Re: [microsound] iannix software?

[Kyle Klipowicz <kyleklip@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is some info on UPIC that I lifted from Eric Kuehnl's site
(http://music.calarts.edu/~eric/gs.html).  It looks like I was wrong
about the IRCAM origin.

~Kyle

The Current UPIC Workstation
UPIC (Unite Polyagogique Informatique du CEMAMu) is a machine
dedicated to the interactive composition of musical scores (Xenakis
329). It was conceptualized by Xenakis and created at the CEMAMu
(Centre for Studies in the Mathematics and Automation of Music) in
Paris. The UPIC software consists of pages on which a composer draws
"arcs" which specify the pitch and duration of a sonic event (figure
5), and a voice editing matrix with which the "arcs" are described.
Waveform, envelope, frequency and amplitude tables, modulating arc
assignment, and modification of audio channel parameters (dynamic and
envelope) may all be manipulated for each "arc" in real-time.

The hardware of the UPIC system consists of a Windows-based computer
with a digitizing tablet, and the UPIC Real-Time Synthesis Unit:

64 Oscillators at 44.1 kHz with FM
converter board:
4 audio output channels
2 audio input channels
AES/EBU interface
capacity:
4 pages of 4000 arcs
64 waveforms
4 frequency tables
128 envelopes
4 amplitude tables

The UPIC Workstation is ideal for granular synthesis for several
reasons. First, it allows any waveform (including sampled waveforms)
to be assigned to each "arc". Second, it currently permits 64 "arcs"
to be layered vertically. This enables the composer to design "clouds"
of sound up to 64 grains in density and of infinite duration at any
point in a composition. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the
UPIC requires no time to process any of its functions.

On 8/24/06, Kyle Klipowicz <kyleklip@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip, Frank!
>
> For those who aren't aware, UPIC was developed by Iannis Xenakis as
> IRCAM, and is a computer program that generates sound based on drawing
> sketches on a frequency vs. time graph.  I know that Metasynth has
> similar features, but costs a pretty penny.  It will be neat to see if
> this free software is any good!
>
> For some odd reason, I could not find an English Wikipedia entry about
> UPIC.  You can read about it and many other interesting creations in
> The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads.
>
> ~Kyle
>
> On 8/24/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hallo,
> > Rod Stasick hat gesagt: // Rod Stasick wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 2006 Aug 24, at 3:25 PM, Kyle Klipowicz wrote:
> > >
> > > >Oh man, I haven't seen this, but if it's what I think it is (since I
> > > >don't know French), I'd love to try out UPIC-style software.  Xenakis
> > > >was crafty.  I'll try it out tonight!
> > >
> > > If you're able to download this, then let us all know.
> >
> > Ah, what happened to the fine art of website hacking by guesses ...
> >
> > Just play around with the URLs around
> > http://www.la-kitchen.fr/iannix/iannix.html, try to figure out what
> > could be the reason why the download links they provide to for example
> > http://www.la-kitchen.fr/IanniXDev054.zip don't work, and sooner or
> > later you may guess, that they meant to point their links for example
> > to http://www.la-kitchen.fr/iannix/IanniXDev054.zip instead.
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > Ciao
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