Re: [microsound] arranging & the like

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:38 AM -0400 5/10/03, ... ... wrote:
>generally speaking, are algorthms compositions or arrangements?

An algorithm is a "recipe" designed to produce certain results 
through following a determined set of procedures. An algorithm can be 
highly determinate or relatively indeterminate.

>if one were to design a computer patch that was designed to "play" 
>itself and record the "performance, is the recording the product of 
>the artist or is it that the music is a product of the patch, and 
>the patch is the product of the artist?

It is the product of an artist who used semiautonomous algorithmic 
methods to realize a specific version of an essentially indeterminate 
composition. You might liken it to Alexander Calder's mobiles. Calder 
makes a mobile. It is an original work of art. Calder takes a 
photograph of the mobile. It is a particular "instance" of his work 
of art.
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