[LAU] new Csound piece

[Dave Phillips]

Robin Gareus wrote:
> On 01/06/2011 02:05 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
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>   
>>    I'm curious as to any forums where people share the code/setups for
>> compositions like this. 
>>     
>
> I'd be interested in those as well.
>   

http://www.csounds.com

Best place to start. Code, compositions, instruments, blogs, etc.

>   
>> I've played a bit with CSound, ChucK, Super
>> Collider, etc., but never made much headway on my own. Having access
>> to some musically interesting code would likely spur my learning.
>>     
>
> I don't know the details on "Quietly Scatter" but it sounds very much
> like it was entirely composed (or preformed live) with AVSynthesis.
>   

It's all composed. AVS does include a realtime UI but I don't make use 
of it. Jean-Pierre's work shows off AVS's realtime interactive capabilities.

The program includes a variety of composition interfaces. Most of my 
work uses one of the sequencers, with occasionally the CMask UI.


> AVSynthesis abstracts the audio-synth and the resulting Csound files are
> close to unreadable. I tried to extract some instruments from a few
> soundscapes that I've created with AVSynthesis and it is no fun.
>
>   

Hear the man. If you're looking for a readable score generator, look 
elsewheres.


> An example dumped Csound orchestra+score from AVS look like
> http://rg42.org/_media/wiki/avs-csound.tgz - you should be able to play
> it with ./play.sh included in the tgz.
>
> It is possible to exchange AVSynthesis .xml files, though (you don't
> need the video-textures to render the sound). But I don't think you'll
> learn much from those.
>   

I do a fair amount of detail work through the XML file. A neat trick 
lets me write to it during a session, so I can fine-tune settings as I go.


> Nevertheless, while AVS does magic, Dave did a great job composing
> arranging this piece. ..but again that's something one can _not_ learn
> by looking at the score or the source, though it can be handy to have a
> look a at few arrangements.
>
>   

Jean-Pierre refers to AVS as an instrument. It takes a while to learn 
how to play it.

For me, it's a rich composition environment. I still feel like a 
beginner with it - there are instruments and effects I haven't tried yet 
- and it remains my preferred Csound environment.


> BTW AVS is available from http://avsynthesis.blogspot.com/ - Jean-Pierre Lemoine did an amazing job!
>
>   

Amen to that. Ditto to the amazing work from the Csound and OpenGL 
development communities.

>>    Also, what about mash ups of stuff like this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>>     

Mark, after looking up "define: mashup" I have to say I'm not sure. :)  
Other Csound users are on this list, they may be able to tell you.

Best,

dp