Re: [microsound] livecoding

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Visual live enactment of electronic music is a must nowadays. We all agree
on that. Available technology is more than enough for this purpose, and
its not so expensive either, so there are no excuses.

I ve seen the live coding videos, and it seems to me that there's still a
gap between the code on the screen and the sounds emerging from the
speakers. There's no way ordinary public can relate each code event to
each sound. The live coders claim that there's no need to know how to play
a guitar to enjoy a guitar performance. But they forget that when we watch
"real world instruments" performances, there are constant synchresis
points (Michel Chion). You may not be a guitarist but you clearly
understand a string striking movement as the source of a sudden sound with
a short attack time.
The same goes for the drums, and almost any other traditional instruments.
Even piano, where the keyboard may not be in the audience's sight range,
admits clear synchresis interpretation, watching the arm movements. And,
like piano, all this instruments and their mechanisms are intuitively
understood by virtually any human being.

That's why we as electronic musicians, should generate visuals (if not
with our bodies) that permit a natural synchresis between sounds and
visual forms. "Hey that sphere over there has just trembled in reaction to
that rough sound!" This is what I mean. Understandable audiovisual forms,
and complex (or not)compositions/improvisations.

Besides, I agree with some people who posted on that Wired article, when
they recognise a very elitist attitude in this group of live coders. The
same elitism I experience every time I'm stuck in a blatant conversation
between two programmers about C++ or else.

And last but not least, we should develop music tools fun to play with, to
integrate people to our musical world, even if they need training to make
"proper" music with them. A child can get sounds from a guitar, but I
seriously doubt he can make any music with Perl.

Hernan

www.cooptrol.com



> Hallo,
> Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
>> Hallo,
>> Kim Cascone hat gesagt: // Kim Cascone wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71248-0.html?tw=wn_index_1
>>
>> And see it in action:
>> http://sonicvariable.goto10.org/downloads/openlab_openday2005.avi
>
> Oops, sorry, that was last year, this year's here:
> http://goto10.org/~openlab/57uff/openlab2_2006.avi
>
> Also see http://www.pawfal.org/openlab/
>
> Ciao
> --
>  Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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