Re: [-empyre-] graphic scores

[Brendan Howell <mute@netaxs.com>]

On Donnerstag, August 14, 2003, at 06:11  Uhr, Glenn Bach wrote:
> > Its worth looking at some of Stockhausen¹s scores and Francis 
> > Miroglio¹s
> > scores/drawings to see where drawing is part of the process toward
> > composition/performance.
>
> I've been looking at graphic scores for a few years now, and I'm 
> currently in discussion with John K. about his idea for a project 
> involving the direction of ensembles from graphic scores.  I haven't 
> decided whether I will work with acoustic musicians or with an 
> ensemble of laptops.  The possibilities are interesting--having the 
> score appear as wallpaper on each musician's screen, or some kind of 
> local intranet linkage--I don't know enough about the technology.  
> Anyone have any ideas?

I'm working on some similar stuff with some classical musicians.  My 
main concept right now is to have the musician play a keyboard work on 
a midi keyboard and the visuals are generated based on the midi data.  
Similar effects could be achieved using microphones and spectrum 
analysis or envelope data.

As far as which software... MAX/MSP or PD with whatever graphics engine 
you like or can afford.  There's a new kit for the mac called PixelShox 
that seems pretty cool.  If you have a PC and you are interested in a 
more cut n'paste visual style, check out VJamm for midi controlled 
looped video.  There's some other stuff but these are the stable one's 
I can think of right now.

For networking MAX/MSP, PD have some things to send data to other hosts 
over UDP but I have never fiddled with it.

-Brendan