- ARCHIVE / Computer Music
- New song with Impromptu: KALI
… Hey ya – new livecoding stuff from me on Vimeo. It’s a song I’ve been working on recently, called Kali. Unfortunately I still haven’t figured what the best export options for the original (1.6 Gigs) movie file are, so that I could create an export that looks less blurry on Vimeo.. but slowly I’m […]
- Graphics over code in Impromptu
Andrew Sorensen posted some code in the Impromptu mailing list showing how to add graphics (and various other things) on top of a code ‘image’. As usual I regret not having a whole free day to play with this, but just by messing around a bit with some parameters it’s easy to achieve some interesting […]
- Impromptu: If-mod macro
hey there – this morning I checked out a nice screencast by Ben Swift and was struck by the if-mod construct he’s using. It’s a really useful shortcut that saves you from writing a few (possibly distracting) parenthesis, so I tried to recreate it myself. To recap.. normally with Impromptu if you want to play […]
- LilyPond … music notation for everyone
The inspiration for LilyPond came when two befriended musicians got annoyed with the bland and boring look of computer print-outs. Every musician prefers reading beautiful music, so couldn’t we programmers solve that printing problem? LilyPond just does that: it prints music in the best traditions of classical engraving with minimum fuss. Don’t waste time on […]
- Impromptu & Zebra: a perfect match!
I’ve been having so much fun using Impromptu with the Zebra audiounit lately (I just got the demo version for now). Nice sounds, very stable, clear but captivating interface, easy to control programmatically via Impromptu. Think I’m gonna buy it! Zebra is a wireless modular synthesizer. It combines numerous synthesis techniques (subtractive, additive, fm, wavetable, […]
- New Impromptu screencast and a few lessons learned
… Initially this song was called ‘Voices Slowly Talk To Me‘ – then.. as usual.. I lost control of its direction! So I don’t know anymore how much the title would apply. Anyways, it’s my second experiment with recording an Impromptu performance (by the way I also played it live the other night at the […]
- Algorithmic music: exercise #1
… I finally managed to find time to play more seriously with the fantastic impromptu – here’s a first screencast, it doesn’t sound that good but it made my day! (and maybe it’ll help others better understand how impromptu works..) p.s. I’m intending to start posting more stuff about impromptu (e.g. little libraries and code […]
- Visualizing Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
- The IBM glass engine
The IBM Glass Engine enables deep navigation of the music of Philip Glass. Personal interests, associations, and impulses guide the listener through an expanding selection of over sixty Glass works. Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American music composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century […]
- The Leaf Trombone on iPhone
Parerga und Paralipomena / At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded – Wittgenstein
