Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:43:44 -0400 From: "Ivica Ico Bukvic" &lt;ico(a)fuse.net&gt; Subject: [linux-audio-user] [ANN] "Symmetries" premiere recording now available (and other goodies) To: "'A list for linux audio users'" &lt;linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu&gt;du>, "'The Linux Audio Developers' Mailing List'" &lt;linux-audio-dev(a)music.columbia.edu&gt;du>, &lt;pd-list(a)iem.at&gt; Message-ID: <20050430033720.LBMR3834.gx5.fuse.net@64BitBadass> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Greetings all, First off, apologies for cross-posting... I would just like to share the quick-and-dirty downmix of the premiere of my latest work "Symmetries" (that took place at the last-week's "Linux Audio Conference" in Karlsruhe, Germany) with the LAU/LAD as well as Pd community. Without you guys, this piece would never have been possible :-). As my token of gratitude, in conjunction with this release I am also releasing the soundfont that I've built from scratch using exclusively Linux software (Swami, Rezound) and specifically for use in this piece. For more info on each of these please see notes below. As always, your feedback is much appreciated! ------------------- About "Symmetries:" Symmetries (for computer and optional violin) is an experiment in relegating musical structure and expression to the inherently stupid box of transistors. By concurrently utilizing various GNU/Linux audio software(Fluidsynth/QSynth, Pd, LADSPA, Jack-rack, JACK) it was composer's intention to generate a lush interactive texture whose frail balance engenders a consistent forward drive. In an ever-changing array of hierarchical probabilities no two instances are expected to ever be the same. The piece has been designed to be completely modular in terms of computer-driven sound diffusion and can utilize 2-8 channels. For its premiere the piece used 8-channel diffusion. However, the recordings below are provided in a stereo-downmix form. Hardware used in performance was eMachines m6807 laptop (64-bit AMD 3000+), RME HDSP Multiface, and a Peavey 1600x midi controller that I used to control some of the timbral nuances via Pd and Jack-Rack (LADSPA). The violin part was played by Ania Zielinska (Poland) who commissioned the work. ------------------- There are 3 recordings available: 1) 128-bit (fixed rate) 48KHz OGG recording of the premiere: http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/Symmetries_LAC_2005_premiere.ogg (5.8MB) 2) 128-bit 48KHz MP3 recording of the premiere: http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/Symmetries_LAC_2005_premiere.mp3 (6.0MB) 3) 64-bit 44KHz MP3 of the computer part: http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/Symmetries.mp3 (2.8MB) Best wishes, Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer & multimedia sculptor http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/