<div>Hello all,<br>
<br>
I am assisting a professor right now with building a multi-speaker
programmable "grid" where sound events can be triggered at certain locations on the grid and programmed
in various configurations, controlled (hopefully) from Pd. The
model right now involves two large metal frames where speakers will be
hung in different shapes and clusters. We are looking to create a
sort of "organism" structure that will allow the piece to react to
itself based on parameters set up in Pd - microsound sort of
self-sustaining structures and sound models are of great interest to us.<br>
<br>
We're in the phase right now of gathering information about what we
will need to build this - I'm assuming some kind of interface (sound
card?) with multiple outs for each "cluster" of speakers on the grid,
but is there another way we could do it and still make it fully
programmable? We have experience with electronics as well, so we
could conceivably build an interface if anyone knows of available
schematics or ideas. Environment will be Linux, preferably.<br>
<br>
I would really like to avoid purchasing a USB sound device as I hear
that many of them don't do very well with Linux, but in the event that
we do need to do this, can anyone recommend a good one supported under
Linux?<br>
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Also, are there other artists doing similar things? Any info at
all is MUCH appreciated. We are excited to be using Pd and other
freedom software for this.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br></div>
<span class="sg">
Kevin</span>