[PD] Online Gig Project
Alex
alex at idoia.com
Thu May 8 20:35:16 CEST 2003
Hello list,
Thanks to Olaf Matthes' objects Shout*~ , I have done a PD patch which
allows three different groups of musicians to play together on the
Internet at the same time from different locations. Besides streaming
in and out, the patch records the bands on a tempo and re-synchronizes
the incoming streams. Delays take part in the musical composition: the
idea is that even if the 3 streams are not played-back like in real
conditions, the music that comes out still makes sense as it is
synchronized. Another feature of the patch gives the possibility to
hold incoming streams during <n> bars, the way they can be played-back
at a precise moment in the playing. This allows the three groups of
musician to play with a structure (and different notes).
A demonstration will involve musician David Kristian from Montreal, and
the band VoodooMuzak split in two halves: bass and drums 1 in London
and bariton and drums 2 in Biarritz (France). In London the gig will
take place on the Sunday 6 and Tuesday 8 July at Common Wealth
Conference Center in Kensington High Street during the London College
of Music and Media end of year showcase. You are welcome to come. It is
a free entrance.
The three different compositions will also be broadcasted for Internet
audience.
Delays due to CPU performance, connexion speed and network congestion
have never been considered as creative tools in previous attempts but
rather as drawbacks of today technology. The main purpose of the
project is precisely to give those technical features a particular
artistic role within the musical composition process. Computers become
a medium rather than a tool.
Having said that, I still have to defend the artistic concept behind it:
- I have so far been told that it was more a technical project (looking
at PD) than an artistic one. That reminded me some discussion few weeks
ago that triggered different thoughts about PD from the list' s users.
- Also, I have been told that the interest of such a project could only
be profitable for musicians not for listeners. I have planed to set up
an installation for the showcase which allows users to listen -from a
location of their choice to 3 different streams coming as well from
locations of their choice. This will be a simulation which will
hopefully help people to find a proper interest in that system of
playing /listening music.
I would really like to know what do you think about it. If you think
this is more a technical project rather than a artistic one, in either
case I would very much like to know your argument.
Thanks a lot.
Alex
PS: more info there:
http://www.idoia.com/tvu/VMN.pdf
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