Re: [microsound] correspondence between hand-made electronics and Pd/Max/MSP (was Socio/political implications of microsound music?)

[Paul <paulshuler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might want to check out the program called ninjam www.ninjam.com it
is a very effective realtime audio jamming software. -Paul


Björn Eriksson wrote:
> I guess studying how they did things at the german tank also the one
> in Canada "Silophone"
> www.silophone.net could be useful. You can try to get in contact with
> the responsible people out there.
>
> I It should be possible to setup something like that with
> -internet connection (fairly stable and fast)
> -two computer with soundcards
> -an amplifyer with one or two loudspeakers connected to one of the
> computers
> -a microphone connected to the other computer (mono or stereo) (this
> computer shall be standing some distance away from the playing computer.
> -some programming and web design
> -a web camera connected to one of the computers
>
> These things could probably be done easily with existing software like
> Skype to keep it really simple. Two computers are not needed either if
> it is allowed to have not syncronised playing/recording. For instance
> the sound can be played somewhere in the location on  portable
> CD-player. But I guess this project includes the automation part.
>
> I have no idea if this has been done before. Interesting project indeed.
>
> Yours,
> Björn Eriksson
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Jarboe"
> <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 7:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] correspondence between hand-made electronics
> and Pd/Max/MSP (was Socio/political implications of microsound music?)
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>   I have un idea for a microsound project!
>>
>>   I was recently enthralled by a largish reverb tank found at
>> http://www.tank-fx.de/ . I uploaded a flac (soundfile) and was
>> rewarded with another flac (reverberated soundfile).
>>
>>   It could be very good to upload soundfiles using the same method as
>> that found at  http://www.tank-fx.de/  to various destinations in the
>> world. A sound might arrive at someone's studio , a retail business ,
>> a university electronic music department , a frozen arctic lake , a
>> brothel , an opium den and then rerecord in combination with whatever
>> was happening there. It might be cool if the soundfile could politely
>> announce itself visually.
>>
>>   Do any of you know how to implement this type of automatic exchange
>> using software? Is it being done already? Do you know where?
>>
>>   Thanks
>>
>>
>> -bill
>>
>> http://chilowethiastoneindex.blogspot.com
>>
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~billjarboe/sapbb.html
>>
>>
>> On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Exegene wrote:
>>>
>>> Software and programming languages are formalized relations, so
>>> computer music at the composition on the screen stage is, being
>>> expressed in terms of software and programming languages, also
>>> formalized relations, that is math, with probably some arbitrary
>>> adulteration mucking up the pool. As such some kinds of computer
>>> music are as limited in their expressivity and musical-ness as is
>>> the composer in hir fluency in the appropriate mathematics. Consider
>>> the common experience of moving from a palette limited to
>>> pre-composed instruments not much more complicated than
>>> "Pitch source => 2 Oscillators, detuned => Filter => Amplifier =>
>>> Output"
>>> to comparative fluency in a language that allows the consideration
>>> and use of sufficiently rich timbres, meaningful control schemes,
>>> etc., probably through years of painful study and yet more painful
>>> recordings. It's through the experience and maturation of much
>>> intimacy that one arrives at satisfactory music.
>>
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