = (t_xtract_tilde *)pd_new(xtract_class);
- xtract_mel_filter *f;
- t_int n, N, floatargs = 0;
+ xtract_mel_filter *mf;
+ t_int n, N, f, F, n_args, type;
+ t_function_descriptor *fd;
+ n_args = type = 0;
+
+ f = F = XTRACT_FEATURES;
+
N = BLOCKSIZE;
x->argv = NULL;
tmp = atom_getsymbol(argv);
- /* map creation args to features */
- if(tmp == gensym("mean")) x->feature = MEAN;
- else if(tmp == gensym("variance")) x->feature = VARIANCE;
- else if(tmp == gensym("standard_deviation"))x->feature = STANDARD_DEVIATION;
- else if(tmp == gensym("average_deviation")) x->feature = AVERAGE_DEVIATION;
- else if(tmp == gensym("skewness")) x->feature = SKEWNESS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("kurtosis")) x->feature = KURTOSIS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("centroid")) x->feature = CENTROID;
- else if(tmp == gensym("irregularity_k")) x->feature = IRREGULARITY_K;
- else if(tmp == gensym("irregularity_j")) x->feature = IRREGULARITY_J;
- else if(tmp == gensym("tristimulus_1")) x->feature = TRISTIMULUS_1;
- else if(tmp == gensym("tristimulus_2")) x->feature = TRISTIMULUS_2;
- else if(tmp == gensym("tristimulus_3")) x->feature = TRISTIMULUS_3;
- else if(tmp == gensym("smoothness")) x->feature = SMOOTHNESS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("spread")) x->feature = SPREAD;
- else if(tmp == gensym("zcr")) x->feature = ZCR;
- else if(tmp == gensym("rolloff")) x->feature = ROLLOFF;
- else if(tmp == gensym("loudness")) x->feature = LOUDNESS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("flatness")) x->feature = FLATNESS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("tonality")) x->feature = TONALITY;
- else if(tmp == gensym("crest")) x->feature = CREST;
- else if(tmp == gensym("noisiness")) x->feature = NOISINESS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("rms_amplitude")) x->feature = RMS_AMPLITUDE;
- else if(tmp == gensym("inharmonicity")) x->feature = INHARMONICITY;
- else if(tmp == gensym("power")) x->feature = POWER;
- else if(tmp == gensym("odd_even_ratio")) x->feature = ODD_EVEN_RATIO;
- else if(tmp == gensym("sharpness")) x->feature = SHARPNESS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("slope")) x->feature = SLOPE;
- else if(tmp == gensym("f0")) x->feature = F0;
- else if(tmp == gensym("failsafe_f0")) x->feature = FAILSAFE_F0;
- else if(tmp == gensym("hps"))x->feature = HPS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("lowest_value"))x->feature = LOWEST_VALUE;
- else if(tmp == gensym("highest_value"))x->feature = HIGHEST_VALUE;
- else if(tmp == gensym("sum"))x->feature = SUM;
- else if(tmp == gensym("dct")) x->feature = DCT;
- else if(tmp == gensym("magnitude_spectrum"))
- x->feature = MAGNITUDE_SPECTRUM;
- else if(tmp == gensym("autocorrelation")) x->feature = AUTOCORRELATION;
- else if(tmp == gensym("autocorrelation_fft"))
- x->feature = AUTOCORRELATION_FFT;
- else if(tmp == gensym("amdf")) x->feature = AMDF;
- else if(tmp == gensym("asdf")) x->feature = ASDF;
- else if(tmp == gensym("peaks")) x->feature = PEAKS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("flux")) x->feature = FLUX;
- else if(tmp == gensym("attack_time")) x->feature = ATTACK_TIME;
- else if(tmp == gensym("decay_time")) x->feature = DECAY_TIME;
- else if(tmp == gensym("delta")) x->feature = DELTA_FEATURE;
- else if(tmp == gensym("mfcc")) x->feature = MFCC;
- else if(tmp == gensym("harmonics")) x->feature = HARMONICS;
- else if(tmp == gensym("bark_coefficients")) x->feature = BARK_COEFFICIENTS;
- else post("xtract~: No feature selected");
+ /* get function descriptors */
+ fd = (t_function_descriptor *)xtract_make_descriptors();
- /* allocate memory for feature arguments */
- switch(x->feature){
- case MEAN:
- case VARIANCE:
- case STANDARD_DEVIATION:
- case AVERAGE_DEVIATION:
- case ROLLOFF:
- case INHARMONICITY:
- case MAGNITUDE_SPECTRUM:
- case ODD_EVEN_RATIO:
- case LOWEST_VALUE:
- case F0:
- case FAILSAFE_F0:
- case TONALITY:
- floatargs = 1;
- break;
- case SKEWNESS:
- case KURTOSIS:
- case PEAKS:
- case HARMONICS:
- case NOISINESS:
- case CREST:
- floatargs = 2;
- break;
- case CENTROID:
- case IRREGULARITY_K:
- case IRREGULARITY_J:
- case TRISTIMULUS_1:
- case TRISTIMULUS_2:
- case TRISTIMULUS_3:
- case SMOOTHNESS:
- case FLATNESS:
- case SPREAD:
- case ZCR:
- case LOUDNESS:
- case HIGHEST_VALUE:
- case SUM:
- case RMS_AMPLITUDE:
- case POWER:
- case SHARPNESS:
- case SLOPE:
- case HPS:
- case FLUX: /*not implemented */
- case ATTACK_TIME: /*not implemented */
- case DECAY_TIME: /*not implemented */
- case DELTA_FEATURE: /*not implemented */
- case AUTOCORRELATION_FFT:
- case MFCC:
- case DCT:
- case AUTOCORRELATION:
- case AMDF:
- case ASDF:
- case BARK_COEFFICIENTS:
- floatargs = 0;
- break;
- default:
- floatargs = 0;
+ /* iterate over descriptors */
+ while(f--){
+ /* map creation arg to feature */
+ if(tmp == gensym(fd[f].algo.name)){
+ x->feature = f;
break;
+ }
}
- if(x->feature == MFCC){
- x->memory.argv = (size_t)(sizeof(xtract_mel_filter));
- x->argv = (xtract_mel_filter *)getbytes(x->memory.argv);
- }
- else if(x->feature == BARK_COEFFICIENTS){
- x->memory.argv = (size_t)(BARK_BANDS * sizeof(t_int));
- x->argv = (t_int *)getbytes(x->memory.argv);
- }
- else if (floatargs){
- x->memory.argv = (size_t)(floatargs * sizeof(t_float));
- x->argv = (t_float *)getbytes(x->memory.argv);
+ /* allocate memory for feature arguments */
+ n_args = fd[f].n_args;
+ type = fd[f].argv.type;
+
+ if(n_args){
+ if(type == MEL_FILTER){
+ x->memory.argv = (size_t)(n_args * sizeof(xtract_mel_filter));
+ x->argv = (xtract_mel_filter *)getbytes(x->memory.argv);
+ }
+ else if(type == INT){
+ x->memory.argv = (size_t)(n_args * sizeof(t_int));
+ x->argv = (t_int *)getbytes(x->memory.argv);
+ }
+ else if (type == FLOAT){
+ x->memory.argv = (size_t)(n_args * sizeof(t_float));
+ x->argv = (t_float *)getbytes(x->memory.argv);
+ }
+ else
+ x->memory.argv = 0;
}
- else
- x->memory.argv = 0;
+ post("xtract~: %s", fd[f].algo.pretty_name);
+
/* do init if needed */
if(x->feature == MFCC){
- f = x->argv;
+ mf = x->argv;
- f->n_filters = 20;
+ mf->n_filters = 20;
post("xtract~: mfcc: filters = %d", ((xtract_mel_filter *)x->argv)->n_filters);
- f->filters =
- (t_float **)getbytes(f->n_filters * sizeof(t_float *));
- for(n = 0; n < f->n_filters; n++)
- f->filters[n] = (float *)getbytes(N * sizeof(float));
+ mf->filters =
+ (t_float **)getbytes(mf->n_filters * sizeof(t_float *));
+ for(n = 0; n < mf->n_filters; n++)
+ mf->filters[n] = (float *)getbytes(N * sizeof(float));
xtract_init_mfcc(N, NYQUIST, EQUAL_GAIN, 18000.0f,
- 80.0f, f->n_filters, f->filters);
+ 80.0f, mf->n_filters, mf->filters);
}
else if(x->feature == BARK_COEFFICIENTS)
xtract_init_bark(N, NYQUIST, x->argv);
@@ -279,6 +192,9 @@ static void *xtract_new(t_symbol *me, t_int argc, t_atom *argv) {
/* otherwise: float */
else outlet_new(&x->x_obj, &s_float);
+ /* free the function descriptors */
+ xtract_free_descriptors(fd);
+
return (void *)x;
}
@@ -304,10 +220,10 @@ static void xtract_tilde_show_help(t_xtract_tilde *x, t_symbol *s){
i = XTRACT_FEATURES;
post("\n\txtract~: Feature List\n");
-
+ /*
while(i--){
post("\t%s", xtract_help_strings[i]+7);
- }
+ }*/
}
static void xtract_tilde_free(t_xtract_tilde *x) {
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3cb9e77..66f4198 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-SOURCES = libxtract.c scalar.c vector.c delta.c init.c
+SOURCES = libxtract.c descriptors.c scalar.c vector.c delta.c init.c
if BUILD_FFT
FFT_DEFINE = -DXTRACT_FFT
diff --git a/src/descriptors.c b/src/descriptors.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d35fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/descriptors.c
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/* libxtract feature extraction library
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Jamie Bullock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+ * USA.
+ */
+
+#include "xtract/libxtract.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#define XTRACT
+
+void *xtract_make_descriptors(){
+
+ t_function_descriptor *fd, *d;
+ int f , F;
+ char *name, *pretty_name;
+ int *n_args;
+
+ f = F = XTRACT_FEATURES;
+
+ fd = malloc(XTRACT_FEATURES * sizeof(t_function_descriptor));
+
+ while(f--){
+ d = &fd[f];
+ switch(f){
+ case MEAN:
+ case VARIANCE:
+ case STANDARD_DEVIATION:
+ case AVERAGE_DEVIATION:
+ case ROLLOFF:
+ case INHARMONICITY:
+ case MAGNITUDE_SPECTRUM:
+ case ODD_EVEN_RATIO:
+ case LOWEST_VALUE:
+ case F0:
+ case FAILSAFE_F0:
+ case TONALITY:
+ d->n_args = 1;
+ d->argv.type = FLOAT;
+ break;
+ case SKEWNESS:
+ case KURTOSIS:
+ case PEAKS:
+ case HARMONICS:
+ case NOISINESS:
+ case CREST:
+ d->n_args = 2;
+ d->argv.type = FLOAT;
+ break;
+ case MFCC:
+ d->n_args = 1;
+ d->argv.type = MEL_FILTER;
+ break;
+ case BARK_COEFFICIENTS:
+ d->n_args = BARK_BANDS;
+ d->argv.type = INT;
+ break;
+ case CENTROID:
+ case IRREGULARITY_K:
+ case IRREGULARITY_J:
+ case TRISTIMULUS_1:
+ case TRISTIMULUS_2:
+ case TRISTIMULUS_3:
+ case SMOOTHNESS:
+ case FLATNESS:
+ case SPREAD:
+ case ZCR:
+ case LOUDNESS:
+ case HIGHEST_VALUE:
+ case SUM:
+ case RMS_AMPLITUDE:
+ case POWER:
+ case SHARPNESS:
+ case SLOPE:
+ case HPS:
+ case FLUX:
+ case ATTACK_TIME:
+ case DECAY_TIME:
+ case DELTA_FEATURE:
+ case AUTOCORRELATION_FFT:
+ case DCT:
+ case AUTOCORRELATION:
+ case AMDF:
+ case ASDF:
+ d->n_args = 0;
+ break;
+ default:
+ d->n_args = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ name = d->algo.name;
+ pretty_name = d->algo.pretty_name;
+ n_args = d->n_args;
+ switch(f){
+ case MEAN:
+ strcpy(name, "mean");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Mean");
+ break;
+ case VARIANCE:
+ strcpy(name, "variance");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Variance");
+ break;
+ case STANDARD_DEVIATION:
+ strcpy(name, "standard_deviation");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Standard Deviation");
+ break;
+ case AVERAGE_DEVIATION:
+ strcpy(name, "average_deviation");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Average Deviation");
+ break;
+ case ROLLOFF:
+ strcpy(name, "rolloff");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Rolloff");
+ break;
+ case INHARMONICITY:
+ strcpy(name, "inharmonicity");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Inharmonicity");
+ break;
+ case MAGNITUDE_SPECTRUM:
+ strcpy(name, "magnitude_spectrum");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Magnitude Spectrum");
+ break;
+ case ODD_EVEN_RATIO:
+ strcpy(name, "odd_even_ratio");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Odd/Even Harmonic Ratio");
+ break;
+ case LOWEST_VALUE:
+ strcpy(name, "lowest_value");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Lowest Value");
+ break;
+ case F0:
+ strcpy(name, "f0");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Fundamental Frequency");
+ break;
+ case FAILSAFE_F0:
+ strcpy(name, "failsafe_f0");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Fundamental Frequency (failsafe)");
+ break;
+ case TONALITY:
+ strcpy(name, "tonality");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Tonality");
+ break;
+ case SKEWNESS:
+ strcpy(name, "skewness");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Skewness");
+ break;
+ case KURTOSIS:
+ strcpy(name, "kurtosis");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Kurtosis");
+ break;
+ case PEAKS:
+ strcpy(name, "peaks");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Peaks");
+ break;
+ case HARMONICS:
+ strcpy(name, "harmonics");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Harmonics");
+ break;
+ case NOISINESS:
+ strcpy(name, "noisiness");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Noisiness");
+ break;
+ case CREST:
+ strcpy(name, "crest");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Crest Measure");
+ break;
+ case MFCC:
+ strcpy(name, "mfcc");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients");
+ break;
+ case BARK_COEFFICIENTS:
+ strcpy(name, "bark_coefficients");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Bark Coefficients");
+ break;
+ case CENTROID:
+ strcpy(name, "centroid");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Centroid");
+ break;
+ case IRREGULARITY_K:
+ strcpy(name, "irregularity_k");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Irregularity I");
+ break;
+ case IRREGULARITY_J:
+ strcpy(name, "irregularity_j");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Irregularity II");
+ break;
+ case TRISTIMULUS_1:
+ strcpy(name, "tristimulus_1");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Tristimulus I");
+ break;
+ case TRISTIMULUS_2:
+ strcpy(name, "tristimulus_2");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Tristimulus II");
+ break;
+ case TRISTIMULUS_3:
+ strcpy(name, "tristimulus_3");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Tristimulus III");
+ break;
+ case SMOOTHNESS:
+ strcpy(name, "smoothness");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Smoothness");
+ break;
+ case FLATNESS:
+ strcpy(name, "flatness");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Flatness");
+ break;
+ case SPREAD:
+ strcpy(name, "spread");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Spread");
+ break;
+ case ZCR:
+ strcpy(name, "zcr");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Zero Crossing Rate");
+ break;
+ case LOUDNESS:
+ strcpy(name, "loudness");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Loudness");
+ break;
+ case HIGHEST_VALUE:
+ strcpy(name, "highest_value");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Highest Value");
+ break;
+ case SUM:
+ strcpy(name, "sum");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Sum of Values");
+ break;
+ case RMS_AMPLITUDE:
+ strcpy(name, "rms_amplitude");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "RMS Amplitude");
+ break;
+ case POWER:
+ strcpy(name, "power");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Power");
+ break;
+ case SHARPNESS:
+ strcpy(name, "sharpness");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Sharpness");
+ break;
+ case SLOPE:
+ strcpy(name, "slope");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Slope");
+ break;
+ case HPS:
+ strcpy(name, "hps");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Harmonic Product Spectrum");
+ break;
+ case FLUX:
+ strcpy(name, "flux");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Spectral Flux");
+ break;
+ case ATTACK_TIME:
+ strcpy(name, "attack_time");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Attack Time");
+ break;
+ case DECAY_TIME:
+ strcpy(name, "decay_time");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Decay Time");
+ break;
+ case DELTA_FEATURE:
+ strcpy(name, "delta_feature");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Delta Feature");
+ break;
+ case AUTOCORRELATION_FFT:
+ strcpy(name, "autocorrelation_fft");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Autocorrelation (FFT method)");
+ break;
+ case DCT:
+ strcpy(name, "dct");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Discrete Cosine Transform");
+ break;
+ case AUTOCORRELATION:
+ strcpy(name, "autocorrelation");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Autocorrelation");
+ break;
+ case AMDF:
+ strcpy(name, "amdf");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Average Magnitude Difference Function");
+ break;
+ case ASDF:
+ strcpy(name, "asdf");
+ strcpy(pretty_name, "Average Squared Difference Function");
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return fd;
+}
+
+int xtract_free_descriptors(void *fd){
+
+ if (fd != NULL) {
+ free(fd);
+ }
+
+ return SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/libxtract.c b/src/libxtract.c
index f729ccf..c8865d5 100644
--- a/src/libxtract.c
+++ b/src/libxtract.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ int(*xtract[])(const float *, const int, const void *, float *) = {
xtract_harmonics
};
-char *xtract_help_strings[] = {
+
+/*char *xtract_help_strings[] = {
"xtract_mean",
"xtract_variance",
"xtract_standard_deviation",
@@ -123,4 +124,4 @@ char *xtract_help_strings[] = {
"xtract_mfcc",
"xtract_dct",
"xtract_harmonics"
- };
+ }; */
diff --git a/xtract/libxtract.h b/xtract/libxtract.h
index 8c0dc40..6f1c08f 100644
--- a/xtract/libxtract.h
+++ b/xtract/libxtract.h
@@ -129,6 +129,80 @@ enum return_codes_ {
FEATURE_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
};
+/** \brief Enumeration of data types*/
+typedef enum type_ {
+ FLOAT,
+ INT,
+ MEL_FILTER,
+} t_type;
+
+/** \brief Enumeration of units*/
+typedef enum unit_ {
+ HERTZ,
+ DBFS
+} t_unit;
+
+/** \brief Boolean */
+typedef enum {
+ FALSE,
+ TRUE
+} t_bool;
+
+/** \brief Enumeration of vector format types*/
+typedef enum vector_ {
+ MAGNITUDES,
+ FREQUENCIES,
+ FREQUENCIES_AND_MAGNITUDES,
+ BARK_COEFFS,
+ MEL_COEFFS,
+ SAMPLES,
+} t_vector;
+
+/** \brief Data structure containing useful information about functions provided by LibXtract. */
+typedef struct _function_descriptor {
+
+ struct {
+ char name[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+ char pretty_name[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+ char description[MAX_DESC_LENGTH];
+ char author[MAX_AUTHOR_LENGTH];
+ int year;
+ } algo;
+
+ struct {
+ t_vector format;
+ t_unit unit;
+ } data;
+
+ int n_args;
+
+ struct {
+ t_type type;
+ float min[MAXARGS];
+ float max[MAXARGS];
+ float def[MAXARGS];
+ t_unit unit[MAXARGS];
+ } argv;
+
+ t_bool is_scalar;
+
+ union {
+
+ struct {
+ float min;
+ float max;
+ t_unit unit;
+ } scalar;
+
+ struct {
+ t_vector format;
+ t_unit unit;
+ } vector;
+
+ } result;
+
+} t_function_descriptor;
+
/**
*
* \brief An array of pointers to functions that perform the extraction
@@ -178,17 +252,11 @@ printf("Mean = %.2f\n", mean);
#ifdef XTRACT
extern int(*xtract[XTRACT_FEATURES])(const float *data, const int N, const void *argv, float *result);
-/** \brief An array of pointers to function help strings
- *
- * Defined in libxtract.c. As a minimum this will contain pointers to the names of all of the feature extraction functions in the library. This is intended as a 'quick reference' to be queried as necessary.
- */
-extern char *xtract_help_strings[XTRACT_FEATURES];
-
-/** \brief An array of pointers to strings giving function output units
+/** \brief An array of pointers to function descriptors
*
- * Defined in libxtract.c. This contains pointers to strings giving the output units of all of the feature extraction functions in the library. This is intended as a 'quick reference' to be queried as necessary.
+ * Defined in libxtract.c. This is an array of pointers to function descriptors designed to be queried for useful information such as the expected input and output units of a function, or the number of arguments it takes.
*/
-extern char *xtract_units[XTRACT_FEATURES];
+//extern t_function_descriptor *xtract_help[XTRACT_FEATURES];
#endif
@@ -210,7 +278,11 @@ int xtract_init_mfcc(int N, float nyquist, int style, float freq_max, float freq
*/
int xtract_init_bark(int N, float nyquist, int *band_limits);
+/* \brief A function to build an array of function descriptors */
+void *xtract_make_descriptors();
+/* \brief A function to free an array of function descriptors */
+int xtract_free_descriptors(void *fd);
/* Free functions */
/** @} */
diff --git a/xtract/xtract_macros.h b/xtract/xtract_macros.h
index 8b55d48..ca8d924 100644
--- a/xtract/xtract_macros.h
+++ b/xtract/xtract_macros.h
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ extern "C" {
#define VERY_BIG_NUMBER 1e20
#define SR_LIMIT 192000
#define BARK_BANDS 26
-
+#define NONE 0
+#define MAXARGS 4
+#define MAX_NAME_LENGTH 64
+#define MAX_AUTHOR_LENGTH 128
+#define MAX_DESC_LENGTH 256
#ifdef __cplusplus
}